Has anyone noticed that the same diamond may appear for sale in the stock of multiple online vendors? And at different (but similar) prices too! One can use PriceScope itself to verify my assertion: just do a narrow search for a diamond, and you can get up to 6 exact copies of the same diamond specification from different vendors (carat, color, clarity, polish and symmetry grades, lab that made the certification, and diamond dimensions). It is very unlikely that there are indeed 6 diamonds with the same properties, dimensions included.
The diamonds that appear multiple times are never signature stones, that cannot belong to the inventory of multiple vendors. But it seems that the "discount" stones come from the same supplier, and the online vendors are only packaging.
I think the consumer should be educated in the specifics of the supply chain for online diamond sales. It could be that all stones that remain discounted would not make it to ''signature'' collections even if they have excellent grading. Otherwise, the supplier would place them to receive a ''brand'' premium. Or it could be that the supplier sells such volume that the discounted diamonds are simply bulk: some may be faboulous, but there was no time to inspect them (but they carry a lab report, so obviously they have been inspected!) I think the buyer of discounted diamonds would care to know which way it actually is.
The diamonds that appear multiple times are never signature stones, that cannot belong to the inventory of multiple vendors. But it seems that the "discount" stones come from the same supplier, and the online vendors are only packaging.
I think the consumer should be educated in the specifics of the supply chain for online diamond sales. It could be that all stones that remain discounted would not make it to ''signature'' collections even if they have excellent grading. Otherwise, the supplier would place them to receive a ''brand'' premium. Or it could be that the supplier sells such volume that the discounted diamonds are simply bulk: some may be faboulous, but there was no time to inspect them (but they carry a lab report, so obviously they have been inspected!) I think the buyer of discounted diamonds would care to know which way it actually is.