{"id":15237,"date":"2016-05-12T12:15:10","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=15237"},"modified":"2016-05-12T12:15:10","modified_gmt":"2016-05-12T16:15:10","slug":"would-you-buy-this-diamond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/would-you-buy-this-diamond\/","title":{"rendered":"WOULD YOU BUY THIS DIAMOND?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/Would-You-Buy-This-Diamond.gif\" alt=\"Would You Buy This Diamond?\" title=\"Would You Buy This Diamond?\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-15239\" \/><\/div>\n<h2>Looking to buy a diamond?<\/h2>\n<p>\nWell let me <strong>show you the diamond<\/strong> first, and then see if you would buy it&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.01-carat-j-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-818318\">1 carat diamond (1.01)<\/a>, I1 Clarity, J Color&#8230; <strong>GIA Certified stone<\/strong>, with a Good Cut&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Oh, and it also has Fluorescence!<\/h2>\n<p>\nDid I forget to mention, that <strong>it&#8217;s only 3 GRAND?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nYou see, the <strong>3 thousand dollar<\/strong> price tag is actually <strong>the REAL selling point<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nFor guys <strong>feel comfortable<\/strong> with spending 3 grand on a diamond solitaire. (It&#8217;s when you get into <strong>6-7-8 thousand<\/strong> that their brains begin to boil!)<\/p>\n<p>\nAt Christmastime, we couldn&#8217;t keep 1 Carat Diamonds at 3 Grand in stock. They sold like hot cakes&#8230; <\/p>\n<p>\nAnd what&#8217;s funny is, <strong>it doesn&#8217;t matter what the quality is<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>NOPE!<\/h2>\n<p>\nJust like this diamond shown below&#8230; It&#8217;s I1 Clarity, which is <strong>the lowest clarity range<\/strong> there is. It means that this stone <strong>HAS eye-visible flaws <\/strong>in the stone that you <strong>CAN see<\/strong> with the bare eye (No <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B005MZ7BQY\/?tag=jewelry-secrets-20\">Microscope<\/a> or a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00EXPWU8S\/?tag=jewelry-secrets-20\">10x Jeweler&#8217;s Loupe<\/a> needed). <\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>But are people worried about that???<\/strong> Not in the least.<\/p>\n<p><h2>They&#8217;re only seeing the price tag&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\nAnd the color&#8230; <strong>It&#8217;s J Color<\/strong>. Meaning it may have some off color, or <strong>Yellow <\/strong>to the stone. Still, <strong>it doesn&#8217;t matter<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThe cut is &#8220;<strong>Good<\/strong>&#8220;. It&#8217;s not great, it&#8217;ll have <strong>a little sparkle<\/strong>, nothing glamorous or stunning or very brilliant&#8230; <strong>Just okay<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>But hey, it&#8217;s a one carat for 3 grand!!!<\/h2>\n<p>\nAnd people <strong>won&#8217;t even ask about Fluorescence<\/strong>&#8230; Heck, they don&#8217;t even know <strong>what Fluorescence is<\/strong>&#8230; So why bother? <\/p>\n<p><h2>RIGHT?<\/h2>\n<p>\nSo let&#8217;s see this <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.01-carat-j-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-818318\">One carat diamond for 3 grand&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.01-carat-j-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-818318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/One-Carat-Diamond-For-3-Grand.jpg\" alt=\"One Carat Diamond For 3 Grand\" title=\"One Carat Diamond For 3 Grand\" width=\"640\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/One-Carat-Diamond-For-3-Grand.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/One-Carat-Diamond-For-3-Grand-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It looks just like pretty much <strong>any other 1 Carat diamond<\/strong> for that price range. You see the flaws,<strong> some are pretty obvious<\/strong>. Everything else just looks like a diamond&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nAnd&#8230; <strong>It is GIA certified<\/strong>. That&#8217;s the best!!!<\/p>\n<p><h2>Yes it is!<\/h2>\n<p>\nBut GIA only tells you <strong>what the stone quality is<\/strong>&#8230; It doesn&#8217;t <strong>improve<\/strong> it or <strong>make it better!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>On the other hand<\/strong>&#8230; To be perfectly honest with you&#8230; When you look at this diamond, <strong>it really doesn&#8217;t face up that bad<\/strong>. Usually diamonds of this price range are really <strong>cloudy, foggy, full of inclusions<\/strong>&#8230; But this stone is alright. <\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s well worth 3 grand!<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt may <strong>glow-in-the-dark<\/strong> due to the &#8220;<strong>Strong<\/strong>&#8221; Fluorescence&#8230; But it&#8217;s still <strong>a huge diamond for a low, low price<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>So tell me, would you buy this diamond?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Thousands of people would<\/strong>. Pop this diamond into a <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/solitaire\/\">solitaire mounting<\/a>, or better yet, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/engagement-rings\/halo\/\">a halo setting<\/a>, and it&#8217;ll look just as good as most of the diamonds on the market. After all, <strong>most diamonds DO have visible flaws anyway<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p><h2>So is it a bad deal?<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>No. Not really<\/strong>. It is what it is. A big stone, with <strong>minimal quality<\/strong>, selling for a <strong>dirt cheap price<\/strong> (If you can call 3 thousand <strong>CHEAP!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\nIf this diamond were in a jewelry store, <strong>it wouldn&#8217;t last long<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>Are you sold?<\/h2>\n<p>\nIf so, grab this <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/1.01-carat-j-color-i1-clarity-good-cut-sku-818318\">1 Carat Diamond HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\nOr <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?CaratFrom=1.00&#038;CaratTo=30&#038;Color=K,J,I,H,G,F,E,D&#038;PriceFrom=&#038;PriceTo=&#038;Sort=Price,%20DefaultOrder&#038;ViewsOptions=Images\">see MORE 1 Carat Diamond Deals HERE!<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n(They have tons of 1 carat diamonds selling <strong>as low as $2400!<\/strong>)<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Looking to buy a diamond? Well let me show you the diamond first, and then see if you would buy it&#8230; It&#8217;s a 1 carat diamond (1.01), I1 Clarity, J Color&#8230; GIA Certified stone, with <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/would-you-buy-this-diamond\/\" title=\"WOULD YOU BUY THIS DIAMOND?\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,9,7,6,5,15,29,3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15237","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-carat-weight","category-certification","category-clarity","category-color","category-cut","category-deals","category-diamond-guide","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15237"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}