Anyone bought from pearllunar?

[Raisondetre]

How big is the pink strand? It does look lovely!

I'm just waiting on my rice pearls in the mail. Can't bear the suspense. Doubt I'll get it till next week though. Will keep you posted. I'm considering a graduated white strand but it's only 3-6 mm with a 8.5 mm center piece. I was going to get a freshadama graduated strand like the one Jeremy made (6-10 mm) if this one works out well. Wondering if a larger center piece e.g. 12 mm like the one someone photoshopped would work on me. I don't even know if Jeremy has large freshadama pearls in stock! Might have a wait a bit. But I digress. How did I jump from pearllunar to pearlparadise?

 

[GemGeek]

The pinks are 7mm and cute.

I also got a graduated strand. I think I have seven items coming in the mail any day now. This is silly since I buy so many pearls for my business, but because they are finished, I can easily sell them if I don't want to keep them.

Let's compare photos after they arrive!!!

 

[Sueki]

Hi Knotty,
Yes, I bought the white rice pearls in unfinished strands. And they are as nice as in the photo.

 

[Raisondetre]

I'll have to examine my rice pearls and photograph them in daylight. I'd say for the price they cannot be beat. Value for money, but some of the hues are not as saturated as I'd like. Or perhaps I'm too pampered by the untreated freshwater baroques Jeremy had so I was expecting extremely dark colors. The size looks a little smaller than stated. I'll keep you guys posted.

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Raisondetre--

I'll be interested in anything else you have to say about the items you received from Pearllunar. I saw a few things I liked when I looked at their pearls.

Also, anyone in the USA who bought from them, how long does shipping take? I've never purchased anything from China.

Can they communicate in English, in case there is a problem with the order?

 

[Sueki]

Hi Pearl_dreams,
Although I'm in the U.K. and not the U.S. the items took around 7 - 10 days to get here.
Pearllunar communicate very well in English.

 

[imanit]

Raisondetre--

I'll be interested in anything else you have to say about the items you received from Pearllunar. I saw a few things I liked when I looked at their pearls.

Also, anyone in the USA who bought from them, how long does shipping take? I've never purchased anything from China.

Can they communicate in English, in case there is a problem with the order?

They communicate VERY WELL in English. Shipping = 2-3 weeks
Be careful with one thing. Last purchase I made with them was in September. Package never arrived. Pearlluna informed me tat they got informed that package is being returned to them and it might take UP TO 5 MONTH for them to get it back and ship it again to me ( they offer to share the cost of second shipping). If I want money back immediately - they will be happy to pay it back - minus shipping cost, minus 15% "restocking fee". I declined the offer - and I'll wait, but I'm not buying there anymore. Try also :http://stores.ebay.ca/id=198888563&ssPageName=STRK:MEFS:MESST. They have similar merchandise. I bought from them few times. Pearls were always as I expected them to be for the price. Their 9-10mm multicolor natural round pearls @ 140$ were not worse than Pearluna's ones that I paid 350$ for.....

 

[Raisondetre]

Just for comparison, here are the items I bought. The luster cannot be beat, and there is mild variation in size, but overall I am happy they are about 8.5-9mm long. I'm a bit obsessed with big pearls at the moment, and just a small difference in size does make a huge visual difference. The luster for the white pearls is just a tad less, but it is still quite lovely. The pink ones are from Catherine who also posts here on the boards. I still prefer the hues on that one. I guess I'm just too picky. The strands I got were $30 + $15.99 shipping and insurance on best offer. Shipping took about 15 days and it was by registered mail. The conclusion would be they are good for inexpensive purchases - off-rounds and rice pearls etc with very good luster, but for high grade pearls I would rather pay and get the known quality control I've been getting from Jeremy and Terry.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280138957792&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=018

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280138958692&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=018

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=280138959083&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=018

 

[Raisondetre]

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Wow, thanks for all the replies and the great photos! I will need to think about this some more. The prices are good (especially since they invite best offers), but I'd be upset if the pearls never arrived! I do love freshwater pearls and don't mind off-round shapes, especially when the luster is good. I might risk it with some lavender ones.

Thanks also for the link to apex's pearls. I'm going to look them over later on this evening, after I've fed my family.

 

[GemGeek]

My latest Pearllunar pearls finally arrived, many weeks late, but it was the fault of my post office. Registered mail is kept in a safe at the Post Office. I had asked them to check it for me and they said nothing was there. Yesterday I finally got the notice and they told me it was the final notice. Of course, I had never had any notice at all, so it was somewhere in the post office for about five weeks and was just about to be sent back to China.

So, Pearllunar did their part. I'll post the photos on another thread.

(edited to add the missing L from pearlunar)

 

[jerin]

Blaire,

just to avoid mistakes: the vendor you bought from is Pearllunar (with 2 l:s), the other vendor with just one "l" is not a good vendor according to earlier posts.

 

[GemGeek]

Yes, you're right. Pearllunar. All these names are confusing. I managed to have good luck with the double L one!

 

[Raisondetre]

It's amazing how the lavenders always photograph more saturated. I'm not sure if the background color actually makes it seem darker. But the coiled pictures certainly look very good. The pink ones are actually from Cathy.

Stock pictures:

 

[Raisondetre]

White:

Blue:

Copper:

Pink:

 

[Cathybear]

If you want to send the pink ones back I'll restring them Danae, looks a bit rough, I see a gap there, sorry

 

[Raisondetre]

LOL You sure are professional. I'll see when I get to the post office. I'll have to get your mailing addy though.

 

[Cathybear]

I just emailed it to you

 

[liliautopia]

Pearls from PearlLunar - my shopping experience

Pearls from PearlLunar - my shopping experience

Hi,

I bought pearls from eBay seller PearlLunar. I must say, I am not very pleased. The pearls are not what was shown. I bought a wholesale lot of 3 strands of 7mm white with gold and rainbow orient round pearls for $69. The pearls that I received are very slightly graduating from approx 5 to 6mm, they are not round, but off round. The lustre is very nice, however, though they say the pearls are AAA with no blemishes, I can see some on almost every pearl. In short, in my opinion they sent me the wrong pearls, as they have an auction for 3 strands of 5-6mm pearls at the price of $49 that match the pearls I received 100% .

I contacted PearlLunar stating all the points. They emailed me back the same day, saying that the pearls are as described and shown on the image. However they are not! I am not blind, and I can see that they are totally different. They said that I can send them back for a full refund (minus postage), but they need to receive them as soon as possible, so they said to sent back express delivery (that will cost me $15-$18, I live in UK). I told them that I am happy to keep the pearls, they are very nice, however that I think they are the pearls they sell for $49, and I would be happy if they just refund the difference. They haven't replied back yet. I don't think they are going to come to an agreement with me, they just keep saying that the pearls I received are those listed. So, my advice - stay away.

I agree the pearls look stunning on the image, but that it is what you receive matters. In my case, the seller was very unhelpful.

Best wishes,

Lilia

 

[Jojonana]

I'm really sorry to read about your problems with them. I was just about to buy something from Pearllunar but would hold off now given your poor experience.. I hope they will do the right thing and refund the difference to you. Do keep us posted on the progress.
Best of luck.