mk5000
08-31-2007, 04:28 PM
I couldn't find a shopnbc board so i figured i would put my info here by comparison
i am NOT a topaz person but i wanted to buy one to see what the insanity was
i once watched a chuck clemency show,
Chuck Clemency is a jackass manic idiot.he had a peach topaz. it was a gorgeous color, trying to emulate the sri lankan pad, so i figure i would get it. my first shopnbc purchase
i wore the ring once, and put it away for about a year
a year later the entire underside of the coloring was gone, peeled off. while it was sitting in a safe place, unworn away from all humans, while I was living out of town.
so, that next year, i got one from shopathome, who had one a little darker, that they called salmon, it has survived for quite a while without wearing out after one wearing. essentially the same price, but the sah one was a LOT larger, though no accent stones.
i don't mind paying for crap if it's crap prices and i know i am getting crap. and if it is pretty crap.
colleen lopez is on hsn right now selling milli clusters in silver. nearly every stone i have seen on this show is just awful. the prices are not real bargains but the designs are pretty bad. teh color is almost invisible. crap but it's not pretty
i am watching elian of beverly hills on the shopnbc. he's selling high end crap. yeah there's a lot more gold and it's 14 k. they are telling me that the stone is impeccable. the tanzanite on the screen is about the color of one of those inky saffonix. it's a pretty design and a good amount of gold. but the stone is hideous. til they backlit it. He earlier showed an aqua he alleges is a deep rich color but is the color of watered down sky. and the diamonds he keeps insisting are near colorless near vs. wuh?
he's selling crap occasionally pretty but very overpriced
and then you have Neekee who is overmodulating and selling the same thing as the others, overpriced pretty crap and cheap bad crap. and stuff in the middle.
the channels that are upstarts, will have the same crap. the jewelry stores, same.
if you are going to collect, collect the stuff you love
if you are into art and fashion, collect what you will wear
if you think that you can resell because one of the hosts showed you an appraisal, perish the thought
but please jewelry channels, please give us hosts that don't make me doubt sincerity, who don't yell and shriek, who can pronounce their words and who actually tell you the real retail price without inventing sky high appraisals that you know you can't reproduce
i am NOT a topaz person but i wanted to buy one to see what the insanity was
i once watched a chuck clemency show,
Chuck Clemency is a jackass manic idiot.he had a peach topaz. it was a gorgeous color, trying to emulate the sri lankan pad, so i figure i would get it. my first shopnbc purchase
i wore the ring once, and put it away for about a year
a year later the entire underside of the coloring was gone, peeled off. while it was sitting in a safe place, unworn away from all humans, while I was living out of town.
so, that next year, i got one from shopathome, who had one a little darker, that they called salmon, it has survived for quite a while without wearing out after one wearing. essentially the same price, but the sah one was a LOT larger, though no accent stones.
i don't mind paying for crap if it's crap prices and i know i am getting crap. and if it is pretty crap.
colleen lopez is on hsn right now selling milli clusters in silver. nearly every stone i have seen on this show is just awful. the prices are not real bargains but the designs are pretty bad. teh color is almost invisible. crap but it's not pretty
i am watching elian of beverly hills on the shopnbc. he's selling high end crap. yeah there's a lot more gold and it's 14 k. they are telling me that the stone is impeccable. the tanzanite on the screen is about the color of one of those inky saffonix. it's a pretty design and a good amount of gold. but the stone is hideous. til they backlit it. He earlier showed an aqua he alleges is a deep rich color but is the color of watered down sky. and the diamonds he keeps insisting are near colorless near vs. wuh?
he's selling crap occasionally pretty but very overpriced
and then you have Neekee who is overmodulating and selling the same thing as the others, overpriced pretty crap and cheap bad crap. and stuff in the middle.
the channels that are upstarts, will have the same crap. the jewelry stores, same.
if you are going to collect, collect the stuff you love
if you are into art and fashion, collect what you will wear
if you think that you can resell because one of the hosts showed you an appraisal, perish the thought
but please jewelry channels, please give us hosts that don't make me doubt sincerity, who don't yell and shriek, who can pronounce their words and who actually tell you the real retail price without inventing sky high appraisals that you know you can't reproduce