Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank prices further

Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by stephenr on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @08:38PM (#40592215)

Room temperature take:

Weddings are expensive. Marriage costs almost nothing.

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Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by tmtvl on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @09:54PM (#40592632)

Depends: marriage can be expensive for a rich asshole marrying a piece of crap who's terrible at spending someone else's money.

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Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by rincebrain on Thursday June 06, 2024 @02:38AM (#40594253)

For certain kinds of rich people to whom being able to waste money is a demonstration of their self-worth, having a spouse who spends money like some people breathe air is a feature, not a bug.

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Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by Gigablah on Thursday June 06, 2024 @05:58AM (#40595577)

To be fair it’s not like they’re burning banknotes, that money goes somewhere.

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Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by justinclift on Wednesday June 05, 2024 @09:49PM (#40592599)

Divorces have a reputation money wise as well. ;)

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Re:Diamond industry 'in trouble' as lab-grown gemstones tank... by MissTake on Thursday June 06, 2024 @09:53AM (#40597397)

Can be expensive.

Ours was about £500, 25+ years ago. Still together now.

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