new to the world of Tahitian Pearl !!

[Katbran]

sigh..I wish I'd never looked at this site....wonder if I sat outside on the sidewalk with a pail and a sign that said "Need Tahitians - please donate" ...hmmmmm....maybe....

 

[Katbran]

Love those rings! What size are they...and how can I become your sister..my birthday is coming up...

 

[coabadsantos]

This is the description in the accompanying certificate from TahitianPearls.biz:

Pearl Type: Tahitian black pearl
Pearl Shape: Circle' semi-baroque
Pearl Size: 9-11mm
Pearl Nacre: Extremely thick
Pearl Surface : Light to moderate blemishing
Pearl Luster: Excellent
Pearl Color : Fancy multi-color

This was one of the comparatively lower-priced tahitian pearl strands in the website. The round or near round dark grey, peacocks and even the pistachios are just fabulous.

There is a similar strand with 8-10mm size currently on sale in their website for $268.

Best regards,

Carlos

 

[Caitlin]

Those are are great. Gumdrop Tahitians! I want an armload of them. Sorry, I am not usually a shopper, but these are just the happiest pearls strands I have seen in a while. I just love the ones that put a smile on the face.

OK Jose. You busted in here Big Time with these catching strands. You can tell them, I wasn't bribed to say that either.....I grabbed the photo of the first one off the net illegally (with my "grabbit" program) because you have some kind of block on right-clicking. BUT, I put it as my desktop photo. I just wish I could put it over here too, because long after you change your webpage, there will be a record of them here. What provenance for the person who bought them, eh?

These pearls, like the color shifting pearls Jeremy put together are fabulous ideas. Both of these offerings are specially sorted to make memorable necklaces. I know I have enough pearls, but when I see special strands like the color shifting pearls Jeremy briefly offered and these gumdrop pearls, I realize there is a real niche for special pearl designs like these. But I even loved the zebra pearls......which cost too much for painted on stripes! (remember those?)

You just can't get bored with pearls when people are putting together strands like these! I can't tell you how tempted I am to use, BillMeLater.....

Now I feel like a Pricescope post! Sorry. I am not really like this...........am I?

 

[mausketeer]

Yes, I LOOOOOOOOVE the Tahitians that have more than one colour stripe on them! They're just AMAZING. It almost becomes more about "HOW does that HAPPEN?" than about the whole of the piece to me (if that make sense?) And they have some very nice strands on that website (for really good prices). I was eyeing a couple of strands on there before I lost my mind and bought the vintage one last week (still waiting - stupid Canadian customs!!!!)

- Jodie -

 

[Jose_at_TahitianPearls]

Hello All!

Thanks so much for your enthusiasm for our pearls! Coabadsantos emailed me that he posted photos of his strand, and I have really enjoyed reading this thread. Great to "see" you again, Coabadsantos! Thanks for your kind words!

I have also received much encouragement from other forum members to join (hi to Newberry and other pearl friends!).

Caitlin, thanks so much for the compliments on the strand(s). I think the multi-color rings are incredibly cool, too! And silver-is-the-new-gold is definitely one of our favorite mantras at the moment Then again, gold is so affordable since it took a dive to "only" $1600/ounce ;-) BTW, we didn't intentionally prevent right-mouse click grabbing of photos, I think it's just the zoom plug-in that is interfering with that option. But it sounds like grabbit took care of the problem! At some point we may need to watermark our photos: I remember there was a guy in the Netherlands selling our website items on "a well-known auction site" without our permission for ~twice our price. Needless to say, he did not contact us for permission ahead of listing the auctions using our pics and specs! I trust he's gone now (but I did notice he was slow to notice that we had already sold many of the strands he was trying to resell - thank goodness no one bought from him). Here's a link to the photo of the strand that sold (our product page in the start of this thread is now offering a new multicolor necklace, because the original sold):http://www.tahitianpearls.biz/tahitian-pearls-pictures/multi-colour-tahitian-pearl-necklace-tnmm-lg.jpg Hopefully I did the "insert link" correctly!

Again, hello to all. I look forward to hanging out here and talking pearls!!

Best,

Jose

Jose Goldstein
Vice-President
Reingold Imports Inc
www.tahitianpearls.biz

 

[pattye]

I love the baroque and circled pearls also. Josh of Kamoka Pearls recently wrote about them in his blog Second entry down. But don't miss the latest entry either!

Freshwaters certainly have their share of circles, but the intensity and variation of color is not affected much.

 

[coabadsantos]

Nice to "see" you here in Pearl-Guide.com, Jose. I myself recently joined the site and I've found it very informative and interesting. It is a rich resource of information on pearls.

I am glad to share pictures and information on the nice strand I got from TahitianPearls.biz. It is a lovely and interesting strand. I was initially searching for white and golden south sea pearl strands. However, most of them were out of my budget. Then the multi-colored and the pistachio tahitians caught my interest. I found them quirky and unusual. I am glad I got them for my sister's birthday.

I can vouch for Jose's excellent customer service. He was very helpful throughout the buying process. He sent me pictures of strands that were not yet posted in the website. When I had some problems with payment through paypal, he patiently assisted me until we sorted it out.

CARLOS

 

[Caitlin]

Thanks Jose.
Welcome!
You have a stunning array of Tahitians and such a nice way of presenting them. I have been interested in only the least of your offerings, but your keshi necklace(s) are wonderful too. And that round multicolored one is totally unique. I don't even look at the higher end ones.........
You did not link the lovely picture to its text. Clever. Now we have to roam through your offerings to find it. lol

 

[newberry]

Welcome and good to see you posting here Jose.

