Diamonds?
Sep 30th, 2003, 03:36 PM
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Prague would be the last place I'd think to buy diamonds - didn't you ever hear of Brussels!
That said, if you don't know your stones, can't use a loop, know prices, grades (quality), have recommendtions about a dealer from satisfied customers - it's like buying a pig in a poke. You'll probably walk out with a piece of "faux"; or pay too much for a chip.
Find someone reputable at home, wherever that might be.
That said, if you don't know your stones, can't use a loop, know prices, grades (quality), have recommendtions about a dealer from satisfied customers - it's like buying a pig in a poke. You'll probably walk out with a piece of "faux"; or pay too much for a chip.
Find someone reputable at home, wherever that might be.
Sep 30th, 2003, 07:03 PM
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Amsterdam isn't a good place to buy diamonds either; we priced a stone that was one and a half times higher than a similar stone in the US. (Our jeweler told us this before we left but we had to find out for ourselves.) If you want to buy jewelry, find something in Prague that is unique in style and design to the country... that will make it special.
Sep 30th, 2003, 08:00 PM
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Here is a link to something I saw not too long ago on tv...I thought it might intrigue you....
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/S...cs_hunter.html
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/GMA/S...cs_hunter.html
Oct 1st, 2003, 12:47 AM
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I have to say that I think Katherine is on to something. The cover story of Wired magazine a couple of months ago was very scary stuff for the diamond industry. As a result, I am not buying any more diamonds. The whole industry is carefully controlled and you are paying over the odds for something that can be manufactured, exactly, by a machine. Far better to put the money into art or property. Just an opinion.
Oct 1st, 2003, 02:37 AM
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In Prague, I'd stick to Czech products such as the wonderful glassware...not that I agree that using a jeweler's loup is a "must" either..if it were I doubt most people currently wearing diamonds would have them.
If you are asking this because you think that prices might be better in Eastern Europe the fact that most diamonds on the market are there thanks to the DeBeers cartel means prices are somewhat controlled..that is, unless you can get stones mined in the former USSR which actually has far more vast (than S. Africa) diamond resources but you don't see stones from there very often, unfortunately. Good luck.
If you are asking this because you think that prices might be better in Eastern Europe the fact that most diamonds on the market are there thanks to the DeBeers cartel means prices are somewhat controlled..that is, unless you can get stones mined in the former USSR which actually has far more vast (than S. Africa) diamond resources but you don't see stones from there very often, unfortunately. Good luck.
