Well ,,, then let me put it this way.
BIG FRIGGING DEAL !!!
Who cares?
It might be a bigger deal if CharlesWayneCT's math were accurate.
But it isn't.
I was actually being generous in saying that a ring of that description in 2000 had raw material costs of $2550.
For a manufacturer, 3 carats of diamonds in one-eighths would cost less than a thousand dollars, not more than $2000.
Boy, is the ridiculous Wayne Barrett scraping the bottom of the barrel, or what?