Snow leopards

(polishedprices.com) - I was amused to read over the past few days comments about De Beers increasing prices by what, I think, is believed to be about 2% at their last Sight. I was amused in that there were comments to the effect that some thought that De Beers should have increased prices by more, as in this point of view there is need to dampen the rough market. Generally, it would seem that DTC boxes have been trading at around 5% profit after expenses, which is not a bad profit margin I would have thought. So De Beers is damned whichever way it might turn. I cannot see why De Beers should take the blame if the market in rough is over heating. I don’t know, and frankly cannot be bothered to find out, how many sightholders there are currently, but I presume it is less than 100. If De Beers is selling too cheap in the opinion of some of the less than 100 why are they not increasing their prices to take the heat out of the market and increasing their margin?