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It is the price increases that have pushed people down to lower colors and clarity.
When I first started posting on PS you could get a 1ct h-vs2 with a nice setting for around 5k out the door.
How much is that now?
Diamond prices increased in some cases over 12% in under a year and higher color/category rose faster than lower.
Then the first huge rise in prices and that dropped to i/si1 for the same budget then with more price increases to j/si.
When the price increases hit people still wanted 1ct stones and larger so more people tried lower colors and liked them and started recommending them.
There is no grand conspiracy against high color and clarity it as all about budgets and huge price increases in diamond prices that rose far faster then peoples budgets did.
There is nothing stopping non-trade members from recommending smaller higher color/clarity diamonds for peoples budgets.
Between my Wife and I we have 4 diamonds over 10 points. 1 d 1 f 1 i 1 j.
.
When I first started posting on PS you could get a 1ct h-vs2 with a nice setting for around 5k out the door.
How much is that now?
Diamond prices increased in some cases over 12% in under a year and higher color/category rose faster than lower.
Then the first huge rise in prices and that dropped to i/si1 for the same budget then with more price increases to j/si.
When the price increases hit people still wanted 1ct stones and larger so more people tried lower colors and liked them and started recommending them.
There is no grand conspiracy against high color and clarity it as all about budgets and huge price increases in diamond prices that rose far faster then peoples budgets did.
There is nothing stopping non-trade members from recommending smaller higher color/clarity diamonds for peoples budgets.
Between my Wife and I we have 4 diamonds over 10 points. 1 d 1 f 1 i 1 j.
.