Wedding help: Gold buying

Siren · March 8, 2015, 4:46am

Re: Wedding help: Gold buying

Zardari has Rs 144 billion assets, SC told

Thank you @Siren! So my price range is $1500 to about $1700.. for a set of six. I used to live in Canada for a brief time in my life, and I totally understand about not liking stuff here. Theres a huge indian/pakistani bazaar here in New York City too (Jackson Heights), and while the gold here is good quality, the designs are really old and repetitive! My mother bought my Dadiama churiyan about 14 years ago, and the same design is still being sold here!
I’ve heard tons about how unique the designs in pakistan are.. the only drawback is that I’m not likely to visit pakistan until I go for my actual marriage.. in which case I’m afraid theres going to be so much chaos in getting everything for the wedding ready- that I won’t be able to really choose from a variety… It’ll just be like going into a store and choosing the first thing that we see (my dad and thayabu hate when us women of the family take forever to choose…especially when theres a time shortage)
Sigh..

I know what you mean about shopping with men. My dad is the same, though thankfully my husband is a lot more patient (alhamdolillah)

I would highly encourage you to do some research before you go to Pakistan. My mom went to shop in Pakistan after not having lived there for decades, so she didn’t necessarily get the best deal. If you have any relatives or friends you trust there, I would hit them up for a favour and ask them to take you shopping. Regarding your budget, I would definitely encourage you to shop around because the set my mom got me had 4 chooriyan, and 2 bangles (similar in design to the chooris, but slightly wider) and the set put us back around 4000CAD. My grandma also gifted me a single, really delicate looking bangle and that was $1500. This was in 2013, so unless the costs have dropped dramatically, I would keep an open mind on possible increasing your budget.

Let me know what you end up getting. This is such an exciting time for you! And Inshallah, you’ll find something you love!