Where to purchase wholesale Akoya round Pearls at least AA+

[JerseyPearl]

In this age of fake news, this is not surprising to me at all. Because it's on Facebook, it must be real...kind of reminds me of Ferris Bueller: "My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night."

 

[jwl lvr]

In this age of fake news, this is not surprising to me at all. Because it's on Facebook, it must be real...kind of reminds me of Ferris Bueller: "My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night."

lol...... that's great....... but seriously... these people need to be told what they are doing is wrong! can't they be reported to somewhere so they get shut down?

 

[Shedukester]

Hi I am new to this thread.
I was trying to research and found this Pearl discussion forum and joined so I could find out
some info
I've read some threads but I didn't actually see where is flat out gave me an answer. So I'll just come right out and ask
Please be kind as I'm new and don't know where to start.
I've watched many of these online Pearl parties shows
I have now spent a good amount of moolah and purchased
a handful. #1 Are these real pearls? Yes I know they aren't real Akoya pearls
I understand they are cultured. Like last night I opened at at home oyster and
Got a beautiful eggplant purple. I love it. Is it a fake Pearl. Did someone dye a round
Ball/bead of some sort and push it up in the oyster and return it back to the water?
I have many peach and classic white and some lavender #2 are those real, or where they shoved into
an oyster and returned to the water???
#3 Am I wasting my money? #4 Am I paying for the "fun of it"
Thank you to anyone that can truthfully answer my question

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Hi, and welcome-- you came to the right place for answers.

1. Without having seen your pearls, I will tell you that what is inserted into these akoya saltwater oysters is real freshwater cultured pearls (not akoya cultured pearls, which are significantly more costly.)

Freshwater pearls come in natural colors of white, cream, pink, peach, lavender. I would like to see an in-focus photo of the eggplant purple pearl before commenting on that one. There are some naturally purple pearls but most are more lavender than purple unless dyed. Some of these companies sell dyed freshwater pearls; black is common, and I've seen some green ones that are dyed. I'm sure they sell other dyed colors too.

2. The oysters are not returned to the water after having had a freshwater pearl put in. They are put into a pickling chemical that makes them close up tight. The oysters are killed; they do not die a natural death, either, as some claim.

3. In my opinion it is a waste of money since one can buy freshwater pearls at a better price without going through these parties.

4. Maybe it was fun before you knew all this, but now that you know, how can it be fun to buy a canned dead oyster in chemicals with a freshwater pearl inside, knowing that the sale is based on a deception?

 

[JerseyPearl]

Welcome to the forum! You're asking some great questions, and I agree with Pearl Dreams responses...you are off to a great start in learning about cultured pearls (which are "real" pearls, cultivated by pearl farmers). What you have are likely dyed commercial grade freshwater pearls...pretty but not particularly valuable, or remarkable.

Take some time to look through the threads with photos of freshwater pearls and you will soon see how affordable truly wonderful freshwater pearls can be.

 

[jshepherd]

Their FAQ page is outrageous. According to them, the oysters were't even killed-- they lived out their natural lives.

7. Are the oysters alive? No. They’ve lived out their life and were not killed in order to be shipped or by myself.
8. How long does it take for a pearl to grow? 3-6 years. At the end of their growth, they oyster is no longer living and they’re harvested from their very well cared for farmed environment for us."

You have to admit, this one takes the cake, lol!

12. How do they get their color? When the oyster is in its beginning stages of life – an organic dye is randomly inserted into the meat of the oyster. This is done before the irritant (the grain of sand) has started to form into the pearl. Over time, the pearl will begin to form nacre that is formed around the irritant and the dye will merge while rubbing against the mother of pearl to create the stunning color pearls that you see. The pearls are NOT dyed after being fully formed.

Uh .... wha' wha' wha' whaaaat?!

 

[Pearl Dreams]

Oh goodness, I didn't even read that one, Jeremy. Pure nonsense.

 

[MMtwo]

You have to admit, this one takes the cake, lol!

12. How do they get their color? When the oyster is in its beginning stages of life – an organic dye is randomly inserted into the meat of the oyster. This is done before the irritant (the grain of sand) has started to form into the pearl. Over time, the pearl will begin to form nacre that is formed around the irritant and the dye will merge while rubbing against the mother of pearl to create the stunning color pearls that you see. The pearls are NOT dyed after being fully formed.

Uh .... wha' wha' wha' whaaaat?!

Wow, that is so far from any sort of biological reality.

 

[pattye]

OMG, that is soooo bad, Jeremy!!

 

[CathyKeshi]

Oh? So, one wonders ... just how many oysters they insert red and green and green Christmas dyes or other colors in, take back out to the reef, wait 3 years to harvest and see which ones just randomly acquire "grains of sand" irritants, which then form an alliance with the dye to roll around together for a while ....

LOL, Jeremy is right, this one takes the cake !!!

 

[CathyKeshi]

Does anyone else remember some other company (not the open an oyster scam) making a similar claim their dyed FW pearls used a proprietary process involving inserting dye into the mollusk directly?

 

[BWeaves]

Holy crap that's a ridiculous claim. It doesn't even sound plausible.

 

[jshepherd]

Does anyone else remember some other company (not the open an oyster scam) making a similar claim their dyed FW pearls used a proprietary process involving inserting dye into the mollusk directly?

I remember something about this. I believe it was a eBay seller based out of Hong Kong.

 

[BlackPearlDudeDC]

I could see this getting out of control...pearls dyed in/with easter egg patterns...I'll shut up before I start giving the unscrupulous more ideas

 

[GemGeek]

Good grief! This is why the FTC should step in and kick butt. Sigh.

 

[pearlescence]

When some people don't know something they make up a story to explain it..Hence this stuff which appears nonsense to us as we know better. But I was once told by a customer that the holes in pearls were poked in when the pearls were still soft from hatching....

 

[Pareltje]

I remember something about this. I believe it was a eBay seller based out of Hong Kong.

Agustus on Ebay claims similar thing about their blue mabe pearls.

 

[JerseyPearl]

Well, WOW, that does take the cake. I cannot imagine how anyone would believe such utter nonsense. And I cannot believe that someone would actually write something so silly and deceitful while selling a product.

 

[JerseyPearl]

Good grief! This is why the FTC should step in and kick butt. Sigh.

The FTC regs are pretty strict, but certainly could be stronger (I thought they were proposing new guidelines for cultured pearls, but I may be mistaken)...I wonder if anyone has reported these scammers to the FTC? It really does remind me of glass filled rubies. I bet there might be a few Attorneys General interested in this as well...this is definitely getting out of hand.

 

[MMtwo]

Since they are being sent through mail, it might be considered fraud that could be investigated by the US Postal Service.
https://postalinspectors.uspis.gov/investigations/mailfraud/mailfraud.aspx