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Originally Posted by Valeria101 And the better merchandise never makes it online anyway, it goes into the established trade pipeline. |
I do not know if 'online' is the right word to use. Large online dealers have access to the bulk of the quality simply because they have a volume market for it, and we pay cash. It is impossible for the 'traditional' sellers of pearls to compete on a price for quality basis. I know I will probably get a few B&M'ers sending me nasty emails about that statement, but we all know it is true.
Finding quality pearls on eBay, however, is nearly impossible.
The problem with eBay is simply that it is nearly impossible for quality to be sold. You have thousands of sellers selling junk for pennies, claiming to have amazing quality etc. It would not be possible to sell freshadama even at cost on eBay. How can buyers distinguish from the honest sellers from the con artists when they are all screaming the same thing, and even sellers as blatantly dishonest as Pearl_Society and Es_Store have high feedback ratings?