isenggirl,
I think there's nothing wrong with buying the same pair of wedding bands as your friends. It so happens that both you and your friends like the same design.
There are so many couples out there with the same wedding bands but does it matter? How often do u go, "Eh, your wedding bands same as mine?"
Furthermore, u mentioned that you two like it a lot, after visiting a few jewellers. Just go ahead and buy it! =D
I went to e-Clarity hoping to customised something uniquely ours too, but eventually gave up coz I can't visualise how it would look like with the mix-n-match. I was afraid the final product might look very ugly.
Visiting e-Clarity is by appointment only. Only the lady boss will serve u, her assistants can't make decision one. Each appointment is in interval of 30-min, which is very short.
Our appointment was at 11.30am then, but the 11am couple dragged on, and she could only attend to us at 11.50am. Then the 12pm couple came in. Then another two couples came in to collect their bands. Everything just snowballed and she really couldn't attend to us and answer our queries at all. Even when she did, u could feel that it was kind of rush.
Seriously, I was very annoyed. We walked out without a word more.
Same as u, we visited Lee Hwa, Soo Kee, SK, Citigems, and Love & Co. We had already shortlisted a few before visiting e-Clarity.
Eventually, we chose that pair from Love & Co. (",)