Lab grown diamonds - where to buy?

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I am very happy with the diamond earring I got from clean origins at tysons corner

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This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you wasting your money on something that is essentially worthless?

NP and I don't own any lab grown diamonds, but...

Only the buyer knows they're worthless. And maybe a gemologist, I don't know whether they can tell.

The concept of buying lab grown diamonds is just like cultured pearls. The aristocracy viewed cultured pearls as “worthless” as well but slowly came around. British royal family still wears natural Bahraini pearls.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

Diamond district nyc

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Anonymous wrote:This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

Ah, see that’s is biggest scam in the industry. When YOU want to sell your mined diamond, they’ll tell you they don’t hold their value and offer you 20%. When they resell it, they’ll price it at exactly what you paid for it. It’s not that diamonds don’t have resale value, it’s that the industry is a grift.

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Not brilliant earth their reviews are bad

Any reputable jeweler sells them

In MOCO
Leslie Sandler Jewelwr for life has both natural and lab
David Kaufman park Potomac
Hunt Country Purcelville lovely family owned Amazon gem cutters lab or natural they are fabulous

Online or brick and mortar
Clean origin returns up to 100 days
I would not do custom just pick a diamond and setting from stock. None of the online do well with custom. They have a way to use a magnetic setting for you to try on diffeshaies and settings in the store so fun.

Blue Nile good
Brian Gavin fantastic

Lab vs natural no one can tell with the naked eye if they say they can they are lying

The only reason a jeweler can tell us labs are marked

Natural stones are going to be worth zip when Debears sells which they will by next year.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

Ah, see that’s is biggest scam in the industry. When YOU want to sell your mined diamond, they’ll tell you they don’t hold their value and offer you 20%. When they resell it, they’ll price it at exactly what you paid for it. It’s not that diamonds don’t have resale value, it’s that the industry is a grift.

Mined diamonds are NOT rare it's a price controlled racquet. The same companies tried to control lab diamonds but vendors in other countries did not play along. The first jeweler with a brick and mortar store that I found quoted me prices for lab studs that were ridiculous. His prices for labs were only slightly less than mined diamonds. Companies in India and other countries didn't play this game and went around these attempts to control and people bought labs from Ouros and other vendors online. There are vendors from China and more countries. It forced everyone else to bring their lab prices down. Some of the vendors mentioned in these posts have inflated prices for labs. I found Ritani to be the best deal but I love looking at Ouros on etsy because they work with customers to design jewelry and some of their stuff is amazing.

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Anonymous wrote:This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

People sell stuff on LoopTroop but your problem will be that individuals who spent a lot of money for those mined diamonds are not realistic at all about what they are worth. People who got suckered into spending 30k for a diamond are going to try to get more from an individual buyer because they know how little places like Tysons Watch or Vienna Jewelers are going to give them. I think very few of the owners of these diamonds realize what is going on in the market and even if shown, they'll refuse to believe it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not brilliant earth their reviews are bad

Any reputable jeweler sells them

In MOCO
Leslie Sandler Jewelwr for life has both natural and lab
David Kaufman park Potomac
Hunt Country Purcelville lovely family owned Amazon gem cutters lab or natural they are fabulous

Online or brick and mortar
Clean origin returns up to 100 days
I would not do custom just pick a diamond and setting from stock. None of the online do well with custom. They have a way to use a magnetic setting for you to try on diffeshaies and settings in the store so fun.

Blue Nile good
Brian Gavin fantastic

Lab vs natural no one can tell with the naked eye if they say they can they are lying

The only reason a jeweler can tell us labs are marked

Natural stones are going to be worth zip when Debears sells which they will by next year.

I love Hunt Country in Purcellville. They had the equipment to verify lab diamonds before most other jewelers.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you wasting your money on something that is essentially worthless?

“Real” diamonds are equally worthless.

No, they aren't equally worthless. Close, but not quite.

Try to resell your mined engagement ring and then come back and truthfully tell us how much value it lost. If one wants a diamond nowadays, it is absolutely foolish to waste money on mined unless you have absolutely unlimited money to blow.

You will get very little for a mined-diamond engagement ring. Maybe 20-30% of the purchase/insurance value. You will get nothing for a lab. So again -- they aren't equally worthless; close but not quite.

Funny - I've seen people selling their labs on LoopTroop.

I've seen people selling their clothes on Poshmark too. Doesn't mean anyone bought them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is a bit of a random question. Given all of the talk about how mined diamonds also lose their value by a significant amount, is there a place where I can buy a "used"/"re-sale" large mined diamond (e.g., 3 carats) at a discount? For example, for 15K instead of 30K+?

Diamond district nyc

Yes, by all means head straight there. If you fancy getting totally ripped off.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Not brilliant earth their reviews are bad

Any reputable jeweler sells them

In MOCO
Leslie Sandler Jewelwr for life has both natural and lab
David Kaufman park Potomac
Hunt Country Purcelville lovely family owned Amazon gem cutters lab or natural they are fabulous

Online or brick and mortar
Clean origin returns up to 100 days
I would not do custom just pick a diamond and setting from stock. None of the online do well with custom. They have a way to use a magnetic setting for you to try on diffeshaies and settings in the store so fun.

Blue Nile good
Brian Gavin fantastic

Lab vs natural no one can tell with the naked eye if they say they can they are lying

The only reason a jeweler can tell us labs are marked

Natural stones are going to be worth zip when Debears sells which they will by next year.

This ^^ is accurate. All gemstones will become totally affordable -- there are lab rubies and sapphires as well.

And I second the Brian Gavin endorsement. That's $$$, though.

[Anonymous]

My engagement ring is from James Allen. We shopped for it in Georgetown and had a great experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Why are you wasting your money on something that is essentially worthless?

“Real” diamonds are equally worthless.

No, they aren't equally worthless. Close, but not quite.

Try to resell your mined engagement ring and then come back and truthfully tell us how much value it lost. If one wants a diamond nowadays, it is absolutely foolish to waste money on mined unless you have absolutely unlimited money to blow.

You will get very little for a mined-diamond engagement ring. Maybe 20-30% of the purchase/insurance value. You will get nothing for a lab. So again -- they aren't equally worthless; close but not quite.

This. I was reading something about how over time, b/c more people will be buying lab diamonds, real diamonds will be more of a status symbol.

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Anonymous wrote:Why are you wasting your money on something that is essentially worthless?

A lot of things that we are buying these days are worthless. Let people buy what they enjoy.