Diamond Prices Are in Free Fall in One Key Corner of the Market

Re:Diamond Prices Are in Free Fall in One Key Corner of the ... by irrational on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @06:19PM (#37398575)

I purchased a 1 carat diamond ring for my now-wife in the mid-1990s for $600. For our 25th wedding anniversary my wife and I designed a new solid gold ring using Moissanite stones that cost about $700. She loves her new ring and everyone thinks the stones are real diamonds. We've even had jewelers comment on her diamond ring. I truly don't understand why anyone would go with diamonds these days.

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Re:Diamond Prices Are in Free Fall in One Key Corner of the ... by gnicholas on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @06:22PM (#37398609)

Where did you get the stones, and did the jeweler who built the new ring care at all?

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Re:Diamond Prices Are in Free Fall in One Key Corner of the ... by irrational on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @06:28PM (#37398672)

We had it made in China. There are a number of online chinese jewelers. They will work with you to make the ring to your exact specifications. They will create a 3D rendering of the ring for your approval. They will let you pick out the stones you want. After it is manufactured, they will create a video showing the ring (or earrings or whatever) to you for approval before shipping it to you. I figured that for $700 we could risk it, but it turned out to be a gorgeous ring and we have had zero complaints about it in the 4 years since we received it. It is rock solid (pun intended) and as pretty today as the day she first put it on.

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