{"id":25575,"date":"2022-11-07T15:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-11-07T20:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/?p=25575"},"modified":"2022-11-07T16:55:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T21:55:56","slug":"with-diamonds-you-snooze-you-lose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/with-diamonds-you-snooze-you-lose\/","title":{"rendered":"WITH DIAMONDS, YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/With-Diamonds-You-Snooze-You-Lose.gif\" alt=\"With Diamonds You Snooze You Lose\" title=\"With Diamonds You Snooze You Lose\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25576\" \/><\/div>\n<p>I see it happen almost daily&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nPeople will <strong>shop and compare diamonds<\/strong> all over town, and then, after a week or two, they finally decide to come back and buy.<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>The only problem is:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>It&#8217;s SOLD!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>99% of the time<\/strong>, if you wait more than a couple of days, that diamond will probably be gone.<\/p>\n<p>\nI swear there&#8217;s some sort of <strong>Murphy&#8217;s Law<\/strong> going on, because it always seems that the very next person that walks in the door, will be looking for <strong>that exact same stone<\/strong> you were.<\/p>\n<p>\nSome people call this &#8220;<strong>fate<\/strong>&#8220;, but call it whatever you like, the fact of the matter is; <strong>you lose!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nYou&#8217;ll have to <strong>start all over again<\/strong> in your quest for the perfect diamond (and sometimes it&#8217;s <strong>heartbreaking<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p><h2>It puts you back to square one.<\/h2>\n<p>\nAnd it&#8217;s all because of this: <strong>Good diamonds don&#8217;t last!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nGood stones, good cuts, good qualities <strong>sell ultra-fast<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nThey literally <strong>fly off the shelves<\/strong> (especially if they&#8217;re priced well).<\/p>\n<p>\nSo finding the perfect diamond for the perfect price <strong>gets tricky<\/strong>. You want to shop around, <strong>but you can&#8217;t dawdle<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nMany times I&#8217;ll try to post about <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=VS1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">a diamond deal from James Allen<\/a>, and before I have a chance to write about it, <strong>it&#8217;s gone<\/strong>. Sold. <strong>That quick<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<p>\nAnd since every single diamond is unique and different, <strong>finding a replacement is not easy<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nEvery <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=SI2,SI1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">SI diamond<\/a> has their own fingerprint. Every <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=VS2,VS1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">VS stone<\/a> the same. They&#8217;re all different, the way they face up, the way they <strong>react with light<\/strong>, the way they reflect and sparkle and dance&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\nSo if you have your heart set on one specific stone, one carat weight, one color, one clarity, one diamond that <strong>you just fell in love with<\/strong>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><h2>ACT! Do something about it&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Put some money down<\/strong> to hold it, put it in layaway. If it has a <strong>return policy<\/strong>, <strong>BUY IT!<\/strong> Because the last thing you want to hear is:<\/p>\n<p><h2>&#8220;Sorry, it&#8217;s sold!&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>\nIt&#8217;s frustrating for everyone, and <strong>it happens all the time<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nI understand that people want to shop and compare (<strong>I highly advise it<\/strong>), but don&#8217;t take too long to decide. For a couple of weeks in the life of a diamond <strong>is like an eternity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><h2>Good diamonds sell like hot cakes<\/h2>\n<p>\n(the poor <strong>ugly diamonds<\/strong> stick around)<\/p>\n<p>\nEspecially stones like <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/loose-diamonds\/round-cut\/?Color=F,E,D&#038;Cut=Ideal,TrueHearts&#038;Clarity=VS1&#038;PriceFrom=200&#038;PriceTo=999000&#038;CaratFrom=0.75&#038;CaratTo=20&#038;Sort=Price&#038;Polish=EX&#038;Symmetry=EX&#038;Lab=GIA&#038;Flour=None?a_aid=JSDG\">VS1, F diamonds<\/a>&#8230; <strong>They disappear in the blink of an eye<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>\nSo the idiom &#8220;<strong>you snooze, you lose<\/strong>&#8220;, is absolutely true for diamond shopping.<\/p>\n<p><h2>If you don&#8217;t buy it&#8230;<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Someone else will!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\nSo here&#8217;s hoping that you get the diamond of your dreams. And by all means, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jamesallen.com\/?a_aid=JSDG\">check out these diamonds at James Allen<\/a> (<strong>you&#8217;ll save tons of money<\/strong>).<\/p>\n<p>\n<strong>But don&#8217;t hesitate&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><h2>Buy your diamond TODAY!<\/h2>\n<p>\n<strong>Cheers! :)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>I see it happen almost daily&#8230; People will shop and compare diamonds all over town, and then, after a week or two, they finally decide to come back and buy. The only problem is: It&#8217;s <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/with-diamonds-you-snooze-you-lose\/\" title=\"WITH DIAMONDS, YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE!\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diamonds","category-engagement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25575"}],"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=25575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jewelry-secrets.com\/Blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}