 

[Nora]

Welcome Jose, glad you joined us at last.

 

[Katbran]

Thanks for that Carlos...what a deal! I guess I'm lucky (?) they wont ship to Australia...sniff...sniff..yeah..lucky...(quietly wipes tears away)..heads for the Jasmine tea..

 

[Katbran]

Hi Jose!

This is a wonderful and enthusiastic group isn't it! I've been scanning your site since it turned up as a link here and just sent an email to you regarding your pearls. I love that multi coloured strand! I noticed that you don't send to Australia and have suggested a few things in my email which might help me get my greedy little hands on a stand of your beautiful pearls. So glad to see you here!

 

[zannafille]

Well, I am really disappointed it was not you. But I know that when I felt so strongly for those pearls, temptation arose. That is why I posted you to get them. Not everyone has my strength of character and/or will power. (JOKE!!!) I was slapping my own hands away from the keyboard and I don't even have the cash AND they had it on BillMeLater so I could buy it anyway. It was a heroic fight and I won, but now I wish I had got them- At least I might have passed them on to you!

I actually went back yesterday, just to peek and they were gone! Next time, just use a photo and do not give the buying info out, except by PM to someone who will check out the site for you. I am sure it was not a poster, but lots of people read this forum!

That is like the abalone pearl i lost on ebay by not putting in my top bid the first time. I was busy upping the ante when time ran out and the other person got it for about $100. It was worth at least $1000, not counting the antique setting etc. I still regret this one!!!!

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What a beautiful pearl! ive never seen one like this, hopefully for you, a pearl like this, will come up again with a good price! do you collect pearls??

 

[KarinK]

Welcome Jose, glad you joined us at last.

My thoughts exactly! The more knowledgeable people the better - for members like me

- Karin

 

[Jose_at_TahitianPearls]

Hi Newberry! Thanks again for your encouragement to join.

Hi Nora! Thanks for the welcome.

Hi Katbran! Yes, this is an enthusiastic group. We do ship to Australia, but our automated credit card authorization system does not seem to do well with non-US credit cards. Also, we tend to treat overseas shipping on a country-by-country basis, as there are so many country-specific restrictions for shipping by post. Fortunately, Australia is one of the best for shipping jewelry, and we have had 100% success rate in our packages to Australia. BTW, France is another subject entirely - if anyone on the forum has insights on how to ship jewelry to France, I'd love to hear them! We have had no success shipping by post or Fedex to France.

Hey Carlos! Thanks again for your kind comments!

Hi Caitlin! The photo of the multi strand which is the subject of the thread (the photo that I linked to in an earlier post) now no longer has a webpage associated with it. We used the same product page to add a new multicolor strand to the site, at the same pricepoint. I guess we should kept the product page intact (making a new one for the new strand) and just moved the sold product page to one of the later catalog pages instead - less confusing and then the info would still be there.

I agree, Caitlin, keshis are great, aren't they? So far, we have only been making strands out of the particularly large keshis (well, 'large' by keshi standards that is! our jeweler is not a fan of drilling the small ones and gets a little cranky if we ask for a small keshi strand). We have lots of small keshis and the pricepoint is better - we should make a loose pearls section and sell them loose. They're also great for half-drilling - not nearly as tedious as trying to get a good full-drill on a small keshi. So many plans, so little time!

Thanks again, everyone, for the super welcome.

Jose

Jose Goldstein
V.P., Reingold Imports Inc.
www.tahitianpearls.biz

 

[Caitlin]

Hi Zannefille. That was an abalone pearl. It was priceless!

I find myself collecting pearls, but it has become part of my magical path through the fairyland of pearls. I have more necklaces than I can wear, unless I wear them out weeding! (which I do unless it is sweaty out there) so no pearls outside in the summer on the sweaty neck. Thankfully summer is at an end and it is time to wear pearls again!.

Once you get pearl fever, one of its symptoms is the acquisition of pearls. My patterns of pearl buying have changed after learning about pearls on Pearl-Guide. !!!!!!!!! First I got kilos of the beading varieties, made them up and sold them to get more pearls, then I started getting strands of the good ones, and designing each one ten different ways! Then I started on singletons as samples for personal use and viewing pleasure.

Each pearl fever runs its own course, of course! Yours could run the other way around, like from pendents to strands to kilos!

 

[Caitlin]

Hi Katbran! Yes, this is an enthusiastic group. We do ship to Australia, but our automated credit card authorization system does not seem to do well with non-US credit cards. Also, we tend to treat overseas shipping on a country-by-country basis, as there are so many country-specific restrictions for shipping by post. Fortunately, Australia is one of the best for shipping jewelry, and we have had 100% success rate in our packages to Australia. BTW, France is another subject entirely - if anyone on the forum has insights on how to ship jewelry to France, I'd love to hear them! We have had no success shipping by post or Fedex to France.

This is a great idea for a thread.
Please do it. We have french members.

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[jshepherd]

BTW, France is another subject entirely - if anyone on the forum has insights on how to ship jewelry to France, I'd love to hear them! We have had no success shipping by post or Fedex to France.

Don't. The only way we get things into France is with a broker located in France, so we ship one package every 1-2 weeks and then have an office in France handle shipments to individual customers. Trying to ship direct is a nightmare (customs stops the package for no reason, it gets sent back, it just *disappears*).

 

[pearlescence]

Are you both using Fedex? then that is your reason. I won't use fedex. They are the customs problem. In the UK at any rate each shipping company handles customs clearance through their own staff (apart from UPS who can't any more)
Try DHL. I have had shipments from China door to door in three days. no customs problems at all. Fedex tried to charge duty on loose pearls, UPS spent days dithering.