Somebody please buy Adina a dictionary

[rubia]

That's such a shame, because when there is a colour shift, the flashes of reds and greens are very attractive indeed, just like when a clean white diamond shows flashes of different colours as you move the stone. But I think by the time they were selling Csarite their quality was already beginning to get 'iffy': if you were fortunate, you still received something fully as described and worth the money, but all too often this wasn't the case (as in the case of your piece) - and as an aside, the metal weights had also begun to get thinner. My Csarite ring was bought years ago, is a bright, clear 'champagne' colour stone and I've worn it a lot and been happy with it, but sadly, since then, the whole Gemporia scene has changed and this is why I don't buy today - I would not feel confident that what I received would be anywhere near the same quality described on screen.

Sad state of affairs because I used to buy from Gemporia and be very pleased with the items when they arrived, but that all changed - and after receiving a couple of items that were nothing like the quality of the description and both of them needed to be sent back, it put me off buying any more.

I know what you mean I stopped buying also

 

[OrangeLady]

This is why the quality is poor. Profit. Administrative Expenses are Director wages basically.

Holy moly.
Admin Expenses in 2022 were nearly 4x the bottom line profit figure. £22m to the directors and £6m in the bank.
Doesn't quite seem sustainable for a business that's dealing with relatively expensive "raw materials"/inputs.

Then in 2023 there's £10m less in top line sales figures, £3m less in directors wages, yet less than £300k on the bottom line.
Even if you ignored the redundancy payouts it would only be £1m in the bank.

No wonder they're hawking clones of items you can get on Temu!

 

[TheManWithNoName]

This is why the quality is poor. Profit. Administrative Expenses are Director wages basically.

Surely 'Administrative Costs' would include call centre staff too?

I'm not an accountant - but I thought it was fairly common in the business world for directors to take a relatively low salary, and then take the bulk of their income in dividends, because it minimises their tax bill legally?

 

[AndyW]

That's such a shame, because when there is a colour shift, the flashes of reds and greens are very attractive indeed,...

I remember watching a Rocks & Co Zultanite show. They showed a photo sent in by a customer, taken in the car on her mobile 'phone of a ring on her hand. Considering that this was early days for 'phone camera technology and all the issues with cameras not being able to pick up quite everything your eyes can see, the Zultanite was a stunner.

I still might take a punt on a GC Csarite one day and have it set but deciding which cut, what colour shade and what size will not leave me disappointed is a tough one.

 

[Deleted member 30699]

Surely 'Administrative Costs' would include call centre staff too?

I'm not an accountant - but I thought it was fairly common in the business world for directors to take a relatively low salary, and then take the bulk of their income in dividends, because it minimises their tax bill legally?

You're better informed than me no name. I reckon you're right. Anything to pay less tax, hence final profit on the report is less.

 

[Marietta]

I bought into the hype too.

One of the most disappointing rings in my jewellery box. A "dirty" yellowish body colour with the merest hint of a colour shift. Crap baguette cut diamonds on the shoulders too.

This was back when they were sending Lynne and Adina to the mine. So I wasn't in the habit of returning items back then.

(I'm a more savvy shopper these days).

Who was the lady with Lynn & Adina at the Csarite mine? She was looking for a piece of Csarite to set into a ring. Was that Mirabelle?

 

[TheManWithNoName]

Who was the lady with Lynn & Adina at the Csarite mine? She was looking for a piece of Csarite to set into a ring. Was that Mirabelle?

No, her name is Jane.

Her name sometimes pops up on screen as Lady Jane if she buys something.

 

[Marietta]

No, her name is Jane.

Her name sometimes pops up on screen as Lady Jane if she buys something.

Thank you!

 

[Kit10]

On a cruise to Scandinavia for the next fortnight, but this caught my eye on today’s program

 

[user 17461]

On a cruise to Scandinavia for the next fortnight, but this caught my eye on today’s program
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"Adult shuffleboard" sounds dodgy

 

[Kit10]

"Adult shuffleboard" sounds dodgy

I couldn’t possibly comment!

