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Originally Posted by Sliver
Jewellery is much different. It's not a justifiable luxury item in the way upgrading to a Mercedes from a Malibu is. There is a different experience in a Mercedes that you can enjoy daily over a lesser brand. When there is no distinguishable difference whatsoever between a cubic zirconia and a diamond except for falling for a cheesy marketing pitch, it demonstrates really poor judgment to pay thousands more for a diamond for no additional benefit.
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Different strokes I guess. The relative value of an expensive car versus expensive jewelry is wildly skewed towards jewelry. Except in only a few cases, a car's value, no matter how well made, will go to zero relatively quickly. Jewelry typically includes gold which some consider the most reliable source of value and wealth in the world. Even diamonds have a market value that trumps what you consider their actual value. You pay too much for both when you buy retail so if you want to simply retain the value of your currency you should buy jewelry. If you got both a car and a diamond ring for wholesale, you'd be well ahead with the diamond ring after a decade of use.
I get it. Value to you is what can be used or experienced. Education. Transportation. Food. Vacations. People who get that without much consequence or who have little use for those things look for symbolic value and meaning in life.
I also get the same feeling about certain things people ascribe value to. I don't get flowers. I can't imagine paying 18k for an Hermes hand bag. But it's usually just a lack of appreciation on my part. Doesn't mean the symbolism of flowers is not important or real, or the value of an 18k hand bag isn't justified.