My Wife Bought a $2,500 Diamond Ring at a Yard Sale for $30 --- KEEP IT?.. or RETURN IT?

if the seller really needs the money then I would return it.

if the seller is purging her life and might be terminally ill then it's your gain. and you did the seller a favor.

You say that the woman who sold the ring is a spiteful vindictive bitch.

Maybe that ring was her own wedding band given to her by her ex-husband. And she knows its value, but would rather sell it as costume jewelry just out of spite.

Would you want (or be expected) to return it if it was a piece of art?

She probably needs the $30 for raman noodle packs to survive the migrant invasion.

I would return it, without a doubt

What goes around comes around


Seeking the pleasure of the Almighty is priceless

You reap what you sow
Sow for the everlasting hereafter

what if the woman selling it did dirty things with the ring?

One of our neighbors held a garage sale this past weekend and my wife picked up a nice ring for $30.00.

The woman selling some things is known to be a miserable wretch, unfriendly to everyone, and just a general purpose curmudgeon.

My wife showed me the ring and said she thinks it's real white gold and real diamonds. I scoffed and said I'm sure the woman would have had her jewelry appraised before selling it as "costume jewelry".

Well, I was wrong.

Today, my wife took it to a jeweler and determined it's a 14K gold band, and the small inlaid diamonds total 1 carat. He said it was made in the 1930's and that insurance replacement value is about $2,500.

So it's not high value, but my wife feels guilty and thinks she should return it to the woman that sold it to her.

I replied that the woman is a nasty bitch that has been nasty to me in the past, nasty to all the neighbors, and if she sold it as costume jewelry, then she doesn't know she has missed anything of value. Moreover, this is the kind of hateful woman that would NOT be grateful for my wife's kindness.

However, I told my wife that I would solicit the opinion of GLP!

So YOU hold the decision, my fellow GLPers!

What say you?

KEEP it, or RETURN it?

Your wife knows you glp? Does she see your posts?

One of our neighbors held a garage sale this past weekend and my wife picked up a nice ring for $30.00.

The woman selling some things is known to be a miserable wretch, unfriendly to everyone, and just a general purpose curmudgeon.

My wife showed me the ring and said she thinks it's real white gold and real diamonds. I scoffed and said I'm sure the woman would have had her jewelry appraised before selling it as "costume jewelry".

Well, I was wrong.

Today, my wife took it to a jeweler and determined it's a 14K gold band, and the small inlaid diamonds total 1 carat. He said it was made in the 1930's and that insurance replacement value is about $2,500.

So it's not high value, but my wife feels guilty and thinks she should return it to the woman that sold it to her.

I replied that the woman is a nasty bitch that has been nasty to me in the past, nasty to all the neighbors, and if she sold it as costume jewelry, then she doesn't know she has missed anything of value. Moreover, this is the kind of hateful woman that would NOT be grateful for my wife's kindness.

However, I told my wife that I would solicit the opinion of GLP!

So YOU hold the decision, my fellow GLPers!

What say you?

KEEP it, or RETURN it?

Not only has she been with me since long before I became a GLPer in 2005, but we are both well aware of one another's penchant for bringing out the closeted side of people.

I have trained her well. She has become VERY proficient in getting her way.

Although we are monogamous, we are BOTH two of the biggest flirts most people have met.

We don't Swing, although we've had many invites. Just had another one yesterday by our dance instructor, in fact.

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Your wife baught the ring, not you. She wants to return it, she should.

One of our neighbors held a garage sale this past weekend and my wife picked up a nice ring for $30.00.

The woman selling some things is known to be a miserable wretch, unfriendly to everyone, and just a general purpose curmudgeon.

My wife showed me the ring and said she thinks it's real white gold and real diamonds. I scoffed and said I'm sure the woman would have had her jewelry appraised before selling it as "costume jewelry".

Well, I was wrong.

Today, my wife took it to a jeweler and determined it's a 14K gold band, and the small inlaid diamonds total 1 carat. He said it was made in the 1930's and that insurance replacement value is about $2,500.

So it's not high value, but my wife feels guilty and thinks she should return it to the woman that sold it to her.

I replied that the woman is a nasty bitch that has been nasty to me in the past, nasty to all the neighbors, and if she sold it as costume jewelry, then she doesn't know she has missed anything of value. Moreover, this is the kind of hateful woman that would NOT be grateful for my wife's kindness.

However, I told my wife that I would solicit the opinion of GLP!

So YOU hold the decision, my fellow GLPers!

What say you?

KEEP it, or RETURN it?

I don't need your marital advice, Mona. I'm the one that's been married over 20 years, not you.

My wife is a free soul. I do not control her. I have ALWAYS respected her complete freedom, her decisions, her wants, and her desires. In over 20 years, there have only been 3 instances in which I said "No" to something she wanted. She is not my property. We are together because we CHOOSE to be together. She is a gorgeous woman, intelligent, loving, and has a good business head on her shoulders. Men hit on her DAILY. She has her choice of any man she wants.

She chooses ME.

It is ALWAYS a choice. I demand nothing of her. To prove to her that she has total and complete freedom with me, I have ensured she has her own bank account, her own investments, and her own vehicle.

She is free to walk away any day, at any time.

But she chooses ME. I make no dictates nor place any mandates on her.

Nonetheless, we consult one another and respect one another's opinions.

But thanks for sharing!
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anonymously mail her cash for about 25% of what you sell it for

I had something similar happen to me. In my situation I had purchased a book from E-bay. I knew from the auction listing that his book was a part of his mothers estate. In the book I found $744 dollars stashed between the pages. I contacted the seller to tell him what I'd found and offered to return it to him. He said no, that I bought the book and the money must have been meant for me. Anyway, I deposited half of the cash (also verified that it wasn't counterfeit) and got the other half put into a money order. I sent the money order to the guy I bought the book from. I asked that if he didn't want to take it to give it to whatever was his mothers favorite charity and that is what he did.

Everyone has the choice to do what is right or to choose wrong. If you are questioning how to handle it that's a pretty good indicator that you know what the right thing to do is.

You guys are STILL missing the point: there was no “estimate” given here. Sheesh, the so-called value of the “$2500” came from an INSURANCE person NOT a jewelry store or pawn shop. Diamonds are marketed at 400% their actual worth at least. The ring has an actual value of $30, trust me.

Proverbs 25:22

"If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
For in so doing, you will heap burning coals on his head, and the LORD will reward you."

It's a win/win You are absolved of guilt, you will be rewarded, and her own guilt is transferred upon her.

You know its valuable, she doesn't. This is called taking advantage, therefore, dishonest.

I'm curious how many of the "Return it" crowd would feel if it was a million-dollar Van Gogh....

How would they feel about giving back 7 figures?

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