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re: Diamonds...Does the OT know the history about one of the most successful PR campaigns?
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:31 am to supadave3
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:31 am to supadave3
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she’d be fine with a lab created diamond when the time comes.
I hope it’s not a trap.
Mine knows and is perfectly fine with it. She was able to get a stone twice the size of a natural diamond, and less than half the price. If it had been a natural stone with the quality of hers, it would have been a $30k+ ring.
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Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:34 am to Shexter
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She was able to get a stone twice the size of a natural diamond, and less than half the price.
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it would have been a $30k+ ring.
so you paid $15K for a lab diamond???
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:38 am to sidewalkside
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so you paid $15K for a lab diamond???
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less than half the price.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:40 am to jchamil
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less than half the price.
So you paid even $10K for a lab diamond????
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:42 am to sidewalkside
Comedian, Ron White had the best take on the cartel that is the diamond industry with DeBeers being at the helm.
In one of his shows he said the new slogan they came out with was:
"Diamonds, render her speechless".
And he quipped they really meant to say:
"Diamonds, that'll shut her up"!!!
In one of his shows he said the new slogan they came out with was:
"Diamonds, render her speechless".
And he quipped they really meant to say:
"Diamonds, that'll shut her up"!!!
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:43 am to Evil Little Thing
quote:get your girl a fake and see what happens
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.
The business runs on women’s emotions, it is what it is
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:44 am to sidewalkside
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So you paid even $10K for a lab diamond????
I haven't paid shite for a lab diamond, just pointing out your reading comprehension skills.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:54 am to chalmetteowl
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get your girl a fake and see what happens
I am a girl
my ring is sapphire, per my choice, but I have zero problems with lab diamonds. My biggest annoyance would be if he went to a mall/chain jeweler and super overpaid for a poorly cut stone of any type. Lab prices have fallen dramatically, but the markup is unreal at major retailers. This post was edited on 6/19/24 at 9:59 am
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:55 am to sidewalkside
Have you seen what happens in those cubic zirconia mines???
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:57 am to Evil Little Thing
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My biggest annoyance would be if he went to mall/chain jeweler
my wife bought my wedding ring for $15 at some ghetto mall kiosk(stainless steel)
Posted on 6/19/24 at 9:59 am to sidewalkside
quote:No, you're the only person in the entire world who knows about DeBeers.
Diamonds...Does the OT know the history about one of the most successful PR campaigns?
Congratulations on revealing this dark secret to the rest of us clueless knaves!
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:01 am to sidewalkside
Yep and your local jeweler marks them up double what they paid at least.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:02 am to sidewalkside
I don’t get worked up about shiny things
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:03 am to beerJeep
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But bitches love shiny things bc they’re told to so we keep buying them for the bitches.
Dudes love $15K watches and $100K trucks...
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:05 am to GreenRockTiger
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I like emeralds better
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GreenRockTiger
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:13 am to beerJeep
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Diamonds are one of, if not the most common gemstones on the planet.
This is true but you still need certain geological conditions to harvest them. Otherwise people all over the world would just be digging up their own diamonds. Think of it like magma. There is an infinite amount of magma deep in the Earth but if you want to see molten lava bubbling out of the ground, then there are only a handful of places where you can witness that phenomenon with the naked eye.
I mean the diamond industry is shitty from top to bottom - from the human traffickers in Africa to the orthodox Jewish wholesalers in Antwerp to the douchebag working the counter at Zales, but if there was a viable replacement to that system we would have seen it by now.
You're right about lab grown though. That's on women for expecting something natural and expensive. It's a litmus test, facilitated by clever marketing, to help women ensure that a man will cater to their emotional and financial irrationality in the future.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:15 am to sidewalkside
When NOLA was tearing down all the statues in the city it was interested to head to South Africa and hear their feelings about the statues of Da Beers family members around the city.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:16 am to sidewalkside
Why would you pay 2X as much for the something that is the same?
Posted on 6/19/24 at 10:57 am to Evil Little Thing
Are lab diamonds marked in any way? Asking for a husband.
Posted on 6/19/24 at 11:10 am to sidewalkside
Thank FDR for this scheme
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