Comments on: Is it OK if Your Bling Bling comes from Costco?

By: Matthew

Matthew — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 01:48:35 +0000

I Bought my girlfriend an engagement ring from Costco. It costs $4350 after tax. The diamond is a princess cut 1.03 ct diamond, the clarity is VS1, the color is an I, the cut was Brilliant and it came in a 950 platinum setting. The ring came with both an IGI and GIA appraisal. According to both IGI and GIA The replacement value of the ring is $10,950.

Like ED said you can’t find a better deal.

By: Ed Griffen

Ed Griffen — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 20:17:10 +0000

i got my wife’s ring at costco, and it was the best thing i coudl have done. i shopped around, even online, and costco’s prices for the quality is hard to beat. costco has gia and igi certificates for all thier larger rings (which most engagement rings are), so you know the quality at the time of purchase. what i loved about costco is they offer platinum settings for gold prices (diamond cost being equal). my wife loves her rings (i got a set, it included the engagement AND wedding ring), and proudly tells people they’re from costco. if you’re a regular guy and dont care about brand names and overpaying, give costco a try, it cant hurt to look and compare. i dare you to find a significantly better deal. and if you do please let us know, i’ll buy from anywhere if the cost/quality are good. hope this helps.

By: bridget

bridget — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:32:38 +0000

I have looked at different jewelry stores for engagement rings. The best diamonds and prices are costco. I definitely have an eye for quality in diamonds. And costco definitely has them!

By: Greg

Greg — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 04:54:46 +0000

I suspect that most people who look down on Costco diamonds are wearing $1000 rings for which they paid $4000. Get online and look at the specs on Costco diamonds. They’re all VS1 and VS2 clarity. Then get on mainstream jewelry stores and try to find anything that is that grade. Most won’t have that quality stone, and the ones that do will charge 200-300% what Costco charges for that grade stone. If you pay $4000 for a stone at Costco it will actually be worth what you paid for it. There are very few, if any, jewelry stores that can say that.

By: Joe

Joe — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:00:47 +0000

I am in the process of shopping for an engagement ring and it really does come down to either Tiffany or Costco. For me, it came down to how much I am willing to spend. With Costco, I can get better 4Cs for the same dollars than at Tiffany. Tiffany does have that special name but it comes at a premium. I really don’t care either way as long as my significant other is happy. I had the discussion with my girlfriend and she understands my approach. She doesn’t wear jewlery and is looking at her wedding rings as being one of the few pieces of jewlery she owns and she wants the name. This is fine by me as I’m not spending a different amount. Most importantly, she will be happy.

By: Vancity

Vancity — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 21:10:26 +0000

My hubby and I did LOTS of research prior to buying our rings and Costco far surpasses the quality and price of any other jeweller that we found. We have a million other ways that we could spend the money that we saved and I still have a rock!! Also, when we ordered our ring online, the ring we were sent was bigger and better quality than the listing and we weren’t charged for it. I highly recommend it, it just makes sense.

By: Candybee

Candybee — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 19:12:34 +0000

Why WOULDN’T you want a ring from Costco??? Ask yourself – are you willing to pay thousands more for your ring to come in a tiny blue box?? I attended a marketing conference recently and the speaker said that the Tiffany box is the most expensive piece of cardboard you will ever buy! No offense to Tiffany – I have a few of their pieces but… I would much rather have something twice the size (without sacrificing quality!) from Costco! In fact, I INSISTED that my ring come from there!

Costco has VERY strict standards when it comes to diamonds! Their standards are much higher than many other retailers. Years ago, I wouldn’t have considered Costco for diamonds – but then one of my colleagues (a prominent medical professional) informed me that Costco diamonds often appraise for more than DOUBLE their purchase price!! If you feel that people will think less of you because your ring is from Costco, then simply tell them you’re not sure where it’s from … or that he had it made for you (Costco does that too).

Besides, isn’t it a bit tacky to ask WHERE someone’s ring is from?

By: Joseph C

Joseph C — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:38:01 +0000

Long story short, when my wife and I were first dating, I jokingly told her I’d buy her jewelry from Costco — to which she replied that I was to never buy her jewelry from Costco.

Fast forward a couple of years, when it came time to be engaged, we decided to look for the engagement diamong and ring together. We looked high and low – from the daily radio-advertised “engagement ring store” to the Tiffany’s and other high-end retailers at the upscale mall in town.

Where did we end up? Costco. They had the BEST looking stone amongst all stores – even better than what we saw at Tiffany’s. We actually kept looking after our visit to Costco, and two weeks later, we still liked theirs the best.

