Lets talk about diamonds !!

[DeepseekerADS]

Yes, and throw in that Trillion Dollar Russian meteor crater. Oh yeah, sure they're industrial grade, but they are diamonds none the less.... And they won't be increasing the value of diamonds as a whole!

 

[Red James Cash]

Yup.If you want to give your sweetheart something give her a gem you dug with your own hands,sweat and most likely blood,instead of just somebody elses blood.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Let me tell you guys - Diamonds are NOT worth crap! I have found many diamonds over the years and no one is willing to buy them. I had a 3/4 karat that was close to perfect color and cut - the guy at the ring store told me to "sell the gold of the diamond ring and put the diamond in a necklace for my wife - No one will give you decent money for the diamond" ARA will give you 10 dollars per point - so if you find a 1 Karat diamond - $100.00 bucks, but you will pay 5,000 for that in the store. Blows me away!!!!!

Seems to me the guy was trying to take you, like I talk about. People who are not in the Diamond business will not give you any money for your stones. They will say crap like that so they can keep the profits. If you go to a diamond dealer they WILL pay you something for your stone... Metal dealers won't...

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Good thread Mudd!
I kinda got that Impression when I found a 925 GP ring with 6 small chip diamonds in it. I was thinking why would they put them in silver that was GP? Answer- cause the whole ring is only worth the value of the silver!

Ed T- so you found da' diamond in da' beer! Lol! Sorry couldn't help my self!


Guess we would be better off finding that grey, whale up chuck stuff on the beach, it's more valuable!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

How big was your diamond Ed, what color was it ? Sounds cool, sure wish I could see it !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

So you gave away a possible few 100 thousand dollar diamond ?? You must have been drunk...!! Even if everyone was telling me quartz crystal. I'd still keep it until I got it checked out. I missed the original posts. Could you please tell me what state or country you found it in ? Maybe by that I can narrow it down if it was quartz or diamond. Cause quartz is not found everywhere and neither are diamonds. Maybe it was a white sapphire.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Mackaydon]

Red,
You don't have to sugar coat it for us; how do you really feel?
Don.......

 

[Mackaydon]

EdT,
"At a chicken ranch outside of Reno" brought back some great memories; thanks,
(I'll never tell.)
Don.....

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

The whole diamond business is a sham, which is why there are jewelry stores everywhere. If you bought an engagement ring "on sale" at 50% off and you go to sell it, expect to get offered 10% or less of what you actually paid. The big jewelers have $300+million dollar profits per quarter because of the huge markup.

If you're in the market buy wholesale, there are those out there not in cahoots. For selling get a gemologist report and sell on eBay to take them out of the loop.

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

To put it in perspective I bought a 1 caret engagement ring on 14k white gold for a reputable seller on eBay that posts for $1 auction to let the market decide. I won the auction for $1200 and took the ring to my jeweler that said it'd retail for 5 or 6k. I had him make some mods to it (add a crown with more diamonds, resize, etc) for another 1k.

If I took it to a jeweler to sell it I'd be offered about $400 tops. On eBay I'm confident I could get 1200, But maybe not, I have no history of selling diamonds.

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

Also, I hope we never have to sell it anyway!!!

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Before the big Scandals in the market. I was trying to sell diamond rings on FeeBay I was selling them for huge discounts. I was selling $2000 rings for like $800.00 I got not ONE bid on about 200 listings... Maybe it was the seller rating but I think no one bought because no one knew if they were real. I'm surprised you did that kind of deal on Feebay Mr. Jones. Nice job on upgrading that ring !!

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[Red James Cash]

Red,
You don't have to sugar coat it for us; how do you really feel?

I cant do that here can I mack,i'll get a vacation.We wouldnt want that now would we?I just gave the folks here a little appetizer,kind of like 1 sugar baby out of a 1 pound bag

 

[HenryWaltonJonesJr]

I do admit I was very nervous, but the seller did have good feedback, even for the returns so rolled the dice and couldn't wait to get it to a jeweler. When he said you did very well it was a huge relief! Deals are out there, but there is also the fact that....do you really want to tell your fiancé you got it on feebAy? Hrmmm. Good thing I have a wife now that appreciates a good deal!

 

[Red James Cash]

.I don't think that a sapphire would have caused the cold feeling in my mouth as did the diamond in question

How cold was the beer you had the stone sitting in?

 

[SusanMN]

Readers digest version of this thread. The vast majority of the rings and jewelry you find is only worth the value of melt value of its metal.

 

[buzzhead]

It may not be much but I'm getting $60.00 a Karot for any diamond I take to the guy. 1 point or 50 points. Cash pd. larger stuff would be sold elsewhere.


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[OBN]

A good diamond will fetch a good price, the little guys will add up but never will you get what was paid. I just sent in 40 rings last year, some with stones, ARA offered a name of a buyer, 400dollars and they would take them off my hands.

 

[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

That's my point, if you have the right stone and the right buyer. You can get what your stones are worth to some degree.

Keep @ it and HH !!