text: Yes, it happens.  But I've found the "cheap" rings usually mean more than the expensive ones.\n\nWhen my husband and I got married, we were poor college students with no jobs so he couldn't afford an engagement ring.  On our honeymoon, we went to a small antique store and saw a beautiful ring -- it was bright green crystal set in sterling silver -- and it was $10.  The man we bought it from warned it was expensive.  Since my husband had $10, he got me the ring and to this day we refer to it as my "very expensive ring".  Although he now has a good job and we are no longer poor, I love that ring and will never get another one.  For me, it is worth more than all the gold and diamonds in the world.