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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:47 AM Original message |
De Beers denies improperly exported gems |
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Oerdin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:59 AM Response to Original message |
1. Nothing new about conflict diamonds. |
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Melodybe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 04:38 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. you're living in a pipe dream if you think that diamonds don't come from |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 06:25 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. De Beers also keep the cost of diamonds artificially high |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 09:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Agree with you in part, but I have to say there is a BIG difference |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
7. 'Every girl's dream??' |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 12:14 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Ding ding ding! |
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Maple (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:55 PM Response to Reply #9 |
20. Heh, yeah I do |
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bleedingheart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 12:43 PM Response to Reply #7 |
11. "A kiss on the hand may be quite continental ...but Diamonds are a girl's |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Yep, it is De Beers advertising at work. |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:12 PM Response to Reply #14 |
17. Coventina, I wasn't screaming at anyone |
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Coventina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:20 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. No, I think you are right that it is not quite so prevalent anymore |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:09 PM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Exactly -- marketing and artificial "rareness" |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:08 PM Response to Reply #5 |
15. My point is, diamonds ARE evil, because of the way they mined |
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info being (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 09:07 AM Response to Original message |
4. Everything de beers does is improper |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 11:32 AM Response to Original message |
6. Question to all diamond experts here . . . |
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Melodybe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 02:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. You might want to look into engineered diamonds |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 03:36 PM Response to Reply #12 |
19. Thanks so much for the info! |
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Melodybe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 04:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Here's another one, but I think these are different from the gemesis |
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tilsammans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 04:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
22. Thanks for the kind wishes! |
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meganmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
8. Any man that would buy me a diamond engagement ring |
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Monkey see Monkey Do (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
10. Excellent audio documentary about the diamond trade |
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MisterP (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-15-05 02:20 PM Response to Original message |
13. there's an interesting parallel with oil companies in Africa and |
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