I’m looking into wedding bands and I cannot tell the difference between some of the pave settings and a shared prong setting. I always thought my e-ring had a shared prong setting, but now looking at pictures, I think mine might be a micro pave setting! Any advice on how to tell the difference?

P.S. Any good websites for wedding bands?

P.P.S. I read somewhere that you should not have 2 pave rings touching one another. Is this true?

I'm having a heck of a time finding a band for my curved pave ring. Does a wedding ring have to have a similar pattern on the band? Does a curved ring have to have a curved band or can a straight band match?

Okay, this question has a couple different parts and I want to go ahead and say thanks for any and all help!
Short version is: Should i get a ring at Zales/Gordon’s, do they back up what they sell pretty good? Do they go out of business often?
Should i get yellow gold or white? White has to be dipped every year and yellow doesnt. If i get white it’s going to be an extra warranty to have free rhodium dips. Is it worth it since my closest zales and gordons is more than an hour away?

Below is a lot more details so you can better understand my questions and why i have them.
I got engaged May 2009. I have a white gold band with a solitaire. We started looking for bands for the ceremony (august 2010) and i decided i like the ones with diamonds in them.
To get a band that looks good with my diamond and on my finger (they are long but chubby) I would need a 1/2 carat total weight band, either pave or channel. It’s basically going to be just as cheap to get a pretty bridal set as it is a 1/2 carat band. I tried some on and have also looked online and am willing to sacrifice the 1/2 carat band to get a prettier bridal set with a little less carat weight. The set i like looks pretty big on the hand but up close it’s several smaller diamonds grouped together. I’ll post a link of the one im considering, below.

My main issue is, I had NO clue that white gold was actually just a faint yellow gold dipped in rhodium. I started doing some research and heard people talking about getting their rings "dipped" and then I started studying my band on my diamond and sure enough there’s a little faint yellow showing through. When I asked several jewelers they said most people get them dipped once a year and it’s about per ring.

So.. If i get a white gold set from Zales/Gordon’s they have the diamond bond which says that if i break or chip or lose a diamond or knock the head off the ring, they will fix or replace it ( i like that a lot). That’s included with the price. I can also add on an extra warranty that allows me free sizing and rhodium dipping for life and it’s . My main question is, should I get the ring from Zales/Gordon’s and if so, should I add the warranty? The only reason I’m thinking about not adding that on is because there is only one zales and one gordon’s around me within a 2 hours radius. I have to take the diamond there every 6 months for inspection. What happens if I get the ring at Gordons and then they go out of business? I’ve emailed the company to see if i can take it to any other gordons or a zales since they own each other. So far all i got was "we need more time to answer your Q"

Also, I prefer white gold but should i maybe reconsider and train myself to like yellow gold since i wont have to worry about having it dipped every year? My class ring is yellow and i don’t really mind it, i just seem to prefer white but maybe that’s because it’s the "going thing." I know most people will say "go with what you like since you’re wearing it" but im wondering if anyone out there thinks it’s worth the hassle to have to get the white one dipped every year…and keep in mind i have to drive more than an hour to get it inspected twice a year and to get it dipped once a year. And also keep in mind they could go out of business since they are in a rinkydink mall in a small town.

Here’s the ring in yellow: http://www.zales.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4091622&kpc=1
Here it is in white: http://www.zales.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4091621&kpc=1

If you made it this far, i have one more question: Can you haggle with jewelry chains like zales, gordons, and kays? Could i ask them what’s the lowest they’d take if im paying cash (which we will be)
If I get platinum i would have to go way lower in carat size.
The deal is, I’m in college and he just bought a house. Obviously we cant spend a thousand more dollars on a ring set because the ring i have now is already about that much. Like i said, it’s about as cheap to get a set as it is to get a band in the specifications i want.
The reason i asked about haggling the price is that the rep at gordon’s said they can give a 10% discount if she asks the manager. So i assumed if they could ask and knock off 10% why not 15 or 20% if im paying cash and not financing.
I found the exact same set with the same color and clarity on another site for about half of what gordon’s charges… so now i hav e to decide if i want to chance buying it online and pocket the extra 0 to pay for dipping and small stone replacement.
I’m just trying to save my fiance money, he does so much for me already. I know i sound cheap but im just trying not to take advantage of his money for a ring that is only a symbol. Some people don’t even have rings so I already feel blessed.

My engagement ring is very unique. It has a split band that is covered with pave diamonds. It's gorgeous and kind of thick on my finger. Do I have to have a wedding band or would it be okay to just use my engagement ring as both my wedding band and engagement ring? My ring is so unique that I don't think I could find anything that would compliment it and I really don't want to get something that would take away from it's beauty.

Yes, another one. I thought I was set on moissanite and I love the ring, but I am weighing my options. I do like that the white sapphire is a natural gemstone. The white sapphire ring is as much as the moissanite set, and the white sapphire set(ering and band) is out of the budget.

http://www.moissaniteco.com/designer-inspired-pave-wedding-set-p-10061.html

http://www.thenaturalsapphirecompany.com/Sapphires/Sapphire-Jewelry/Sapphire-Rings/Jewelry=J1950

thanks

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Is an 8mm pave band that tapers thinning at the sides too big for a pave ring that is 10mm, at the front tapering down in size of course.

ok so I took my engagement ring to the jewelers because I wanted the diamond lowered… so in order to do that they had to put a new head on it… well when I got the ring back this past Tuesday night I was just so happy to have it back again I didn’t even inspect it…

So my fiance and I are grocery shopping after picking it up and I was looking at my ring and two things caught my eye… ONE… the freaking new head that was put on there was glued or something because you could see the freaking glue underneath the head of the mounting if you look closely… I mean it’s not totally visible, but I can see it and it just looks cheap to me!

BUT what was visible was it looked like they replaced one of my diamonds on my ring! My ring is a pave setting and it has 6 diamonds on each side of the main diamond… well on the right side of the main diamond, the 2nd diamond was BROWN!!! It was completely visible!!!!!!

So we took it back the next day and now it’s the 3rd time I’m sending my ring back…. I’ve only been engaged for 6 months…

So when we took it back, the lady that we’ve been dealing with was SUPERRRR pissed that their jeweler did such a horrible and sloppy job. Apparently what looked like a brown diamond, was the regular diamond that was in there before, but the jeweler got solder on the bottom of it and it made it look a different color… and the glue that was visible, was also solder that she didn’t file down…. I mean the ring looked like crap. I so badly just want to have my fiance ask for his money back so we can go somewhere else where they have a reputable jeweler… but we’ve had the ring since June… I’m not sure if their going to do that… it’s just a nighmare. The sucky part is that the customer service is amazing and we don’t want to go in there and raise hell…. But what else are we supposed to do?

We have had nothing but problems with it…When my fiance proposed to me the wedding band that came with the engagement ring was missing a diamond and he had the ring for a freaking day! Then when we went to turn in the band, they noticed that one of the side diamonds on my ering was about to fall out… so they fixed it but its also a messy solder job… I’m just so fed up! You think that paying almost ,000 for the freaking thing, it would last longer than 6 months!!! UGHHHH!!! I don’t know what to do!!

Is it too late to demand a new ring, but with the same diamond that we purchased? Or a refund to go somewhere else where we wont have this problem?

I mean this ring is supposed to last me my whole life, and it hasn’t even made it through 6 months and it’s already falling apart…..