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Old 09-07-09, 11:59 AM   #19
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Default Re: Buying Jewelry online

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Originally Posted by Aidan View Post
Sorry, I don't get your point. I looked into diamonds from goldsmiths and for even double the money, the diamonds were of a lower quality cut (i.e. reflected less light), were of lower clarity and were slightly coloured. On blue nile I could chose the diamond first and therefore have chosen a better quality diamond then the ones I was shown on the high street.
My point being that the whole diamond thing has, for the last 200 years been a scam perpetuated by a cartel, based on artificial scarcity upheld by some clever social engineering...

Which is why is one of the reasons I chose not to get suckered in, fortunately I have a wife that agrees with me...
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