Recent content by mysydney

Yes, you are right, Terry! Anything the Queen wears is valuable :D Caitlin: I looked at the photo link you posted for a white SS pearl with a dimple in it. I have examined similar pearls worn by rich girlfriends (and they paid lots of $ for them) and wondered why they did not choose pearls...

Thank you so much for all your replies - good educational for me! Always appreciated your views.

I was talking to a friend on the weekend and discovered he used to work as a manager for an international jewelery company - selling diamonds, precious stones and pearls amongst others. He wined and dined overseas visitors with big pockets. He made some beautiful jewelery for his wife. She...

Thanks again for all your compliments. :D I am very happy with the pearl pendant we chose from PP. I was not game enough to order something online, and was glad that we could go to PP to select the pearl - it has no imperfection. Kirsten showed us quite a few trays of loose GSS pearls and...

Thanks for your compliments! Credit to Kirsten at PP for her assistance. The size of the GSS pearl is 12.75mm. It is larger than the standard offered by PP, hence the higher price than listed on their website.

Thanks, jerin. I have followed your advice and instructions, and managed to upload 3 photos. Hope they look OK. Forgot to mention that when we were at Pearl Paradise, a forumite suggested in an earlier post that I should bring all my pearls to ask PP if they were real or faked. I did the...

got pearl pendant! got pearl pendant! We have now returned from the US and hubby bought a pearl pendant from Pearl Paridise in LA for my birthday. I want to post 2 photos to show what we bought, but could not upload them - rejected to due large file sizes. :o At PP's office we said hello to...

Yes, the photo did look very nice with deep and vivid colours. The ones I received were light pink, light lavender and cream - no deep or dark colour shades as shown in the photo. Thus, I was disappointed.

I bought the one you mentioned. If you don't examine the pearls too closely, the necklace looks nice. However, on close inspection they are not nearly flawless as claimed. I accepted what Jerry said, that our expectations differed.

I bought the multicolour pendants, multicolour necklace and black tahitian necklace. I viewed the items many times before purchasing. I only wanted them for gifts to my American sisters - there are 5 of them and I did not want to spend a fortune, or spend too little. Like you said Jerry has...

OK, I have made my appointment with PP - spoke for half hour to the lovely Kirsten and she kindly accommodated us on the day we arrive in LA. :) Caitlin: I bought the pearls from apex pearls. I sent him an email to tell him how dissatisfied I was with the products. He replied very promptly...

Jeremy: I did not phone your office today - being Sunday afternoon in LA. I will phone your office tomorrow - Monday LA time, to make an appointment for sure. I hope the day I am after will be available. Well, one lot of pearls I ordered from ebay arrived today. The delivery by fedex was...

Thanks, Jeremy, for your kind words. :cool: I have just looked up your website to find the location of your showroom, and it is in West LA. I showed it to hubby and he said he knew where it is - our old stumping ground! We lived at UCLA married student housing on South Sepulveda Blvd. From...

Hi all, thanks for your welcoming! Well, I am too embarrased to take my fake pearls to Pearl Paradise for confirmation :o - I will get laughed out of the shop. Since we will be flying straight from SYD to LAX then on to DFW for the wedding, so won't be able to show PP the cheap pendants I have...

I am a newbie here and just want to have a chat! I have been lurking in this forum for a few weeks. I was glad I found it by chance. I have learnt a great deal from this forum - thanks to the contributors. I have 3 pearl necklaces and thought they were real pearls. I have done the "tooth"...