Comments on: Buying Flowers on Valentine’s Day - Choosing Between A Local Florist Or Ordering Online http://www.moneybluebook.com/buying-flowers-on-valentines-day-choosing-between-a-local-florist-or-ordering-online/ Personal Finance Beyond Credit Cards and Balance Transfers Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:04:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Raymond http://www.moneybluebook.com/buying-flowers-on-valentines-day-choosing-between-a-local-florist-or-ordering-online/#comment-3105 Raymond Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:22:12 +0000 http://www.moneybluebook.com/buying-flowers-on-valentines-day-choosing-between-a-local-florist-or-ordering-online/#comment-3105 Well I see you've bought into the whole deBeer's "a diamond is forever" marketing hype. Well, if we want to compare flowers to diamonds on an even keel, then we'll need to assign them both the same monetary value. If we're talking about giving $75 worth of a dozen fresh red roses for Valentine's Day, then we're also talking about a $75 diamond equivalent as well then. Of course, that would be one very tiny diamond speck with lots of imperfections...do they even come that small or that cheap? Well I see you’ve bought into the whole deBeer’s “a diamond is forever” marketing hype. Well, if we want to compare flowers to diamonds on an even keel, then we’ll need to assign them both the same monetary value.

If we’re talking about giving $75 worth of a dozen fresh red roses for Valentine’s Day, then we’re also talking about a $75 diamond equivalent as well then. Of course, that would be one very tiny diamond speck with lots of imperfections…do they even come that small or that cheap?

]]> By: Mimoji http://www.moneybluebook.com/buying-flowers-on-valentines-day-choosing-between-a-local-florist-or-ordering-online/#comment-3104 Mimoji Wed, 13 Feb 2008 23:14:51 +0000 http://www.moneybluebook.com/buying-flowers-on-valentines-day-choosing-between-a-local-florist-or-ordering-online/#comment-3104 If you're choosing between flowers and diamonds, get the diamonds. While a flower will wilt and die, diamonds are FOREVER. If you’re choosing between flowers and diamonds, get the diamonds. While a flower will wilt and die, diamonds are FOREVER.

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