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>Diamonds cannot be resold. I wasn't aware of this. What's the rationale?

• sbierwagen 7y ago
  They can be sold of course, but you'll get back maybe 50% of the purchase price. https://www.diamonds.pro/education/sell-diamonds/ https://www.diamonds.pro/education/sell-diamonds/
• takeda 7y ago
  Superstition that wearing someone's wedding ring is a bad luck. Probably was similarly manufactured to keep higher demand for diamonds.
  • ncmncm 7y ago
    More that the people you would take it to have way too many already, and would love to unload them on the next pigeon. I have got some mileage out of characterizing mined diamonds as symbolizing south-African slavery. At least, my wife didn't want one.
• praptak 7y ago
  Try the classic "Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?" article: https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-you-ever-tried-to-sell-a-diamond/304575/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1982/02/have-yo...