Hello,
After being a silent reader on the forum for a long time, I finally signed up because I would appreciate opinions on a purchase.
I have been eyeing a paraiba for a long time, and after a significant birthday that I had to essentially spend alone because of the pandemic, I decided to take the splurge. Unfortunately, the paraibas I had seen at gem fairs in Europe were either really poor quality or only available as lots, and if you go to a jeweller for a paraiba with a budget below 10k they will just laugh, so I ordered two stones from an instagram seller from whom many here ordered paraibas and were very happy.
Service was great, the stones arrived quickly and safely packaged. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed when I saw them. The stones have very little color (while they looked fairly saturated in the seller‘s pictures), and one of them has barely any glow, in constrast to the pictures. Today is the last day I could return them, but unfortunately only for shop credit. I am not sure what to do. Clearly, I don’t really love them (one is nice in sunlight, the other however I am not impressed with in any lighting condition). I am not sure if I have just too high expectations, or if I fell for stones that look much better in pictures than in reality. Would you return tem for shop credit, not knowing if you will ever find anything you like in that shop again? Try to sell the stones yourself at the risk of not being able to sell them?
I am so annoyed with myself for taking a risk I probably should not have taken.
Thank you for your opinions!
After being a silent reader on the forum for a long time, I finally signed up because I would appreciate opinions on a purchase.
I have been eyeing a paraiba for a long time, and after a significant birthday that I had to essentially spend alone because of the pandemic, I decided to take the splurge. Unfortunately, the paraibas I had seen at gem fairs in Europe were either really poor quality or only available as lots, and if you go to a jeweller for a paraiba with a budget below 10k they will just laugh, so I ordered two stones from an instagram seller from whom many here ordered paraibas and were very happy.
Service was great, the stones arrived quickly and safely packaged. Unfortunately, I was very disappointed when I saw them. The stones have very little color (while they looked fairly saturated in the seller‘s pictures), and one of them has barely any glow, in constrast to the pictures. Today is the last day I could return them, but unfortunately only for shop credit. I am not sure what to do. Clearly, I don’t really love them (one is nice in sunlight, the other however I am not impressed with in any lighting condition). I am not sure if I have just too high expectations, or if I fell for stones that look much better in pictures than in reality. Would you return tem for shop credit, not knowing if you will ever find anything you like in that shop again? Try to sell the stones yourself at the risk of not being able to sell them?
I am so annoyed with myself for taking a risk I probably should not have taken.
Thank you for your opinions!