>Diamonds cannot be resold. I wasn't aware of this. What's the rationale?

praptak · on Nov 13, 2019

Try the classic "Have you ever tried to sell a diamond?" article:

sbierwagen · on Nov 13, 2019

They can be sold of course, but you'll get back maybe 50% of the purchase price.

takeda · on Nov 13, 2019

Superstition that wearing someone's wedding ring is a bad luck. Probably was similarly manufactured to keep higher demand for diamonds.

ncmncm · on Nov 14, 2019

More that the people you would take it to have way too many already, and would love to unload them on the next pigeon.

I have got some mileage out of characterizing mined diamonds as symbolizing south-African slavery. At least, my wife didn't want one.