My Friend Claims all fake

[onestopinnovationshop]

Hi Ebay Buyers, Just wondering if anyone else has purchased several so called genuine Rings and have found them to be all fake?  My Friend is a gemologist and claims that all of the genuine gemstone rings i have actually purchased through buy it now, are indeed all fake?

I would love to hear from others experiences, Thank you regards from Mari

[kopenhagen5]

Can't add to same experiences.

But I will say, you get what you pay for. If a gem is normally $200 and you find it here for $10, 😉  Now you know.

It amazes me the amount of people that think the items are real for that price. So don't worry zen, you're certainly not the only one.

If it's too good to be true, it probably is. 🙂

[jerryman12a]

Are you serious?  For the prices you paid exactly what did you expect to receive ?

Of course they are going to be fake , your buying crystal ( doubt it though)  , glass and perhaps a few might be natural stone .

My experiences ? You learn from mistakes . But for many years I have successfully purchased genuine jewellery from Thailand .

Do your homework before buying .

[jerryman12a]

Do some research on precious and semi precious gemstones ( there's lots of great links when you Google)

That's the best way to learn to recognize genuine gems stones. Then Google prices . But you will never get the real thing by buying in the way you have on ebay .

Still enjoy the ones you have won , some are nice costume items.

Just be warned though that even if a seller states that an items is Hallmarked ( Stamped) that is no guarantee it is Gold/Silver etc .

There's tons of gold filled stuff around that carries Hallmarks but is not genuine.

[wildwood5012]

Hi

I buy a lot of jewellery from Ebay.   And your friend is right to a certain extent.

Also of course if the price is not does not match the item be careful.

I can only tell people if your going to buy jewellery on Ebay you would have to have rocks in your head not to have the testing instruments first. (knowing how to use them helps too)

Even paying a decent price can still net you  14ct genuine solid gold being plated copper and that genuine earth mined diamond still end up glass.

Anything I buy is tested straight away on arrival all documentation is kept till tested and passed.

Also use the  " Ask seller a question" option that is what it is there for.   If a seller lies in that as well as their description you have a good case for Paypal.

But also remember you cant complain if maybe you wanted white gold and it is yellow  if you did not read description properly.

Also headline of description can say IE: Sterling 925.   Further down in small print is the word  "Plated"  you missed it.

Cant complain to Paypal then say you were not helped.

Find the good dealers and keep using them they are there, you will be happy with your purchases

[putney32]

Find the good dealers and keep using them they are there, you will be happy with your purchases

good advice, and when you find the good dealers, you'll see you need to pay more than $1.09 to buy a piece of jewellery.  for amounts under $5 (most of your purchases), I would not expect much more than plastic 'jewellery'

[phorum_junkie*]

I have bought a few rings on ebay and no denying they were genuine rings, definitely round with a hole in the middle :^O.

I never expected the materials used to make the ring to be real precious metal or stones for the price I was paying.

[phase3ho]

Hi,

I purchased 2 rings and yes they are fake. I'm one of the lucky ones though because some ebayers were bidding astronomical amounts for the privilege of receiving crap.

I did put in a claim to PayPal for both items but they requested that I return them to the seller in CHINA!! The listing stated that they were being sent from QLD, so why would I pay $40.00 return post. I asked all the right questions of the sellers before purchase and still have the emails but that accounts for nothing.

Ebay sent me an email 2 days after the first transaction was completed. They stressed that I shouldn't pay for the item and if I had to make a claim with PayPal. Pity it arrived 2 days too late. They also shut the seller down. No such warning for the 2nd item from a different seller.

I'm extremely disappointed with PayPal and the fact that I had to drop the claims. I'm a pensioner and can't afford to lose the money but that doesn't concern PayPal at all. Their "Buyer Protection Policy" is absolutely useless and YES I should have known better than to spend my money on something that I knew deep down would be fake.

All that aside, we are encouraged to use PayPal as buyers so we can take advantage of the so called protection policy, but when you need to fall back on it, it's not there. I would have been better off paying by credit card and claiming through the bank. At least I know that I would have got my money back.

I was sent this website: www.econsumer.gov/english 

You can file a complaint there and I have done just that. The more people that use this international site the faster these sellers will be shut down. Every little bit helps right?

Thanks

Kerrie

[phorum_junkie*]

There is a way to get Paypal to agree to a refund without return for fakes and it certainly wouldn't cost anything like forty bucks to return a couple of rings by trackable post to China either.

I am a pensioner too but that is no excuse for making poor decisions and throwing your money away without first researching how I can get it back if it goes pear shaped.

For any under 10 dollar items I open the disputes and drag them out for as long as possible but eventually let them time out and just leave the negs rather than return.

If I am going to get more than 50c more than the cost of return then I will send them back.

Of course if you always fund your payments with a credit card you can be really mean and do a bank chargeback which, if they try to fight it, will cost them the refund plus $15!

[sprinklespowerpuff]

I have bought vintage and antique English jewellery and it is exceptional IMO.  All pieces are hallmarked and stamped with various marks - maker's mark, town/city where it was made etc, etc, could go on forever. All have to have a certain high level of pure gold or silver as fine jewellery has to go through an assay office. British standards are very high. No junk stuff gets passed.