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Besides the missing hypen, there are sapphires in the ring. All the RHRs being produced under DeBeers guidelines incorporate diamonds only (I believe), no colored stones, and a diamond of at least .20 cts. t.w. This ring, if it's meant to be a part of the Diamond Information Center RHR campaign, doesn't conform to the set standards.
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Mara: inconsistent, and greedy ... and the campaign isn't working b/c the original designs were ugly and nobody wanted to buy them! Now, they're appealing to the guys as a way to unload those ugly rings that the women didn't buy for themselves.
Actually, the latest styles in Vegas were an improvement. I might buy one. |
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I have only liked about 1 out of all the right hand ring designs I have seen. Personally I would love to build my own right hand ring...rather than buy some pre-made one that countless other women will have...because there are so few designs out there now. I would build something like a 3 stone or a different shape with a filigree setting or similar. It's entirely YOUR creation...no male input necessary!
Fun! |
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Right hand ring styles don't appeal to me either. I'd love to have an assher cut stone for a right hand ring or like you said Mara, a three stone, possibly and assher three stone OR an emerald three stone. About one carat center stone ![]() Michelle |
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The whole marketing concept behind RHR bothers us beyond the point that most of the designs "dedicated" to the right hand are not attractive in the least... A local jeweler here in Roseburg wears a button on her jewelers apron that reads "Great News! Women have two hands!" which is supposed to prompt people into asking about right hand rings, but it just seems like lame marketing to us... If a woman wants to buy a ring for herself, she will... But all the sudden we have guys asking whether the ring that his S.O. has expressed an interest in can be worn on her right hand if he buys it for us and we find ourselves thinking "Ba-a-a-ah, Ba-a-a-ah" what a wonderful sheep this guy would make... It's stupid.
But thanks for the laugh Leonid! We're glad to see the DeBeers RHR campaign being put to good use. |
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While this campaign certainly has its flaws, there is at one huge benefit everybody in the trade benefits from: those ads get people talking about diamond jewelry, period. Every brand and jewelry maker can ride the coattails of interest the generic (in the sense that no company is named) ads generate---it's the local jeweler's job to educate and interest his customers in particular products.
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Yet another product placement:
Catwoman Pounces on Right-Hand Ring |
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And one is forced to ask:
Does DTC really believe that women who are in a position to afford diamond rings (worn on the right or left hand) would be persuaded by what a comic book figure does...in a movie? The prime target audience must be quite young and unsophisticated, hence the general consensus here about the ugliness of the original RHR designs. |