Four years later, she still gets compliments on the ring. It’s a 1.6 carat – but it often gets mistaken for a 2 carat because it looks so good!

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:20:52 +0000

My fiance proposed to me five weeks ago. We were on a trip to Colorado to ski and stay at my fiance’s aunt and uncle’s beautiful condominium. On our way up to the mountains, we stopped at a Costco to pick up some supplies. My fiances uncle in retired from a great job with the government and his aunt just to get out of the house more and because she truly enjoys it, works part-time at Costco. I had never been to a Costco, they wanted to show me and I wanted to see what costco is about. My fiance and I are deeply in love and truly love one another, therefore we had been talking marriage and engagement. When in Costco we stopped at the jewelry counter, of course not expecting to find anything. To my surprise I saw a lovely diverse selection of beautiful diamond rings. My eye immediately was drawn to a particular ring. It was Gorgeous! I am a woman who believes in quality over quantity and will pay for quality. My mother owns a spectacular diamond ring with a total ct weight exceeding 3cts, a emerald cut solitaire with two substantial baguettes on each side. Therefore I am partial to a emerald cut. I fell in love with with this ring! quickly adding I loved my fiance much more!;) I tried it on, telling my fiance I could not have drawn a ring I liked more, it was exactly what I wanted. While we all are standing around the jewelry counter a fellow woman shopper came up, commenting on how beautiful the ring was. The next thing we knew she whipped out a loob, I did not even know what a loob was! She asked to see the ring looked at it through her loob Stating there were no inclusions, there was one small bubble, I believe she called it and went on to say Positives about the other characteristics of the stone and stones. All the while the woman behind the counter is telling us about Costcos philosophy and standards on diamonds, I am thinking is this woman with the loob secretly working for Costco? As I am thinking this the woman tells me she works and judges jewelry at shows. I was glad to hear this thinking what are the chances we would run into or more like it she into us, a woman who is obviously somewhat knowledgeable about diamonds and is carrying a loob, when I find the ring of my dreams!? We will be the first to admit we had not educated ourselves about purchasing a diamond, we to my knowledge had no intention of buying one quite yet. The loob lady asked to see the warranty and the rings papers and appraisal. She said we were getting a good deal but the appraisals were always high. I once again expressed my extreme fondness for the ring, thanked the loob lady as well as the jewelry woman and Costco manager ( he had to authorize getting the ring out of the case and the papers out of the safe) we then went about our Costco shopping. The ring was so beautiful to me I just cared about its quality, not its origin was Costco. My fiance wanted to please me so badly, I could have picked out a ring from anywhere. he is 45 has been wise with his money. After waiting for the “one” me:), to come along he was prepared. The next night after driving to the condo, he took me to a covered bridge with white lights and proposed! The man of my dreams, with the ring of my dreams! He had very slyly, while I was in another part of Costco, gone and due to the awesome price was able to write a check for my dream ring! I am a clinical psychotherapist and very perceptive, he totally “got me” When I came to this website I was shocked so many woman are so caught up in the commercialism of marriage. Where a diamond is from does not a marriage make. My engagement ring is a over 1 carat emerald cut solitaire, surrounded by little channel set diamonds, with the same diamonds going halfway around the band of Platinum. It came with papers as I said, stating everything they need too including the hologram laserscribed on the Diamond itself for identification etc. This is one of the marks of a fine diamond from what I understand or at least a responsible jeweler or company. To end this insanely long “comment”, more like a essay, I adore my ring, I really appreciate my fiance being able to save so much money, buying it from Costco. One last comment, I bought a bridal magazine. The very back page of the magazine was a ad for Tiffany engagement rings. What was on this ad were several beautiful diamond rings one looking identical to mine except the cut of the diamond was a different shape. It brought a smile to my face as does my ring, all the time! Thank you for reading this, I apologize for the length, I felt writing this in its entirety would convey it best. Have a great day!

By: S Gamgee

S Gamgee — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:17:05 +0000

I bought my wife’s engagement ring at Costco. 2 carats, princess cut. GIA-certified. Not a small purchase by any means!

Then we had the stone placed in a different setting at a small jeweler.

The result? My wife is frequently stopped by strangers (in restaurants, checkout lines, etc.) who complement the beauty of her ring. The diamond practically sparkles in the dark.

Costco is a well run company, and the diamonds they sell are top notch. We didn’t need a little blue box or a cup of tea. We needed — and got — a high quality diamond (and a great deal to boot).