Has anyone here sold their engagement ring/wedding dress when desperate for money?

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why would you want to keep your engagement ring if you are separating

Or your wedding dress, come to that? You sound a bit confused......

I haven't done this, but I'm sure it's doable.
Ebay? Cash Converters?
Sorry that you are in this situation, and that you are separating.

Podrick, very sympathetic

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I clearly remember going with my Mum to sell her wedding ring on when she separated from my Dad. She didn't really explain what she was doing, but I thought it was the right thing to do and still do. Why keep it if you can get some money for it?

I imagine its hard to actually take yourself to the shop though

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I tried with a pretty valuable engagement/wedding ring set. wasn't worth the bother in the end - best offer from several jewellers etc was approx 10% of its value! they advised best way to try for a little more (as long as you are happy it might actually be less) was to stick it on ebaay...is hard to pass down with more than one child!

whether you are seperating or not, there is sentimental value, esp for jewellery you might want to give to your children

you won;t get any where near their real value

if you are desperate for cash, you should perhaps see DSS, crisis loans might be available, i would see them anyway as selling items gives you a one off amount, and you are going to carry on needing money

I did.. sold both our wedding rings (he thew his at me on his way out) .. was liberating and pleasing and paid for food for a few weeks. No regrets whatsoever..its just metal!

I don't think I would want to keep either in your circumstances
good luck with ebay
my wedding dress ended up in the loval tip as DH thought it was rubbish, even though it was wrapped up in a suitcase in the garage
maybe he was trying to tell me something?

I sold mine after first marriage, no kids though. I got about half what we paid for it and sold it through the same shop we'd bought it from. However it took about a year as they did it as sale or return.

i'm also wondering why you would want to keep those things if you are seperating.

ge rid and get the money - which wont be a lot.

what about cancelling the tv and internet and phone package? you would probably save more that you get for pawning your wedding ring

I tried to sell my diamond necklace when very broke. I paid £150 for it, it's a flawless 10pt diamond, they offered me £12.50 I still have it. I'd avoid cash convertors like the plague or any place like this to be honest. Is there not a credit union you can use? Overdraft? Parents?
Have you been to the CAB for a benefit check? I used to work in a homeless day place whilst training as a nurse, they bag food up and give it to people who are in need. The salvation army also do this, so do local churches. Can you get a crisis loan?

I wish I had sold my wedding/engagement rings. I had some silly notion that I'd keep and give them to my dc when older.
I discovered an affair he had lied about and then realised that he'd probably been "at it" throughout the whole of our marriage.
When I realised the whole thing had been a lie I threw the rings away.

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go to the DSS

they are the best place to help you with benefits/crisis loans etc

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I have an engagement ring from my Ds's father that I'm keeping to give to him when he's older. It's not worth much anyway though tbh.
I also couldn't part wth my wedding dress and I didn't marry either one of my Dc's dads. I'd love to think of Dd wearing it though...

I don't think you would regret selling an engagement ring or wedding dress, particularly as you are separating. I personally didn't have either of those items anyway when I got married - seriously they are just metal and fabric and you will not miss them.

However, they will not make much money I don't think and they would be quite difficult to sell. Have you got any other item that you could eBay instead? Don't know how old your DCs are, but I sell everything my DCs have finished with ASAP - next thing on my list to eBay is a double buggy - things like that often make good money.

Only other thing to say is, I don't know what has happened etc, but could you approach your MIL/FIL if you are struggling to feed your DCs? I know that if I separated from DH, my MIL would help me feed my DCs in that siutaion as they are her grandchildren and she would love them regardless of me and DH falling out.

I had thrown away everything else that reminded me of him. The rings were the last to go.
I may regret throwing them away one day, but don't six months on.

Good luck onestone

If only Icould find my wedding ring I would pawn it.

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You will get next to nothing for 2nd hand rings etc. I have tried to sell jewelery and they give you the price of the weight of the gold etc- orless- it's pence often!