[quote]tom8658 wrote:
NeelyDan, you really crack me up.
Suckers and sheep go for diamonds, get her a gemstone ring and tell DeBeers to suck it.
EDIT: I could have been more eloquent, but I didn’t feel like it. The price of the diamond is inflated so far beyond its actual value that I just couldn’t bring myself buy one. I didn’t mean to rain on your parade, OP.[/quote]
You do realize that the value of anything, including a diamond, is simply what people are willing to pay for it, right?
If I get a house appraised for 400k, but I put in on the market and no one is willing to pay that much, guess what? The house ain’t worth no 400k.
On the flip side, if I get it appraised for 200k and people offer me 300k, it’s worth more than the appraised value of 200k!
Personally, I think diamonds are overly expensive, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t priced accurately because people are still willing to pay that amount.
Besides, what is 2-3 months salary to make your future wife (theoretically the woman you love) happy about her engagement ring? Ok, so maybe she is materialistic, is that so horrible? It doesn’t mean she’s a golddigger, it just means she likes nice things. I like nice things, too.
And before anyone chimes in thinking I’m sticking up for myself, I’m not engaged and never have been.
And yes, I do realize this was posted a couple months ago.