7 comments to “I want to buy Diamond ring, what should be the base metal Platinum or gold. which one has resale value?”

1. Chocolate_Bunny wrote:
   2. December 2008 at 10:45 am :

   if you are planning on selling it…why buy it….

2. de m wrote:
   3. December 2008 at 10:07 am :

   Platinum every time!!

3. carsten n wrote:
   4. December 2008 at 10:12 pm :

   Well it depends whether you intend to use it or sell it when you get home… If you want to use it, go for the one that suits your skin.
   If you want to sell it then platinum would be the way to go, it’s worth more and it seems to become increasingly popular. White gold is an option too. It’s my personal favourite.

4. Rgs wrote:
   7. December 2008 at 3:03 pm :

   I would suggest going with white gold over platinum almost every time. Every metal has their own downsides, but I prefer the wear pattern of wg over plat. Platinum, while a harder base metel is softer that wg in the alloyed state. Wg will start to show its true yellow over time, but platinum will scratch almost immediately and look dull.

   Platinum is 90 to 95% pure while wg is 58% pure for 14k. With the price of plat being almost twice as much as gold, and having a much higher content makes the cost about three times as much as wg.

   The world lives on a budget. Why pay three times as much for a metal that shows scratches and dulls immediately, or pay 1/3 for a metal that will show a bit of yellow after a year? (And that can be fixed by rhodium plating, a treatment which can be done for about $25 dollars US.)

   You will get more money back on the resale market for plat, but that is because you will pay more for it. Plat is also harder to work with so more often there is a higher labor markup which you will not recoup when reselling.

   End of day, I say wg over plat unless you have metal allergies which force you away from the alloys in wg (most often nickle)

5. Lorna wrote:
   10. December 2008 at 6:33 pm :

   platinum definitely has higher resale value but more difficult to sell as the diamond loses some luster with platimum. I prefer while gold. It makes the diamond look bigger and gives it more luster.

6. DAPHNE S wrote:
   12. December 2008 at 8:10 pm :

   Platinum is better than gold but it is broking easily!so take the gold!

7. Bluegum wrote:
   16. December 2008 at 1:22 am :

   platinum that will look great!