> “The Jews just couldn’t withstand our competitiveness,“ he said with a matter-of-fact shrug of the shoulders. “We are married to our businesses. We will work at night. We will work on the weekends. We will do whatever it takes to get a client. And we are willing to work this hard even for small margins.”
>Aditya Jasani, the youngster I’d met at lunch earlier confirmed this. “Most of us still live like expats,” he’d said. “We have one foot here, but another foot in India. Belgium is for business only. It’s not our home.”
I don’t understand how anyone still buys diamonds?
I think it is probably extremely cheap labour cutting stones under extremely bad circumstances back in India for very low wages. Sure hard work is involved but cheap labour is probably the key.
Instead of buying diamonds for your girlfriend, that instantly lose value the second you leave the shop, go for a cheap plain ring and spend the saved money on an amazing holiday. You’ll cherish those memories in 30 years, not that dumb rock you bought. If you want a stone per se be more creative than buying a lame diamond ring. If you nevertheless want to go for a diamond-ish look check for moissanite. The diamond industry is a corrupt hussle, no guarantee that your diamonds are conflict-free and prices are artificially high. Don’t believe me? Try to sell your diamond ring back to the jeweler.
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> “The Jews just couldn’t withstand our competitiveness,“ he said with a matter-of-fact shrug of the shoulders. “We are married to our businesses. We will work at night. We will work on the weekends. We will do whatever it takes to get a client. And we are willing to work this hard even for small margins.”
>Aditya Jasani, the youngster I’d met at lunch earlier confirmed this. “Most of us still live like expats,” he’d said. “We have one foot here, but another foot in India. Belgium is for business only. It’s not our home.”
I don’t understand how anyone still buys diamonds?
I think it is probably extremely cheap labour cutting stones under extremely bad circumstances back in India for very low wages. Sure hard work is involved but cheap labour is probably the key.
Instead of buying diamonds for your girlfriend, that instantly lose value the second you leave the shop, go for a cheap plain ring and spend the saved money on an amazing holiday. You’ll cherish those memories in 30 years, not that dumb rock you bought. If you want a stone per se be more creative than buying a lame diamond ring. If you nevertheless want to go for a diamond-ish look check for moissanite. The diamond industry is a corrupt hussle, no guarantee that your diamonds are conflict-free and prices are artificially high. Don’t believe me? Try to sell your diamond ring back to the jeweler.