2022 Holiday Pendant

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#256
nycmamaofone said:
The materials used for many stones at VCA aren’t expensive at all. I went into a shop recently and rhodonite, which was last year’s HP material, was $7 a stone. Lol. The markup is HUGE for the brand and design.
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Wow that’s what I figured but not that cheap... I guess after they are just rocks haha.

I’m sure VCA uses the highest quality rocks.
 
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#257
nycmamaofone said:
The materials used for many stones at VCA aren’t expensive at all. I went into a shop recently and rhodonite, which was last year’s HP material, was $7 a stone. Lol. The markup is HUGE for the brand and design.
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This is very true! Even if they said they collect the best of the best specimens AAA rhodonite is like $11. Lol. Don't worry folks I am not laughing at JUST you but me too! While I didn't buy that particular piece onyx is no better...
 
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nycmamaofone said:
The materials used for many stones at VCA aren’t expensive at all. I went into a shop recently and rhodonite, which was last year’s HP material, was $7 a stone. Lol. The markup is HUGE for the brand and design.
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Gem quality rhodonite is spectacular :love: It's a really bright strawberry red, and translucent - silky enough to glow!

Super soft though, so it doesn't take faceting great, and there isn't enough of it to make anything mass-market. Here's one I used to have - no longer mine, the difficulty setting such a delicate stone was what made me finally decide to just rehome her :-s

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I do like the 2021 HP stones, though. They're not high quality material, for sure! But they're less shifty with lighting, and I find the variations of colour and texture really interesting - very unique and pretty in their own right :hbeat:

Okay, I'm done, back on topic!!
 
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Yssie said:
Gem quality rhodonite is spectacular :love: It's a really bright strawberry red, and translucent - silky enough to glow!

Super soft though, so it doesn't take faceting great, and there isn't enough of it to make anything mass-market. Here's one I used to have - no longer mine, the difficulty setting such a delicate stone was what made me finally decide to just rehome her :-s

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I do like the 2021 HP stones, though. They're not high quality material, for sure! But they're less shifty with lighting, and I find the variations of colour and texture really interesting - very unique and pretty in their own right :hbeat:

Okay, I'm done, back on topic!!
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Looks like a yummy candy
 
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Yssie said:
Gem quality rhodonite is spectacular :love: It's a really bright strawberry red, and translucent - silky enough to glow!

Super soft though, so it doesn't take faceting great, and there isn't enough of it to make anything mass-market. Here's one I used to have - no longer mine, the difficulty setting such a delicate stone was what made me finally decide to just rehome her :-s

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I do like the 2021 HP stones, though. They're not high quality material, for sure! But they're less shifty with lighting, and I find the variations of colour and texture really interesting - very unique and pretty in their own right :hbeat:

Okay, I'm done, back on topic!!
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Delicious!
 
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Shore5 said:
What date was the stone announced for holiday pendant last year?
Anyone think that it might be chalcedony?
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Last year was a funny year. An SA said it was a purple stone, I forget when. After a tpf-er made a mock up of purple porcelain and posted here SAs started to send pictures to their clients and their blog posts announcing stone. Haha
The actual pendant was announced around Sept 17 with first picture on sept 20.
 
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Haha but I guess it’s the same for all lux items if you are looking at cost you won’t buy lux, lux rarely becomes investment too save and except for a few pieces, and you cannot compare it to investment like stocks and properties, treat it as an expense to surround yourself with nice little twinkles and hv peace of mind ❤️ I used to work on an ipo for a gemstone companies….the cost would hv shocked you into heart attack, good and bad quality gemstone price gap can be huge unlike diamond which are better regulated with the 4C criteria, and of course even so good quality gemstone won’t “costs” too much, retail price always include marketing that include everything you see in the boutiques lol and brands hv intangible reputation also value~~~

Happy mid autumn festival everyone, hope next week we got some leaks as to the HP of this year lol even tho we blast the multiple brands change of sales strategy here if we see sth that makes our heart flutter we will still “fight” for it lol that’s cuz we are human XD
 
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#267
Shore5 said:
What is a pre-spend qualification?
My lovely gentleman SA from a boutique asked if I was a precious customer and in the system. I told him that I never purchased a van cleef item but I’m beginning my collection.
He sent me invoice for $1200 to secure the holiday pendant. He said I needed to pay one-third if the price in July or I’d likely not get one in October.
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do you know what it is
 
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