you need to catch up on lab-grown stones. Basically, they look better, keep their shine longer (i.e. no need to polish that often) and cost 10% of the "real one".
Just realize that intrinsic cost of diamonds is basically 0. Supply is artifically limited by De Beers and Co, demand is pushed up by shiny catalogues and stereotypes etc.
Now that many more labs are going to create moissanites and likes due to expiring patents, diamonds are going down the same path as pearls went ages ago (when people started growing them on mass scale).
So, my prediction is diamonds will lose at least 90% value in coming years, and lab-grown stones take over by storm, pushing overall bling-bling value even further down, making it as common as zirconia or stuff like that.
p.s. 2 of my first engagement rings were real diamonds, north of $5k value each. The most recent one is a custom made moissanite of better clarity and bigger size at < $1k. All girls were happy with their rings ;)
not sure why they moved account icon from top right corner to extensions bar.. now there's +1 icon in crowded extensions area and gaping hole on top right corner.
One thing no one notices is DRM and lack of content on Netflix overseas... It is nearly impossible to have Netflix on Chinese Android devices (thanks to Widevine), which is a huge loss due to rapidly growing smart projector market... who needs 480p on a 150'' screen??
As for lack of content: my family is trilingual, and we constantly moving between countries. It's almost impossible to get content we like outside of US (even Australia sucks), these unbelievably stupid and shortsighted ideas of distribution regions (for DVD/BD) and DRM (for streaming) keeps me on torrents for 20+ years already, and I see no end to this ordeal. I tried to "go legal" on so many occasions, and EVERY SINGLE TIME I stumble upon some ludicrous "new tech" that prevents me as a consumer to watch content I like.
When will the studios realize that ALL content is out there already? And literally NONE of their effort since DVD css stopped anyone from "stealing" anything.
I can get any movie/show from torrents in max quality, but I would like to just pay $15 to someone and stream FullHD/4K content in any language to any device, and finally stop pirating stuff. Too much to ask, Netflix?
Music industry learned this lesson hard way 10 years ago, unleashed unlimited HQ streaming, and now look -- music piracy is nearly extinct, and both listeners and industry are happy.
In the meantime, I'm filling my 4TB hdd with BD remuxes and enjoying 4k videos w/o paying any cent to anyone. No other way around it for consumer, it seems.
Just realize that intrinsic cost of diamonds is basically 0. Supply is artifically limited by De Beers and Co, demand is pushed up by shiny catalogues and stereotypes etc.
Now that many more labs are going to create moissanites and likes due to expiring patents, diamonds are going down the same path as pearls went ages ago (when people started growing them on mass scale).
So, my prediction is diamonds will lose at least 90% value in coming years, and lab-grown stones take over by storm, pushing overall bling-bling value even further down, making it as common as zirconia or stuff like that.
p.s. 2 of my first engagement rings were real diamonds, north of $5k value each. The most recent one is a custom made moissanite of better clarity and bigger size at < $1k. All girls were happy with their rings ;)