[QUOTE=vader1,Oct 14 2008, 10:44 AM] If you want a Porsche, period, end of story, then the analogy is the same.

Whether or not you agree with the woman who wants a real stone or not makes no difference.

 

REAL!!

I don't care how good the "fake" one looks...

 

No, I don't believe there is any such law. (But I could be mistaken.) In fact, it's the mined stones that are getting the marker (a microscopic engraved "Debeers" logo, IIRC) to help perpetuate the marketing.

 

The key word is synthetic, not fake. For me, i'd take a synthetic over mined any day (even though I didn't, back when I got engaged--didn't know I had that option).

 

id go real for engagement anything else and i would say fake is acceptable..

 

why buy an elise if the s2k gets 90% of the job done for fraction of the cost.

 

The Plorsche analogy is pretty good but Porsche is not creating a market by withholding its supply nor is it creating false marketing and perpetuating its rarity through outright deceit.

Unlike diamonds there is a cornucopia of other cars to give you instant baller status if that is what you are looking for. Buying a Porsche because its a Porsche is making a brand choice not an item choice.

There are brands of diamonds yes but they are all selling the same item just finer cuts, clarity and color.

The fallacy of diamonds is that they are not rare and should not cost anywhere close to what they do. The appeal of diamonds is the cost of them not the rarity or brilliance...SHEEEEIT, even an Austrian crystal will out shine/fire/sparkle any diamond any day of the week and twice on Sunday.

The appeal of diamonds is that everyone knows they are expensive, but why??? Wanting an item solely because it is considered expensive is outright stupidity. If it was the beauty of the thing a person was after then, choose something that is truly more beautiful. Most CZ's will kick a diamonds ass in the beauty department.

Women want diamonds for the status they supposedly bring, nothing more. That to me is a shallow reason to want something so insignificant and my several thousand dollars would be better served by being spent on something significant to the both of us. A cruise or trip, an investment (and no, diamonds are not an investment unless you are a certified diamond broker/wholesaler, the normal consumer cannot make money on diamonds.) a down payment on a major life purchase

 

and to be crystal clear, I too have bought more than my share of diamonds before I was more properly educated about them.

 

Well again I think you have missed the point entirely.

Keep in mind, I could care less about synthetic or not. Cheaper and looks the same or better? Great! Fantastic!!!!

Its still not "real" in the minds of some. And if all you want is "real" then it does not matter. I would have loved to buy a shiney piece carbon made in a lab, but that would not have cut muster. The cheaper the better because I think jewelry is a TOTAL WASTE OF MONEY. (no offense jakejewler)

Someone who is a Porschephile, does not want a lab created thing that is the 100% the same if they lust for the real thing. Even if the fake thing is better in every way. I don't understand why that seems hard to understand.

There are lots of cars better than an S2000, but some people will drive nothing else. They just love what they love.

 

I agree, just don't tell my wife.