bluenile - are your platinum ring magenic?

[frankincense]

I recently found my bluenile platinum diamond wedding band is magnetic by accident.

I have bought many jewelries from the jeweler, and I was happy with them. But the magnetic feature of the platinum ring shocked me. My other platinum jewelries do not have the feature, including 2 other rings from Bluenile.

So I made a call to Bluenile this morning. First, they said their platinum is non-magnetic. When I told them about the ring, they hesitated, and said they need to analyze it, and asked me to send it back. I asked if they would issue a refund. They said they didn't know because the ring passed the returning period. And they claimed that their platinum is 950.

No matter if the ring is platinum 950 or not, I believe Bluenile should have disclose the information. Because I won't buy a magnetic ring. I feel to be cheated. Especially, this is an online purchase. I have no way to know if it is magnetic unless they tell me so. Not like a local jewelry store, I can find it out immediately with a magnet.

Any thoughts?

 

[chrono]

I have not heard of platinum having this characteristic. All my PT rings are inert.

 

[VRBeauty]

The 5% metal in your ring that isn't platinum is probably cobalt, which is magnetic. It's also one of the metals that's commonly mixed with platinum to make the 950 platinum alloy. Some PS'ers specify the metal they want used in their platinum alloys. However, it sounds like BN didn't specify which platinum alloy is used in their rings and you - like the vast majority of people who buy platinum settings - didn't specify which you wanted used, so... it doesn't sound like you have grounds to return the ring based on the alloy used.

Mark Morrell's website offers a brief description of the most common platinum alloys:http://www.mwmjewelry.com/platinum_purity.htm