| After just doing a quick check on eBay, it seems the con artists are now feeding off each other.
pearl_society is the one to dream up that whole suspended planting thing. You have to admit that it is pretty creative. Now another FleaBayer (love that term) is using it as well - Es_Store.
One easy tell on that pearl_society piece... In the description the strand measures 8.6-9.6mm. This is the Fall/Winter harvest, 2006 new 'materials' standard. Standard strung hanks (without pointed direction) will all measure 8.6-9.6mm (a drop from 8.7-9.7 last year) if they are in the 9-10mm range.
Their 'suspended planted' pearls are straight out of just about any Zhuji, Suzhou, or Wenling factory. Their descriptions are absolute fairy tales - they are typical FleaBay pearl crooks. |