Question about eBay item

[Baroless]

I found this auction on eBay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

The seller, pearl_society, has very good feedback, but I had never heard of the kind of pearls being described. I started researching the strand and came across this Site. Can someone take a look at it and tell me what they think please?

Thank you!

[jshepherd]

Stay away from this piece, Baroless. Everything about the auction is wrong. Also, if you look at all of this seller's auctions you can see a pattern of deception in quality, retail value, and origin of all pieces.

What this seller is attempting to say is that he/she is selling nucleated freshwater pearls. While this 'may' be the case, I seriously doubt the pearls would be perfect round as described in the auction. Here are the main problems I have with the auction:

It describes a 15 year process. This is grossly over estimated, even if the process described is the actual process used.
It states the pearls are valued at $26,000.
You may find a fancy color perfect round freshwater strand in the 14-16mm range for this price, but never a strand as described.
It states the pearls are from Japan.
This is an obvious deception, the pearls are clearly Chinese freshwater. The seller also states all Akoya pearls sold are from Japan, but the seller is in Hong Kong. Hong Kong is a huge trading center for Chinese Akoya pearls, but I know of no trading house that deals in Japanese Akoya.
The term 'suspended planting'.
This is a term conjured by the seller to make the pearls seem more valuable than they are.

This is a classic example of pearl selling on eBay. This is why I always recommend serious buyers stay away. There is almost no room left on eBay for honest sellers. The fact that people do not like to leave negative feedback, and most buyers really do not understand what they have purchased makes it an impossible place to distinguish quality from garbage. While I am not saying that this particular piece is garbage, in fact if the actual strand is aesthetically described correctly it is a nice piece, the seller is intentionally being dishonest in representation.

[Satine De La Courcel]

I Agree with Jeremy, Everything about this seems wrong and "fishy" to me.

When I read the description and felt like it is a too good to be true deal!


As with the next person I can appreciate a good deal however PERSONALLY. I would stay away from online auctions for jewelry all together..However that is just M.H.O.

Ashby

[PearlsAndJade.com]

Here's a follow up to that piece. The seller is beginning to get some negative feedback, and he/she has a very nasty attitude.

http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...serid=ann1dave

This is the feedback the seller left for the buyer of that original piece, or one just like it. At the buyers feedback when you read the sellers note, you can click on the item and go to see the feedback the buyer left for the seller.

Apparently, the seller refunded the money and then gave a negative to the buyer, probably after the buyer rightfully negged the seller.

Its and interesting exchange, where the seller states that he resold the pearls to a "knowledgable" buyer for $750.00.

He did relist and sold the item for $770 on June 14. He started the auction at $9.99 with a reserve and it sold with 19 bids. Here's the url.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...sPageName=WDVW

There has been no feedback left for this new sale as yet.

[mikehrz]

it's amazing how many "untreated" akoya pearls this seller lists. wonder where he gets these "untreated" pearls from? i bet his "knowledgeable" customers, repeat buyers no less, really love their "natural/untreated" akoyas.
i don't know whether to laugh, cry, or vomit.

[Satine De La Courcel]

WEll... Wow !!!!!!! The seller does have a nasty attitude! the seller apparently does not like having someone "calling his Bluff" so to speak....

I also bet that the repeat customers are some people just looking for what they think of as a good deal...

For Example
If one thinks oh Jewellery stores A. B and C in my area charge $5500 for that same necklace $770 is a steal....

It still sounds like the seller does not like being challenged because someone "wised up" to this selling scheme...Salesmen can get a bit cranky if you do not take them at their word! I have been following this sale as well at as well.. Oh Grrr..Why do people have to be so what appears to me to be dishonest.

It is frustrating, nerve-racking and I do not know weather to Scream or Cry either! My views may be tainted and I appologize if they are... I just can not stand to see people lie! it hurts everyone!

Thanks For Letting me vent!

Ash

[mitonner]

Hello to all,
I'm glad to have found this site and have been ******** the ebay listings. I find it "funny" that the first shipping is $45, but each additional item is only $2.50. What a deal!
Jennifer