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I often read posts like?
The color grade I is the best bargain because it's not priced like a DEF but is not heavily-colored like an RST.
An eye-clean SI2 is the best 'value' clarity grade.
A pre-loved diamond is a much better deal than a new one.
No. You get what you pay for.
All grades and new or used are identical 'bargains' or 'values'.
With a new diamond you get all that comes with buying from a business rather than from a private party.
That is worth a lot to many people, not all, but many.
The diamond itself may be the same but the transaction is very different.
There may be an element of market manipulation but I'm sure that nature makes D IFs more rare than Z I2s.
That, and supply vs. demand results in every grade being price what it's worth in the marketplace.
A true bargain is when a clueless private seller sells a diamond for a tiny fraction of its market value ... which leaves a buyer to ponder the ethics of the transaction.
If the buyers are fully educated (about common misconceptions like higher color and clarity do not enhance light performance because only the cut quality can do that) the buyer of the new D IF got the exact same 'bargain' as the buyer of a used eye-clean I SI2 and the buyer of the Z I2.
You get what you pay for.
The color grade I is the best bargain because it's not priced like a DEF but is not heavily-colored like an RST.
An eye-clean SI2 is the best 'value' clarity grade.
A pre-loved diamond is a much better deal than a new one.
No. You get what you pay for.
All grades and new or used are identical 'bargains' or 'values'.
With a new diamond you get all that comes with buying from a business rather than from a private party.
That is worth a lot to many people, not all, but many.
The diamond itself may be the same but the transaction is very different.
There may be an element of market manipulation but I'm sure that nature makes D IFs more rare than Z I2s.
That, and supply vs. demand results in every grade being price what it's worth in the marketplace.
A true bargain is when a clueless private seller sells a diamond for a tiny fraction of its market value ... which leaves a buyer to ponder the ethics of the transaction.
If the buyers are fully educated (about common misconceptions like higher color and clarity do not enhance light performance because only the cut quality can do that) the buyer of the new D IF got the exact same 'bargain' as the buyer of a used eye-clean I SI2 and the buyer of the Z I2.
You get what you pay for.