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I feel as though the seller "Vicalla" had been discussed here before. At least one of the auctions has been called into question, I am certain. There is a contact email in the auction so I will send this thread to them. I have strong doubts that their dishonesty is completely unintentional, but you never know!
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Hi All,
I am sure Vicalla knows what they are doing. They sell cheaply but you have to read the fine print. Buy over $50 worth, I think it is, and they slug you an extra $15 or so for handling their precious "tahitians". Every now and again some poor bidders get on a roll and pay more than the low to medium quality pearls are worth. I think most people are on to them but not all. I have bought from them and didn't read the fine print. I knew that they were not Tahitian's though but still some of their dyeing standards are very low.
What really p****s me off though is that they send out a Christian Phamplet with their "goodies". Flogging religion along with intentional deception puts a sour taste in my mouth.
When I do resell their "Tahitians" either as cheap strands or made up into reasonably (read cheap) priced bracelets etc. they will be called FW button pearls or whatever they really happen to be.
Mind you some of them are fine but some are really horrid.
Price is okay as long as you don't spend to much and that I DO find ridiculous as well as unethical. So one cannot buy too many items to resell cheaply for what they really are because in buying more they slug you. I am positive they know exactly what they are doing.
But to leave bad feedback (and some do) risks getting slammed right back. My feedback was more subtle - positve but then in BIG letters - NOT Tahitians ..etc. . they didn't seem to spot I had blasted them, but I am sure other potential buyers did. They are way to shonky for me to deal with again and I couldn't stand getting another of their Bible Bashing "thanks for dealing with us" notes again.
Bo