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Your ring sounds lovely. I've bought a few loose stones from Etsy, as I said I never thought to look on ebay.

Those are some nice pieces you've got Andy! I never think to look on ebay, I've got a preconception that it's fake or knock off stuff. Hadn't expected independent makers selling there, I thought they'd all be on Etsy. What's your experience of buying from GemSelect? There are some beautiful...

We're clearly all disappointed or disillusioned with Gemporia in their current state. So, if you're not buying from Gemporia/ Gem Collector, where are you buying from?

I've had my name read out on air just for putting an item in my web basket (not completing the purchase). Ever tuned in when there are only 3 pieces left in the auction and the presenter names 6 buyers? It doesn't add up. ie there aren't 6 buyers.

I recently had a mad couple of weeks and bought 3 diamond rings, due to believing the hype. It was before I'd started reading these forums. I took to them my local independent jeweller, along with a couple of pieces purchased 2 years ago from the Manhattan collection. I asked for verbal...

Yes, worded like a competition to me. But if you look on their website at the moment, they already have an "up to 65% off" promo running. So it doesn't sound like much of a competition. Out of interest, is it a golden tanzanite?

It depends what you mean by online only? Do you mean not broadcasting and selling purely through a static website? Or do you mean like they've done with Gem Collector, where there are live shows with presenters but only available via streaming? I like the interaction of the live shows, the...

Nick was on air for 3 hours at lunchtime, with just 1 camera operator and 2 gallery staff bought across from JM. Jess on afterwards, just mentioned something about not having wheel hours going forward. We'll, she said pearls wouldn't be on wheels in future, then mumbled something suggesting...

Well said.

Sorry, don't think so... Jake's suit would need to be twice as wide and Davey boy would be in swim trunks ready to dive into the mine for a 1 in a million chance at retrieving the precious

And the clocks. Don't forget the clocks!

He can opt in for all the shifts on Gemporia as far as I'm concerned. Even in the 12th hour broadcasting he was still more coherent than other presenters...

Just heard our beloved Jess refer to mother of pearl as "beyond expensive". 🙄

Maybe it's one of those Brexit benefits? Scrapping the European working time directive? Although I do remember the last time I worked shifts I had the option to opt out of those rules/ protections, so maybe Jeff has done the same?

Uh oh. Are clocks mandatory now? And ridiculous web page comparisons? Managers special at 9:45am. (Pale) yellow diamonds in 9k gold. 13 stones totalling 0.5ct. Showing Sotherby's auction listings for 74ct vivid fancy diamond necklace. And popped in a countdown clock. Please Jeff, no. No...

Good grief, the man is currently doing his 3rd stint in 24 hours! Pink diaspore on the lunchtime slot yesterday (has been covering for Ellis over the weekend). Then on his usual overnight slot. And now doing the breakfast show! (Amazingly he still sounds more coherent than some presenters)...

With a chemical name like that, I was expecting to need a hazmat suit. Didn't think it could be as easily available as to be on ebay!

Those pieces sound lovely! I hope the recipient appreciated the stones as much as you did? (Which one did you keep?) I was a frequent buyer of silver rings for £20 and £30 back in the day. Then I spent £300 on a colour change sapphire cluster ring. 9 stones, all big enough to be set singly...

I never saw any indicolite on GC in the early days, if I had have done I would have snapped it up! £20 for half a carat VSI stone sounds like a proper bargain!

Well they've got to cover the costs of the wages of the person who opens all those bulk bags... 😂 Where on earth do I find ethanolamine thioglycollate??? And thanks again for sharing your knowledge. I'm enjoying being on the forums and learning from yourself and others.