ok, so I am addicted or obsessed.....

[blumoon]

I ordered my ring about 8 days ago after relentlessly prowling this site. I got my ring today. I posted the requisite hand pics. About four days ago my husband caught me on here (again) and said "You have already ordered your ring, why are you still looking at Pricescope?" I didn''t really have a reply so I just mumbled something and he eventually shuffled off.

Why am I still here? Easy, I seem to be addicted! But I of course won''t tell him that. Anyone else having this issue?

 

[AChiOAlumna]

Don''t feel bad...I got my ring and posted pix over 3 months ago!! My DH always asks me, "Why do you keep going back there? We already bought you the ring!!"

Maybe our DH''s are related??? LOL

 

[s95]

That''s funny, because my husband asked me if I would continue to prowl this site after my ring arrives. I told him, that I definitely thought so. He thinks it''s a little weird, I think, but it''s harmless fun....

. I''m waiting on pins and needles for my ring to arrive. I was told it would arrive tomorrow (Thursday) but never received any shipment information to indicate this....I don''t know if I can wait one more day. Oh boy.

 

[Mara]

if you are bad, what about those of us who have been here years after we got our ''first'' purchase after finding PS?

 

[Kamuelamom]

Welcome to the club! Only the addicted need enter.

 

[diamondfan]

I love this site, found it when I was googling and it combines my love of jewelry and email and connecting with people. I am not even in the market for anything since I just got an second upgraded ring, and it will be covering me for a while!

But, I love hearing happy stories and seeing other people''s beautiful and long deserved bling...so you could say this place is not helping my insomnia and may be adding to it!!!

 

[Regular Guy]

I, too, am seeking a cure.

Hey, Mara...seems like not long ago, Storm was doing a happy dance for hitting 2 grand in messages. Now, look at you...you''re just short of 10 big ones!

 

[Lorelei]

This made me laugh Blumoon! I think many of us may be addicted to this sight. Funny how us still " prowling" even after we have our diamonds make our DH''S faces turn interesting and varied shades of green

There is no harm in it after all , what is wrong with seeing what else is out there?

i.e in my case plotting, planning, gloating, sneaking..... I cannot say in all honesty that my DH " shuffles" off when he catches me on this site - more like RUNS FOR HIS LIFE FIRMLY CLUTCHING HIS CHECK BOOK

I''ll catch him one day HA HA!!!

 

[allycat0303]

Bluemoon,

You are officially diamond-obsessed. Maybe in the deep, dark corners of your subconscious, you are looking for an upgrade?

 

[Maxine]

There''s no harm in it....as long as you''re "just looking" or have a something extra in your CHECKBOOK.....

One good thing about it is getting to help others spend their money when they ask for help with a purchase.....

 

[pyramid]

Ohhh it is definitely addictive. As Mara said you may be here for years. I have been. My husband is not interested at all. I have emailed him certain little snippets but I think they just get deleted from the titles, so have stopped doing that now. Oh well I enjoy it. My sister has a wee look now and again but is a local B&M shopper so would never consider buying on the internet although I have shown her prices and explained things. She just wants to see it with her own eyes and pick from shop displays.l

 

[diamondsrock]

I find myself drawn to this site because there is so much information. I always want to learn as much as I can about things I am interested in. It is addictive, I think if I don''t log on will I miss an amazing ring that someone just posted pics of? My husband thinks it''s ok since he knows how much I love jewelry. My son (12) is always looking over my shoulder saying "pricesopce again?" He thinks it''s funny. They both know how much I love jewelry so they understand. Sometimes I think I could be using my time more efficiently than staring at diamonds but then the draw of the sparklies gets to me!!!!

 

[Matata]

blumoon....leave, leave while you still can....this place makes you do things you normally wouldn''t do....leonid has some kind of mind control mechanism in the software that turns your brain cells to mush and leaves you vulnerable to the evil influences of certain posters who can make you buy things....I came here when desiging my e-ring....but lop made me buy diamond earrings and Jennifer5973 is whispering in my head that I need a diamond pendant, a BIG diamond pendant....and one day last year I found myself sitting in my car clutching an emerald pendant in one hand and a sales receipt in the other and I have no idea how it happened ....and MINE and Moviezombie are forcing me to buy spessartites....oh oh and there''s the Those Who Shall Be Nameless Diamond Tennis Bracelet coven chanting, chanting, all the time chanting that Matata needs at least one.....

 

[Mara]

Date: 6/23/2005 6:10:46 AM
Author: Regular Guy
I, too, am seeking a cure.

Hey, Mara...seems like not long ago, Storm was doing a happy dance for hitting 2 grand in messages. Now, look at you...you''re just short of 10 big ones!

See RG..it''s a sickness.

Only other PS''ers understand..hee.

 

[movie zombie]

blumoon, its already too too late.....! welcome to the club.

i came looking for diamonds, ended up with spessartite, and can''t seem to drag myself away ''cause there is just so much....to learn and to buy! besides, the pictures are pretty.......

matata, so we''ve got you backed up against the orange wall, eh?!

can we expect an orange post from you with pictures soon over in the colored stone forum?

peace, movie zombie

 

[MINE!!]

