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Diamonds...Does the OT know the history about one of the most successful PR campaigns?
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:34 am
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:34 am
How educated are the OT baws about the intentional PR campaign and market manipulation by De Beers to make the public think Diamonds are exceptionally rare, limit the amount of diamonds available on the market and therefore artificially keep prices or "value" high?
How educated is the OT?
UPDATE: Lot's of engagement here but none of the baws want to admit they've been duped related to climate change PR campaigns...funny
How educated is the OT?
UPDATE: Lot's of engagement here but none of the baws want to admit they've been duped related to climate change PR campaigns...funny
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 11:17 am
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Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:35 am to sidewalkside
Worked at a jewelry store. Know all about it.
Still love natural diamonds.
Still love natural diamonds.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:36 am to sidewalkside
Welcome to 1978.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:38 am to dyslexiateechur
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Still love natural diamonds.
I too prefer my diamonds pass through the bloodied hands of a small Sierra Leonanian child.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:41 am to MrSpock
The tale of how EV batteries come to be is similarly amusing.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:41 am to sidewalkside
It’s going to be a lot harder for them to keep up the charade now that lab diamonds are so prevalent. Colored lab gemstones weren’t as disruptive to mined because they look visibly different. Lab diamonds don’t look different (and are identical in composition) and cost almost nothing at this point.
I see it argued that lab stones are worthless, but you still come out ahead paying $300-$500 per carat and having it worth $0 than paying $8000/ct and having a 25% resale value if you’re lucky.
I see it argued that lab stones are worthless, but you still come out ahead paying $300-$500 per carat and having it worth $0 than paying $8000/ct and having a 25% resale value if you’re lucky.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 8:50 am
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:45 am to sidewalkside
Incredible story, pennies on the dollar for slaves to go, mine diamonds and sell them for exorbitant prices. Genius business model
about as unethical as you can get, but genius
about as unethical as you can get, but genius
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:47 am to sidewalkside
I like emeralds better
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:48 am to sidewalkside
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:50 am to Evil Little Thing
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It’s going to be a lot harder for them to keep up the charade now that lab diamonds are so prevalent.
My wife has a lab diamond on her left hand. She is none the wiser.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:52 am to sidewalkside
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De Beers
True monopoly
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:52 am to sidewalkside
That's why I get all my diamonds from the lab!
Posted on 6/19/24 at 8:54 am to sidewalkside
I am certain there are atleast 20 threads on this for the past 20 years on this site.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:01 am to terriblegreen
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My wife has a lab diamond on her left hand.
She knows and she doesn't care. She thinks it's stupid to pay way more for something that is technically the exact same thing.
Now if I could just get her to think it's stupid to pay a butt load of money for a rock in general.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:03 am to sidewalkside
We all watched Blood Diamond too.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:07 am to tketaco
Wait for the follow up thread homie...
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:07 am to sidewalkside
Someone has been listening to the Conspiracy Theories podcast.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:13 am to dyslexiateechur
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Still love natural diamonds.
I subtlety brought to us issue up the other day and my girls says she’d be fine with a lab created diamond when the time comes.
I hope it’s not a trap.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:14 am to sidewalkside
Diamonds and Rolex... Best PR campaigns in History
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Rolex founder Hans Wilsdorf's philosophy for Rolex and Tudor... was 'only great marketing is needed to make a company successful'.
This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 9:23 am
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:17 am to sidewalkside
Diamonds are one of, if not the most common gemstones on the planet.
Not only are they exceptionally common, we can reproduce exact copies in a lab, that the naked eye can’t distinguish from real, which essentially makes them worthless.
But bitches love shiny things bc they’re told to so we keep buying them for the bitches.
Not only are they exceptionally common, we can reproduce exact copies in a lab, that the naked eye can’t distinguish from real, which essentially makes them worthless.
But bitches love shiny things bc they’re told to so we keep buying them for the bitches.
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