Well, I need a stiff drink after that shock!

[AndyW]

:Hysterical::Hysterical::Hysterical:

Ok, so Chloe Lewis on Lounge - sorry, Outlet shift. A 7x5 Indian alexandrite solitaire, very basic basket & bail setting, that is graded as 'Included' & weighs in at a whopping 0.90g (yes, less than 1g) 18k gold. Guess how much?

£349!! ("It's never been below £500 before my darling" - oh and PLEASE STOP using your fingernails to click your way through your application. Must really mess up the screen & sets my teeth on edge!).

Well pick me up & dust me down. A tiny gem that will NOT colour change to any degree at that size & clarity in a feather weight of gold for £350? You could buy a 7mm Spanish round, brilliant cut Sphalerite in 5g of 14k gold with 26 SI graded diamonds for £499 on Rocks & Co yesterday...

 

[missmarple]

Blimey, maybe you should have a lie down whilst you down the drink, for want of a much better word, what the hell, i just cannot believe the audacity of some of the prices they are churning out, that one is a real doozy and i certainly find it hard to believe that some people will pay those prices either, have they had a frontal lobotomy.

 

[AndyW]

Interesting, isn't it? You can't do 'like for like' exact comparisons but you can get damn close if you break down the components (as any valuer would do).

Gems has a pink tourmaline hour. Here's one:

Pop over to R&Co (for example, not looked at TJC or elsewhere yet) but you can see rings for less, same constituent parts. Ok, so fixed sizes but so are Gems - small size people subsidise larger size people in metal weight.

(Incidentally, I don't watch the TV channel so this is a web snap and only some of the graphics make it to the video feed. What's interesting is that the ring was £179 but the figure that shouts on the left is the Split Pay amount and the explanatory text is at the bottom on the right - where you're not immediately looking! Even the presenter had to explain - "If you're thinking what's that, what's going on...").