Why people do not buy Jewelry.

“Twice I lost an earring. Once I was out for a walk with a friend at a park adjacent to a beach. I felt what I thought was a wasp dangling in my hair and swatted it away and kept walking. Later I realized it was my earring that had come undone. They were a graduation gift.…”

“Ugh yes! I spent 2k on a bracelet last year. It was at the VERY beginning of my jewelry journey, it was celebrating a milestone birthday as well as a financial achievement so I wanted to go big! Except the problem was it was early enough in my collection that I simply didn’t…”

“YSK Almost all diamonds are a jewelry industry scam. Diamonds are not rare. They are artificially inflated and have little resale value in most cases.”

“All of my jewelry before 2002ish was stolen by a drug addict family member. There was a turquoise necklace that belonged to my grandma in the 1940's, heishi necklaces that were my great-grandmas, my other grandma's and my mother's mothers rings. When I was finally ready to buy…”

“Years ago I had to pawn the majority of my jewelry to pay rent. I had so much gold from the 90’s- early 2000’s. So many pretty rings. I regret it daily. I barely have anything now and only a couple of gold pieces that are sentimental.”

“My engagement ring for my 2nd marriage. I was so in love with a tanzanite ring I saw on etsy. My husband bought it for me and proposed with it and the quality was horrible and tanzanite is much too soft for me to wear (I'm tough on rings). I ended up switching to a small bezel…”

“My engagement ring for my 2nd marriage. I was so in love with a tanzanite ring I saw on etsy. My husband bought it for me and proposed with it and the quality was horrible and tanzanite is much too soft for me to wear (I'm tough on rings). I ended up switching to a small bezel…”

“https://preview.redd.it/2fvupfbfswsh1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=27783010a1ee2a56e7e1cc2afd661d718cbcee60 I got this ring 5 years ago. It’s one piece on the back with the 2 floating arms. I think I regretted it about the 3rd time I wore it. It’s pretty, but so…”

“I bought a small Cartier juste un clou pinky ring a few months ago and it’s still in the little gift box I haven’t even opened it and kind of forgot I had it.No regrets just feels like a useless purchase. This post reminded me though so I guess that’s good news?”

“My wedding ring. Hubby was super insistent on an emerald. I hate emeralds. "But you have green eyes!" Ugh. 20th anniversary this year, got a bigger emerald with a bunch of diamonds. I should've stood up for myself 20 yrs ago...”