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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][size=7] [/size][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Lab stones are so weird to me. I wouldn’t do it. They have no resale value - at least a real diamond has some and has actual market value. An engagement ring should be expensive. It means something. I want to be able to give my ring to my kids. I doubt they’d want some costume jewelry. It feels like buying a fake Chanel off canal street. Sure, they’re made in the same factory! They’re basically the same! But one is actually made by the earth naturally forever ago and one is made in a microwave. It seems so unromantic. [/quote]

Lab stones are real diamonds without the ethical issues. 
Mined diamonds have horrible resale.  [/quote]

The resale value of natural diamonds is not terrible. No worse than lots of other luxury items. Large market for vintage Tiffany pieces etc. large market for large stones. Old mine cuts.

The ethical piece is simply used as a tool by those who want a big rock and don’t want to pay. I don’t believe for a second that’s the motivator. If that’s true, they wouldn’t be supporting the market. And if that’s the case, don’t own a cell phone or other electronic clearly made by slave labor. Isn’t that just as terrible? Yes. Yes it is. [/quote]

Go ahead and see what someone will give you for your diamond. Sure, they’ll turn around and sell it for a good amount but YOU won’t get much at all for it. It’s the biggest shake down in an industry that’s the ultimate shakedown to begin with. [/quote]

Oh I get that. But a lab Diamond is scrap. Nobody would ever take it to resell it. You wouldn’t pass it down. Etc. [/quote]

I got my ring way before the lab diamond shift but... why couldn't you pass it down? People pass down costume jewelry. And there's nothing wrong with a lab diamond, it's just not as "special" as a mined diamond. It's still pretty (sometimes prettier because they are perfect). Plus a ring is more than a diamond, there's the band as well.

If my mother had a lab diamond ring and it was a pretty ring and she left it to me, I don't think I'd care that it was a lab diamond. I really don't. It's not like it is going to crumble to dust. It's a diamond.[/quote]

Hmmm, I don’t jnow. The cost just keeps dropping like crazy. I was just looking to replace a lost ring and the cost for my original diamond size was $30k. The cost for a lab the same size was literally $6k. And no, they’re not all perfect it’s like regular diamonds. They have flaws, colors etc. I just feel like if it’s that cheap …?[/quote]

Lol what is the inherent value of a mined diamond? It doesn't have one. It's pressurized coal. Your diamond cost 30k due to high demand and relative scarcity. Lab diamonds upend this dynamic by eliminating scarcity. Not only are there more diamonds, but you have the ability to keep making more and more very easily.

But they are all diamonds. The quality of a lab diamond is not inferior. A diamond is a diamond. You literally just said it -- "they're not all perfect it's like regular diamonds." Because they are regular diamonds!

I know this might be a hard pill to swallow if you spent that much on your ring, but it was only "worth" that because lots of people wanted one and there weren't enough rings of that size and quality for them to cost less. But now there are. The intrinsic qualities of the diamond have not changed.[/quote]

The price has gone up for a real same sized diamond. And it is possible to tell a lab on an easy scope scan. I also assume people that have enormous ones have labs. I just wouldn’t do it. Go right ahead, who is stopping you. Just seems trashy. [/quote]

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