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Title: Diamonds 101
Subtitle: A Diamond Buyers Guide
Author: Dirk Rendel A.J.P.
Narrator: Stan Jenson
Format: Unabridged
Length: 3 hrs
Language: English
Release date: 09-13-16
Publisher: Dirk Rendel
Genres: Self Development, How-To
Publisher's Summary:
Do you know what it takes to buy diamonds, or diamond jewelry, at the right price?
Do you know the tricks that unscrupulous sales people will use to overcharge you?
In Diamonds 101: A Diamond Buyers Guide, the Author (accredited by the Gemological Institute of America and with two decades of experience in buying and selling diamonds) will teach you insider secrets on everything you need to know about buying diamonds.
In this entertaining guide you will learn:
Members Reviews:
Diamonds 101 Review I hate giving less than stellar reviews
Diamonds 101 Review
I hate giving less than stellar reviews, perhaps because I usually do better homework before purchasing something.
Diamonds 101 is written with a nice flowing style. Sort of like you're at the bar and Dirk Rendel, the author, is giving you a tutorial on Diamonds. Like a good buddy it is not just technical, but also all the caveats and booby traps along the way, and how to avoid or minimize them.
So where are the disappointments?
Not a single illustration of a diamond! As he describes what a diamond looks like you feel like you're communicating with an astronout on a distant planet, and he only has texting capability. No picture, illustration, annotations, arrows showing what the "table" is vs. the "culet". Did I mention the depth, girdle, crown, and pavilion? These are just some terms to describe a diamond. What an egregious oversight. This is a buyers guide, right? To prepare you to look knowledgeable when shopping and examining diamonds.
Poor proofreading. On page 98 he writes about security paperwork for you diamond. The sentence ends with "âembossed logos, watermarks, and micro lines, to ensure that certificates are not easily forgotten". "Forgotten"??? Did you mean "forged"? On page 125, regarding on replacement value of a diamond, he writes "This amount may is usually enough to replace the itemâ..". Dirk, fire that proof reader. "May is"?
His example of calculating a price based on the Rappaport List is a doozy, on page 87. He goes through the methodology of calculating a base price of $43,700. But wait, there are additional factors to account for. The methodology moves forward but the "Base Price" magically changes from $43,700 to $39.100!
Perhaps he got confused by the miserable table on page 86, which is a Rappaport List Sample. There is a 9 or 10 column table. Confusing enough that I am not sure. Instead of a neat 9 column table it is on two lines, and virtually noting has rational spacing or lines up. Sloppy. Confusing. Totally unnecessary.
In closing, as a light read (this book is not a 6 month training manual), with excellent rational street wise tips, I would have given this a 4 or 5. But not in the shape it is presented.