The truth about diamonds

[Scuba_Steve]

Delivered In Comedy

Ah diamonds, the worthless rock that cost a fuckload.
Also gotta congratulate De Beers, they've managed to brainwash more people than any Govt ever has with their propaganda... over 80yrs on & people still believe that shit


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5kWu1ifBGU

[Tazz]

They made something that was common as mud 'exclusive' and 'rare'. Best god damn marketers ever to do it so well and for so long. And the crap about clarity in stones so small you can't see shit anyway, it's ridiculous. A well cut one is purdy, but there are way cooler stones out there.

Also not sure of their rarity, but have you seen the prices of those pink ones from Aus? Argyle or something from memory? Madness.

[avgas]

Not worthless. It costs $100/ct to make.
So a diamond really is worth a barrell of oil.

[R650R]

Yeah read about this awhile ago. Its why they have such massive penalties for anyone caught trying to leave the country with uncut diamonds.
Apparently in the early days they were able to be collected by moonlight on the surface of ground.
Now the feckers are vacumning the ocean for them and we thought it was fishing trawlers wrecking seabed...


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dG4MGEADKH4

[awa355]

Delivered In Comedy

Ah diamonds, the worthless rock that cost a fuckload.
Also gotta congratulate De Beers, they've managed to brainwash more people than any Govt ever has with their propaganda... over 80yrs on & people still believe that shit

Got my wife to watch, she is not impressed. Anyway, the only diamond she has, she bought herself. :lol:

[mashman]

Anyway, the only diamond she has, she bought herself. :lol:

Did she buy that from www.buyabiker.com ;)

[mashman]

Delivered In Comedy

Ah diamonds, the worthless rock that cost a fuckload.
Also gotta congratulate De Beers, they've managed to brainwash more people than any Govt ever has with their propaganda... over 80yrs on & people still believe that shit

lol, nicely done. Same can be said for every resource on the planet.

[Ribit]

Diamonds like a lot of other things, are worth what someone will pay for them.
I suspect the value will decrease as man made diamonds become more common. I would rather they were mass produced and cheap because they can have so many industrial uses beyond long life abrasion/cutting disks. (and trading for sexual favours from the ladies)

[awa355]

Did she buy that from www.buyabiker.com ;)

Nah, some jeweller in town. The only ring she wears that I reconize is our wedding ring. No diamonds set in that but like the marriage, has lasted 40 years so far.

[scumdog]

Delivered In Comedy

Ah diamonds, the worthless rock that cost a fuckload.
Also gotta congratulate De Beers, they've managed to brainwash more people than any Govt ever has with their propaganda... over 80yrs on & people still believe that shit



So why did THIS 'scam' get your y-fronts in a twist?

Have you just bought yourself an engagament ring or sommat?

[husaberg]

unlikely to surprise most......

De Beers is a cartel of companies that dominate the diamond, diamond mining, diamond shops, diamond trading and industrial diamond manufacturing sectors. De Beers is active in every category of industrial diamond mining: open-pit, underground, large-scale alluvial, coastal and deep sea.[2] Mining takes place in Botswana, Namibia, South Africa and Canada.

The company was founded in 1888 by Cecil Rhodes, who was financed by South African diamond magnate Alfred Beit and the London-based N M Rothschild & Sons bank.[3] In 1927, Ernest Oppenheimer, a German immigrant to Britain who had earlier founded mining giant Anglo American plc with American financier J.P. Morgan,[4] took over De Beers. He built and consolidated the company's global monopoly over the diamond industry until his retirement. During this time, he was involved in a number of controversies, including price fixing, antitrust behaviour and an allegation of not releasing industrial diamonds for the US war effort during World War II.[5][6]

[Tazz]

Not worthless. It costs $100/ct to make.
So a diamond really is worth a barrell of oil.

Coolest man made diamond I've seen was a blue one made from the ashes of a ladies husband who passed suddenly. She had it done overseas and we set it into a ring for her. Cost a bit more than $100/ct for that to be made but it meant a lot to her to have it which was cool to see.


unlikely to surprise most......

There are a lot coming out of Russia now (for a long time) too, but they are also controlling their market to make a decent buck (they are still cheaper though).

That conflict free diamond crap is all bullshit too. Got to lover marketing.

[TheDemonLord]

Wasn't this part of the plot from Diamonds are Forever?

if so - knowing this is a scam is nothing new....

[Tazz]

Contradictory news report from a while ago :rolleyes:



http://youtu.be/R31G0pdToWE

:lol:

[Grashopper]

Diamonds like a lot of other things, are worth what someone will pay for them.


Exactly that.
I don't get it either. That kind of money is better spent on motorbikes, holidays or even better, holidays on motorbikes.



Coolest man made diamond I've seen was a blue one made from the ashes of a ladies husband who passed suddenly. She had it done overseas and we set it into a ring for her. Cost a bit more than $100/ct for that to be made but it meant a lot to her to have it which was cool to see.


