There's a web site called Aniika (http://www.aniika.com/shop/) and I bought a pair of earrings from them. They sell a lot of items but their jewelry sucks me in every time. I follow the store on Facebook as well (https://www.facebook.com/aniikadotcom).
They post some of the most stunning pictures of beautiful, heavy, Indian jewelry. And I was sucked in deep by one and finally decided to roll dice. The items in general are heavily over-priced and they charge a ton for shipping. But to try out just once, I ordered anyway.
I ordered a pair of extremely ornate earrings for US$31(prce)+$5(shipping). They arrived in a box like this:
They post some of the most stunning pictures of beautiful, heavy, Indian jewelry. And I was sucked in deep by one and finally decided to roll dice. The items in general are heavily over-priced and they charge a ton for shipping. But to try out just once, I ordered anyway.
I ordered a pair of extremely ornate earrings for US$31(prce)+$5(shipping). They arrived in a box like this:
So pretty, right? Then I opened the box to find each of the earrings individually wrapped in bubble wrap.
Gorgeous, right? I turned it to try on and look what happened:
I don't like super-gluing brand new earrings together when I have paid so heavily for them. Also the plastic bead that fell out was very cheap looking plastic and not some gorgeous glass bit I imagined it would be. The metal used in the earring for the post and post back closure is also cheap looking with poor finish. This is not the quality I expect when I pay $36 for a product. But let's look at it as a price paid for a lesson learned.
Thankfully the crystals are pretty and I did this video to catch the glimmer:
