Anything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Tiffany's

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HI Tyler, I adore the tiffany silver bead bracelet. My wrist is a little larger then average and to be comfortable and sit the way I like it, it needs to be a little longer. Can this be special ordered that way?

It comes in 8" as well but if you would prefer longer the price to lengthen it is the price per inch. By this I mean divide the cost of the 8" bracelet by 8 and that will give you the price per each inch that you add.
 
so i did end up getting the necklace. i found out a few things after the purchase (why is this always the case w/me) anyway i found that the mini diamond bean never came in a .61 the bigger the two small sizes did. the mini only came in a .24 so when i received the necklace i took it to Tiffanys and they said the necklace is real but the diamond placement is not consistant w/that of Elsa peretti does it. they said it could be possible that the diamonds were added on there by a personal jeweler? i didnt know you could do that on the tiffany bean? anyway i asked the seller where the necklace came from and she said an estate sale? so im assuming that the 18k gold mini bean had diamonds added to it. .61 ct total weight. i guess that makes the necklace unique right? your opinion?

It is entirely possible that a jeweler could have added diamonds to this piece. It definitely sounds unique to me, it may not necessarily be worth more if you wanted to resell it but the most important thing is that you love it.
 
Hi Tyler

Thanks for all the great info. As with everyone, I've spent the past few hours reading this thread. I don't think I've seen too many questions regarding earrings. I'm looking to get my gf some diamond earrings and am wondering what style sells well and which of the following do you like most?

1. Victoria Earrings - is the mini too small or is the next larger size better. The price difference though is big. 2500 vs 4650
2. Metro Hoop earrings
3. Peretti open heart earrings
4. Picasso loving heart earrings
5. DBTY
6. Gehry torque earrings- Is this worth it for 3150 when the silver is 275?

And it seems as though the Peretti, Picasso, and Gehry earrings have a significantly less diamond CTW for a piece of similar price. Thanks so much. I hope you can make this purchase a lot less daunting for me.
 
You can buy the charm and the bracelet seperately...I think they make the heart tag in a smaller size. If so that would work and it should be the same price.

thanks, yes, they said i could buy it separately and they could solder it on for me, but unfortunately they didnt have the small charm in stock last week. will pop by again later
 
Hey Tyler. I'm sure you've come across me on the board before. I wouldn't have posted here, but what's with the explosive new price increases?

I've never seen prices jump across the board this drastically from any designer jeweler in my life. Is this the only time you've ever seen Tiffany's do this? Thanks for your time.
 
Hi Tyler! Here is another question on the price increase. I was eyeing a DBTY single stone necklace at the Fashion Valley store. Before the price increase, it was $6500 for 0.62cts, G, VS1. It is now $7500, which is basically a 13.3% increase.

I didn't realize the price increase was on the last day of the month rather than at the beginning of the month, although an SA did gave me a headsup on the increase. Anyway, long story short, I checked on Tiffany.com, and it looks like the price increase didn't affect the stock on the site. I called the store and spoke to a manager. I told her that I will buy from their store if they can make an exception and honor the old price. I was basically told the price increase is across the board in the US, including the website. I ended up buying a DBTY single stone necklace (0.67cts, F, VVS1) on Tiffany.com for $8750.

Do you know if the price increase is supposed to take place simutaneously at the stores and online? Or is it all in my head? Thanks so much!
 
Hi, I was wondering why some Tiffany items were maked with the dates 1999 and 1997, is that when the item was made? And how come some items have no date?? Also is the Return to Tiffany line the most popular in the silver?? Thanks!
 
Hi Tyler! Here is another question on the price increase. I was eyeing a DBTY single stone necklace at the Fashion Valley store. Before the price increase, it was $6500 for 0.62cts, G, VS1. It is now $7500, which is basically a 13.3% increase.

I redid the math and it is actually 15.3% increase on the piece that I was originally interested in.
 
Hi, I was wondering why some Tiffany items were maked with the dates 1999 and 1997, is that when the item was made? And how come some items have no date?? Also is the Return to Tiffany line the most popular in the silver?? Thanks!

That is the copyright date so you'll usually see it on the Atlas and 1837 collections because those are copyrighted lines. That's my theory because as an employee I was never actually given an explanation for this.
 
Hi Tyler

Thanks for all the great info. As with everyone, I've spent the past few hours reading this thread. I don't think I've seen too many questions regarding earrings. I'm looking to get my gf some diamond earrings and am wondering what style sells well and which of the following do you like most?

1. Victoria Earrings - is the mini too small or is the next larger size better. The price difference though is big. 2500 vs 4650
2. Metro Hoop earrings
3. Peretti open heart earrings
4. Picasso loving heart earrings
5. DBTY
6. Gehry torque earrings- Is this worth it for 3150 when the silver is 275?

And it seems as though the Peretti, Picasso, and Gehry earrings have a significantly less diamond CTW for a piece of similar price. Thanks so much. I hope you can make this purchase a lot less daunting for me.

All of the designer collections will cost a bit more because you're paying a premium for their name. Personally I really like the DBTY because the design highlights the beauty of the diamonds. Gehry doesn't in my opinion. I'm not really a fan of the loving heart design and the open heart design is cute but not elegant. I say go with metro or DBTY, you will probably get the best value from the metro design.
 
Hey Tyler. I'm sure you've come across me on the board before. I wouldn't have posted here, but what's with the explosive new price increases?

I've never seen prices jump across the board this drastically from any designer jeweler in my life. Is this the only time you've ever seen Tiffany's do this? Thanks for your time.

No they usually do this at least once a year and for silver it's usually 10% or more. That's why I recommend not to wait too long because they price will eventually always increase.
 
Hi Tyler! Here is another question on the price increase. I was eyeing a DBTY single stone necklace at the Fashion Valley store. Before the price increase, it was $6500 for 0.62cts, G, VS1. It is now $7500, which is basically a 13.3% increase.

I didn't realize the price increase was on the last day of the month rather than at the beginning of the month, although an SA did gave me a headsup on the increase. Anyway, long story short, I checked on Tiffany.com, and it looks like the price increase didn't affect the stock on the site. I called the store and spoke to a manager. I told her that I will buy from their store if they can make an exception and honor the old price. I was basically told the price increase is across the board in the US, including the website. I ended up buying a DBTY single stone necklace (0.67cts, F, VVS1) on Tiffany.com for $8750.

Do you know if the price increase is supposed to take place simutaneously at the stores and online? Or is it all in my head? Thanks so much!

As far as I remember it's usually simultaneous unless there was a mistake somewhere along the line and they didn't get around to updating the website fast enough. I have no idea if they do that manually or not. Whenever possible they try to have consistency between the stores and online although there isn't much communication between the two.
 
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