Bonded Diamonds

Before you start shopping for diamonds,consideruntreated.
dealing with a bonded jeweler.Bonded diamonds increase in value, with afixed
Bonded jewelers sell bonded diamonds,and thereappreciation rate that is designed tokeep up with
are very few bonded jewelers inthe world. Ininflation. This means that adiamond that is worth a
fact, out of all of the jeweler'sin the world, onlycertain amount ofmoney today will be worth
about 5% of them arebonded. Buying a bondedmore in the future,as the price of diamonds
diamond willcost more than buying acontinues to rise.
non-bondeddiamond, but when you look at whatThis generally does not apply to buy
youget with the bonded option, you will seethat itbacks,however. It typically applies to trade-ins.
is well worth the extra expense.Alternately, by purchasing a bondeddiamond, you
First, bonded diamonds have a buy backpolicy forare protected against thepossibility of a market
the life of the diamond. No matterhow long youcrash. If a marketcrash occurs, the value of
have had the diamond, you cantake it back to thediamonds willdrop. However, the bonded
bonded jeweler and sell itback to him or her, for ajewelerguarantees to refund you the
100% refund. If ajeweler does not offer a 100%differencebetween what the diamond is now
buy backguarantee, for the life of the diamond,worthand what you paid for it before the
thenyou should take a closer look at themarketcrash.
diamondto see what is wrong with it.It may be difficult to find a bonded jeweler inyour
Bonded diamonds also have a breakagepolicy. Ifarea, but if you can, this is who youwant to deal
the stone breaks or chips, thebonded jeweler willwith, as opposed to dealingwith an un-bonded
replace it with a new onejeweler. Specifically tellthe jeweler that you are
- one time. No jeweler would ever offer suchaonly interested inbonded diamonds. You can find a
policy on any stone that was not 100%natural, sobondedjeweler in your area by using various
just the offer of such a policyshould give youonlineresources, or by calling the local
piece of mind concerningthe quality of thejewelrystores.
diamond. Bondeddiamonds are natural and