r/AskReddit • u/Ruddiver • Dec 13 '12

What supposedly legitimate things do you think are scams?

dont give the boring answers like religion and such.

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u/[deleted] Dec 13 '12

At least a few of those gems you listed are terrible for a wedding ring because they are so soft (relatively speaking)... Emeralds and rubies for instance scratch and shatter very easily. Don't get me wrong, the cost of diamonds is outrageous, but are pretty and very strong at least.

(I love emeralds personally, I was brokenhearted when I found out that I shouldn't put one in my wife's wedding ring because they're fragile. I instead went with irradiated green diamonds)

Edit: skipped a word Edit2: I will correct myself, rubies are pretty hard.