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When I was looking at diamond rings the synthetics available to me were at a high cost, not much less than a "traditional" diamond. Same goes for alternate ston
by tomstockmail 7y ago
When I was looking at diamond rings the synthetics available to me were at a high cost, not much less than a "traditional" diamond. Same goes for alternate stones such as Moissanite which HackerNews has discussed below. So, not being pro-diamond here, but simply stating it looks like marketing has brought up the prices of these alternate methods too.
Diamonds Suck/pro Moissanite website: http://diamondssuck.com/ http://diamondssuck.com/ (2006)
HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17186457 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17186457
- okmokmz 7y agoPerhaps you were shopping with an unscrupulous jeweler then, because, all else the same, a Moissanite stone is significantly less expensive than a comparable diamond