Re:Has Technology Killed the Jewelry Industry?
by TeMPOraL on Monday January 26, 2015 @02:33AM
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> is there really something stopping the same diamond from being sold wholesale and retail dozens of times as long as it's not damaged?
Yes. Tradition. You just don't sell diamonds, period. It's completely arbitrary - that's why it took DeBeers decades to firmly establish it within society in the past century. See the 1982 article every other poster links to.
Yes. Tradition. You just don't sell diamonds, period. It's completely arbitrary - that's why it took DeBeers decades to firmly establish it within society in the past century. See the 1982 article every other poster links to.