Buying Engagement Rings in Dubai

MynameisBill wrote: »

Hi guys,

Just have a few questions for anyone who has done this recently:

Which Jewellers did you use?
Does anyone have information about what they paid for a ring with the specifications?
How low can I expect to be able to bargain the original price they give me? - What percentage of the original asking price should I expect to pay?

Just want to know what to expect to pay/ know if I need to bargain harder!

Thanks in advance
Emma

Yes you can bargain with them. I bought a ring in Dubai two years ago (solitaire ring white gold 1.4 ct) I paid 5000 euro for it got it valued in Weirs Jewelers was valued at 14000. I didn't go over with the intentions of buying a ring. Also when I was stopping at Abu Dhabi for a connecting flight to Ireland I bought a ring for about 900 euro and that was valued at 2000 I didn't bargain with that ring as it was bought at the airport.

I bought two rings in Dubai roughly about 16 years ago. My original engagement ring was stolen so I needed to replace it. (Long story!)


I can't remember what we spent on the replacement engagement ring but it's a 18 carat gold band with six diamonds. I also bought a ring with one large ruby surrounded by 4 smaller rubies, again the band is 18 carat gold. I think it cost about 60 or 70 punts, at the time. You certainly can bargain and haggle with them. They were very helpful and nice.

I didn't pay any duty on either of the rings.

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

To the people who didn't pay any duty, is this because you were not obliged to, or that you simply didn't declare it? There's a difference

I dont know! I wasn't told I had to declare it sure I bought one of the rings in the Airport they should have told me. Their fault 100%

Arbiter of Good Taste wrote: »

Why would it be incumbent on a foreign jeweller to advise you of Irish laws?

When I went to Australlia and tried to buy smokes at the duty free in Dublin Airport they advised me that I can only bring a max of forty smokes into Australia. I bought the ring in the Airport they should have asked me where I was traveling to and that there would be duty to be paid in Dublin airport (good thing they didn't) lol

Has anyone ever purchased an engagement ring online from Dubai? I believe you can get a much better ring for better value from there.. but rather than flying over, im wondering has anyone ever purchased online from a Dubai jeweller?