Wow! This is worth much more than any random engagement ring.

[Scuba_Steve]

Diamonds like a lot of other things, are worth what someone will pay for them.
I suspect the value will decrease as man made diamonds become more common. I would rather they were mass produced and cheap because they can have so many industrial uses beyond long life abrasion/cutting disks. (and trading for sexual favours from the ladies)

Na they've already segregated the man made market to try stop that from happening. They wanna make sure you believe the "expensive" natural flawed diamond is worth way more than the "cheap" flawless man made one



So why did THIS 'scam' get your y-fronts in a twist?

Have you just bought yourself an engagament ring or sommat?

Didn't really, just thought it was a pretty good quick run down on the diamond market & it appeared on my "what to watch" YouTubes list. I've known most this shit for awhile now
As for engagement ring, na brought that a couple years back for 7$; Wedding ring was only 90$ no diamonds on either, tho the engagement ring might have had cubic zirconia on it ;)

[Owl]

Burger rings aren't forever!:no:

[Brett]

You want rare stone...Tanzanite stones are more rare than Diamonds...

[GingerMidget]

Not all girls want diamonds. Unless is has Tommi's signature on it. In which case its all mine.

[nerrrd]

Coolest man made diamond I've seen was a blue one made from the ashes of a ladies husband who passed suddenly. She had it done overseas and we set it into a ring for her. Cost a bit more than $100/ct for that to be made but it meant a lot to her to have it which was cool to see.

The idea of 'wearing' part of your late ex seems a bit creepy to me. But the fact that they can make them now is pretty cool - the stones themselves are boring to look at though, bit like mens suits, or an Audi. None of the stuff we think is worth anything is really worth anything, beyond food and water it's all a conceit.

[Brett]

the stones themselves are boring to look at though, bit like mens suits, or an Audi.

Stuff you cowboy...I happen to think many Audi RS's are awesome to look at, engineering aside! But then your probably more into JDM racer shit anyway:nya:http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Poser.JPG

[avgas]

Coolest man made diamond I've seen was a blue one made from the ashes of a ladies husband who passed suddenly. She had it done overseas and we set it into a ring for her. Cost a bit more than $100/ct for that to be made but it meant a lot to her to have it which was cool to see.
Sweet.
Where do I send all these bodies?

[nerrrd]

Stuff you cowboy...I happen to think many Audi RS's are awesome to look at, engineering aside! But then your probably more into JDM racer shit anyway:nya:

Spoiler alert, heh. Come to think of it my helmet does have a sunroof. You might be right though, check out this sparkly number: http://www.complex.com/rides/2013/01/10-crystal-encrusted-cars/audi-a5

[Tazz]

Sweet.
Where do I send all these bodies?

At about 20k a pop or something make sure you pick out the ones that will land you the bigger sentence first :p

[avgas]

At about 20k a pop or something make sure you pick out the ones that will land you the bigger sentence first :p
What makes you think I am going to write their headstones?

[Tazz]

What makes you think I am going to write their headstones?

I can feel in my waters that you've got ill engraving skills.

Or you should consult your dictionary :p

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[speights_bud]

Sweet.
Where do I send all these bodies?

www.lifegem.com

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LifeGem

[avgas]

I can feel in my waters that you've got ill engraving skills.
No space in my grill to even fit their names.
http://number-a.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/100708025820_diamond_grill4551.jpg

[Tazz]

Pffft, I had a chat to Steve the ideas man and he reckons you could do some sort of colour coding there no sweat.

[Brett]

Spoiler alert, heh. Come to think of it my helmet does have a sunroof. You might be right though, check out this sparkly number: http://www.complex.com/rides/2013/01/10-crystal-encrusted-cars/audi-a5

LOL...I don't actually know what to say to that one. Just goes to show, bad taste can be found anywhere!

[avgas]

Pffft, I had a chat to Steve the ideas man and he reckons you could do some sort of colour coding there no sweat.
Does he have a way to stop them tasting like dead people?

[mashman]

Does he have a way to stop them tasting like dead people?

Filling them full of his own semen might work... aaaaaaaand he'll work up an appetite at the same time.

[Tazz]

Does he have a way to stop them tasting like dead people?


Filling them full of his own semen might work... aaaaaaaand he'll work up an appetite at the same time.

^^ This. And lets be honest we're all better off if with Steves semen being swallowed rather than ending up anywhere else. Shame it's not more of a trend in some cases.

[Swoop]

But the fact that they can make them now is pretty cool
Diamond manufacture has been going on for quite some time now. IIRC the industrial diamond "community" couldn't work out how Russia was supplying so many onto the market. They found out that they had built a press that was eight storeys high and were manufacturing non-precious stones. Pretty impressive at the time!

Also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synthetic_diamond