The JADE thread!
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I'm in Markham (Canadian hereand we do have some Jade stores selling grade A jadeite and nephrite too. It's hard to compare prices with UJ but I would say UJ's prices seem fair and competitive to the price I see in the stores.
JoJo has a huge range of price points for bangles. I was wondering if you were to compare the bangles that are around the $800.00-$1200.00 that JoJo sells vs the $800.00 - $1200.00 ones that UJ sells would the quality be similar? I am not sure if my question is appropriate to ask but I was just curious and the only reason I chose these two sites is because many Jadies have bought from them and they are both known to be very reputable sellers. Please disregard my question if it is not appropriate to ask on the thread.
This is a great question. I have looked through both sites and would be interested to know too!
Went to the pool today, wore DW (DishWater). She was one of my earliest UJ purchases. I got her because of her small size and soft seafoam green and translucency. She's got major inner stone lines and her dishy side.
On the wrist
Oh my gosh I LOVE this!! She is so translucent!!
Wow! What a gorgeous Kwan Yin! So even and translucent!
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Great pic, JKP!We had some nice weather yesterday, so here's a shot of a yellow hibiscus and my black carved.
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New lavender grade A ring - I need to have it sized, but so pleased with the color match to my bangle [emoji4]
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Ooooh they look gorgeous together! Love the gold with the lavender!
WOW Crosso it's so beautiful! Great match with Lila - I think that's her nameNew lavender grade A ring - I need to have it sized, but so pleased with the color match to my bangle [emoji4]
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The ring has an antique vibe to it. I love how it spans the width of your finger with a dainty gold trim so that the Jade really is the centrepiece. Happy for you Congratulations on your first Jade purchase Elizabethtwrs
Thanks 2boys_jademommy and Junkenpo! I think I've seriously gotten bitten by the jade bug now!
It is quite comfortable, but I like to wear my bangles pushed high on my arm. Jade is heavier than I expected though and it doesn't stay up so well sometimes!
Here are some more pics under direct bright sunlight and shaded sunlight. She is quite mottled, but I like how that gives her character. I have named her Lakewater haha. How do you think the translucency is like?
For anyone who thinks of buying from Jojojade, I would like to share my buying experience. All of the jade on their site is grade A to be sure, as I have personally brought my jade to a gem testing center for reinspection. However, the main problem is their products are overpriced, especially when you consider the fact that, as someone in the forum had pointed out a long time ago, the seller (Jeff) steals pictures from Taobao.com (a Chinese version of ebay) and posts them on his jojojade website. If you order an item, then he will directly use your money to order from taobao.com. This is to say that jojojade is the middleman, the taobao buying agent. For example, the last item I bought from jojo was a pendant, whose price on taobao (as I later found out) was around 550USD. Yet he sold the pendant to me at the price of 800USD! Eventually, my passion for jade and my frustration with jojo have motivated me to brush off on my Chinese. Now, I can search taobao and find the reputable Chinese sellers and then use the Wechat app to bargain with them, in Chinese!
Do you know which seller on taobao he gets his stock from? You can pm me if preferred. Would be much appreciated !
Hi Elizabeth, based on the distinguished white background that aims to make the jade seem more beautiful, I can confidently say that he gets them from TMall. I include here some screenshots I just took from the Taobao app. If you search the term "翡翠手镯” (meaning "jadeite bangle"), I am pretty sure you can find them out in no time. Again, the currency used is RMB. So 1RMB would equal 0.163USD. The name(s) of the sellers are at the top left of the screenshots.
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I like the look of different grain and colour Jade has too and I agree that it gives the piece character. I find when I am wearing swimmer clothes I tend to push my bangles up my arm too. The slimmer /lighter bangles stay up better I find because you have less force of gravity pulling it down.