How to Find a Good Diamond Buyer
Selling diamonds can be a difficult process, and short of going to the local pawn shop finding quality diamond buyers can be difficult. Your local jewelry store probably will not have a whole lot of interest in your wares, so you may have to go onto the internet to find decent diamond buyers. These diamond buyers will more than likely only buy your diamonds at a significant discount, but you may be able to find an honest jeweler who is willing to pay top dollar.
Why Diamond Buyers are Hard to Find
Many people do not realize how profitable and how much of a racket the diamond trade is. Diamond buyers are reluctant to purchase jewelry from people because it undermines their business. They maximize profits by purchasing diamonds from the source. If people started to realize this and tried to purchase their diamonds on the used market, diamond buyers would soon have no one to sell to.
So buy not purchasing their customers jewelry, they continue to support the market for new jewelry. That being said, it does not mean that diamond buyers do not exist or can not be found. A simple internet search will reveal several locations where you can sell your jewelry, but again you need to be aware and be sure to look into the people that you are purchasing from. Many of these online diamond buyers will definitely try to take advantage of you so be very careful.
First thins first you need to determine how much your diamond is worth; most of the time this price has absolutely nothing to do with how much you paid for it. A good trick is to go into a jeweler's office and ask how much you would pay for a like diamond in their store. Tell them that it is your friends and you really like that one and want to get something like it.
This should disarm them a bit as the think they might be able to sell something to you, and in addition you should be able to get some real world information on the diamond you have. Try this at several different jewelers and see what they say. Compare notes from the different stores and you should be able to get closer to the true value of your diamond. Now do not expect to get nearly what they would charge in their stores, but expecting two thirds of that number is not unreasonable. Hopefully this helped, and good luck!
