Firstly, you could buy her an antique ring at a trade jewelry auction. That way, you aren't paying more than the real market price and it will have a resale value -- especially if you buy a piece by one of the name houses like Tiffany or Cartier.
Alternatively, if you wanted to be more romantic, you could by the stone wholesale (places like Amsterdam, London, Antwerp, New York all have wholesale gem dealers) and commission a craft jeweller to make a ring for you. That way, you're investing in the arts and not just buying a piece of crap from some box shifter.
Did you actually read the page that you linked to? It seems they cite Starbucks as one of their middle tier recommended coffee shops. Thus I assume that the poster's friend can now apparently continue to work there in good conscience?
In light of this, a lemon law may well be extremely helpful because it would persuade all the authors of crappy shareware that there's no advantage to selling that nasty Visual Basic traceroute they whipped up in five minutes for $30 or more.
They might as well just GPU the stuff and give it away.
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I wonder if I can get a Carbon Fibre Full Suspension ring. THEN I'd be hardcore
No, then you'd just be a geek. A Carbon Fibre Full Suspension cock ring, on the other hand, might just do it.
Firstly, you could buy her an antique ring at a trade jewelry auction. That way, you aren't paying more than the real market price and it will have a resale value -- especially if you buy a piece by one of the name houses like Tiffany or Cartier.
Alternatively, if you wanted to be more romantic, you could by the stone wholesale (places like Amsterdam, London, Antwerp, New York all have wholesale gem dealers) and commission a craft jeweller to make a ring for you. That way, you're investing in the arts and not just buying a piece of crap from some box shifter.
Did you actually read the page that you linked to? It seems they cite Starbucks as one of their middle tier recommended coffee shops. Thus I assume that the poster's friend can now apparently continue to work there in good conscience?
it's like finding a still-wrapped condom on the street
Most of the time, perhaps.
Sometimes though, it's more like finding a used condom in your lover's bedroom when you've always relied on the rhythm method.
In light of this, a lemon law may well be extremely helpful because it would persuade all the authors of crappy shareware that there's no advantage to selling that nasty Visual Basic traceroute they whipped up in five minutes for $30 or more.
They might as well just GPU the stuff and give it away.