Date: 6/23/2005 11:43:27 AM
Author: Matata
blumoon....leave, leave while you still can....this place makes you do things you normally wouldn''t do....leonid has some kind of mind control mechanism in the software that turns your brain cells to mush and leaves you vulnerable to the evil influences of certain posters who can make you buy things....I came here when desiging my e-ring....but lop made me buy diamond earrings and Jennifer5973 is whispering in my head that I need a diamond pendant, a BIG diamond pendant....and one day last year I found myself sitting in my car clutching an emerald pendant in one hand and a sales receipt in the other and I have no idea how it happened ....and MINE and Moviezombie are forcing me to buy spessartites....oh oh and there''s the Those Who Shall Be Nameless Diamond Tennis Bracelet coven chanting, chanting, all the time chanting that Matata needs at least one.....

sad to say it Blumoon... but you are doomed. FI asked me if I was going to stop looking at other rings as soon as I had mine... well.. needless to say that I am still here and thinking about what to do next. I have found an entire new world of information, people and yummy eye candy here. You can check in... but you can''t check out.

Not to worry though... we addicted Pscopers will embrace you with our whispers and chants for MORE MORE MORE MORE MORE jewelry.

Matata.. good.... It is a very happy world in orange land. MZ and I welcome you into our obsession... HA HA HA.. (this is supposed to be one of those ''evil villian laughs'' HA HA HA!!

 

[Lurchie]

Are you kidding? I neither own a diamond nor am I in the market for one, so how sick does that make me? I am physically addicted to the crack pipe that is PS.

 

[aphisiglovessae]

Ha ha, I hear that same question everyday. I received my e-ring almost two months ago and I''m still on PS every day, all day long. I''m also addicted. Maybe we should form a group called "diamond-lovers anonymous"?

 

[Jennifer5973]

Date: 6/23/2005 11:43:27 AM
Author: Matata
blumoon....leave, leave while you still can....this place makes you do things you normally wouldn''t do....leonid has some kind of mind control mechanism in the software that turns your brain cells to mush and leaves you vulnerable to the evil influences of certain posters who can make you buy things....I came here when desiging my e-ring....but lop made me buy diamond earrings and Jennifer5973 is whispering in my head that I need a diamond pendant, a BIG diamond pendant....and one day last year I found myself sitting in my car clutching an emerald pendant in one hand and a sales receipt in the other and I have no idea how it happened ....and MINE and Moviezombie are forcing me to buy spessartites....oh oh and there''s the Those Who Shall Be Nameless Diamond Tennis Bracelet coven chanting, chanting, all the time chanting that Matata needs at least one.....

This is adorable...and *sigh* so true.

I have a feeling even after I am "cut off" I still will be here...it''s too fun soaking up all the eye candy.

 

[diamondlil]

I''ve tried a few times to go cold turkey, but it doesn''t work.

I''ve gone on vacation and forced myself to stay away. I''m okay for about a week, few withdrawal symptoms, but as soon as I get home, I hear those PS voices in my head calling me back!!!!!!

DiamondLil

 

[jellybean]

I promised my husband I would stop looking, like, 2 months ago. But it seems every time I get a free minute here I am!

I think it really is a disease...kind of like OCD but the "d" would stand for "diamonds".

 

[glaucomflecken]

this website is addictive and detrimental to my wallet...

part of the reason i still come here even though I have my diamond is that everyone here is SO nice and SO willing to give advice and discuss all kinds of issues here. I have gotten a lot of support through my Tacori trials and tribulations and lots of yays or nays when I pose an idea for my wedding. And i love listening to people''s ideas, opinions and stories about things (jewelry, family, current issues, pop culture, etc). This crowd is so much more intelligent and dignified than so many other message board forums out there

so its not just a bling thing, its a people thing for me too!

 

[snuflz]

Unfortunately I stumbled across this site after purchasing my ring five weeks ago. I would browse the site every day, looking at all the eye-candy and soaking up all the advice given by long-time and new PS''ers. My boyfriend thinks I''m insane for torturing myself this way! But I can''t help it! I''m addicted!

 

[Regular Guy]

Lurchie,

Great Avatar,

Diamondlil...

Date: 6/23/2005 3:07:53 PM
Author: diamondlil
I''ve tried a few times to go cold turkey, but it doesn''t work.

I''ve gone on vacation and forced myself to stay away. I''m okay for about a week, few withdrawal symptoms, but as soon as I get home, I hear those PS voices in my head calling me back!!!!!!

DiamondLil

I totally relate. Am picturing some re-enactments and identifications with Steve McQueen (from the Great Escape?), and getting put back into the hot house. I hear the music rising, and a new campaign emergng for plotting one''s escape....

Best,

 

[Libster]

I''m just laughing. My husband used to say the same thing to me. I had a dillema after I found this site, that I could not register!!! No matter what I did I could not become a member. I would read the posts and yell at my computer because I couldn''t play with all the other diamond obsessed people

Finally one day I upgraded some Windows patches and presto...I was in

I''m addicted to Pricescope and proud of it