 

[Ant7t]

New (?) word for the dictionary. Valuated. (Usage: get this insured and valuated).

 

[historymystery]

What's "Nilly-marni", Adina? Anyway, you could be paying up to £75,000, whatever it is.

 

[Ant7t]

What's "Nilly-marni", Adina? Anyway, you could be paying up to £75,000, whatever it is.

Seriously, that bugs the bits off me, but kashmir sapphire 'being 5ct', 'Ours is'..... Kyanite constantly being equated to sapphire. Talking like they are selling sapphires. 'kin' <(use your imagination) kashmir. it's KYANITE not SAPPHIRE. A pox on them I say, a pox

 

[Ostrichkeeper]

Earlier today Cherry introduced some kyanite rings and to be fair she twice called it Kashmir Kyanite until someone in her ear probably told her not to lol.

 

[AndyW]

Earlier today Cherry introduced some kyanite rings and to be fair she twice called it Kashmir Kyanite until someone in her ear probably told her not to lol.

Yep Rosie Wells has just described this as "Kashmir stone", "Kashmir colour" - not "Kashmir sapphire" though...quite deliberate

 

[historymystery]

Seriously, that bugs the bits off me, but kashmir sapphire 'being 5ct', 'Ours is'..... Kyanite constantly being equated to sapphire. Talking like they are selling sapphires. 'kin' <(use your imagination) kashmir. it's KYANITE not SAPPHIRE. A pox on them I say, a pox

 

[historymystery]

They mispronounce things, exaggerate wildly, so how the heck can you rely on the info, and why can't they put 2 and 2 together and see this? And when the pronunciation of the stones varies from presenter to presenter (and I always thought the pronunciation of 'Nilamani' was 'niller-marni', not 'nilly-marni) then you despair - these are people supposedly trained in gemstones. To be told I could pay up to £75,000 for it - yeah, right, I'm going to believe that, aren't I?

 

[TheManWithNoName]

Yep Rosie Wells has just described this as "Kashmir stone", "Kashmir colour" - not "Kashmir sapphire" though...quite deliberate

As you say, its deliberate.

Anything blue gets described as "Paraiba colour" or "Paraiba-like", anything Orange or Pink gets described as "Padparadscha colour" or "Padparadscha-like", and everything has to be associated with either 'Kashmir', 'Ceylon' or 'Burma'.

We've had 3+ years of god knows how many stones being called 'Jadeite' - from Maw-Sit-Sit, to Serpentine, to Quartzite.

Their latest favourite line is calling everything "Museum grade" or "this should be in a museum".

Oh, and Jess Foley has been describing things as being similar to that famous stone, 'Paraiba Jade'............ Absolutely.

Oh, and then there's the only that REALLY annoys me. "It has the same crystal structure as a Diamond" - deliberately implying that it must be as hard then.

In fact, even that is misleading because Diamonds are hard in terms of nothing being able to scratch them - but they're actually quite brittle. Hit it with something hard, and it'll smash into dust.

I'm sure people think that because Diamonds are classed as being 'the hardest material', they're unbreakable. In reality, they're very brittle.

 

[Ant7t]

Oh, and then there's the only that REALLY annoys me. "It has the same crystal structure as a Diamond" - deliberately implying that it must be as hard then.

Humans are the same 'basic' structure as dogs and other mammals. Doesn't mean to say they are the same.

In fact, even that is misleading because Diamonds are hard in terms of nothing being able to scratch them - but they're actually quite brittle. Hit it with something hard, and it'll smash into dust.

That surprises me, sort of. As in, I didn't know they were 'that' brittle. Obviously, they can be crushed, otherwise there'd be no diamond dust grinding wheels, but in terms of stone to stone, to date are they are the hardest.