The Reputable jade Sellers list

[estrellita]

Jadeburi on eBay may not have the transparent bangles, but her/his jadeites look gorgeous in person. My first purchase, skinny bangles, exceeded my expectation. My 2nd purchase, both 14mm, are very pretty too. For the price, I am extremely happy. All passed the UV light and have the beautiful resonating sound when tapped.

 

[natinthehat]

what do you guys think about ParadiseGiftland on Etsy? I saw that they have certificates on the page and have a seperate tab for the genuine and certified Jade. I want a pendant and they seem to have some good reviews on the pendents but the prices seem too good so I’m skeptical.

 

[AJadecent Angle]

what do you guys think about ParadiseGiftland on Etsy? I saw that they have certificates on the page and have a seperate tab for the genuine and certified Jade. I want a pendant and they seem to have some good reviews on the pendents but the prices seem too good so I’m skeptical.

They seem to sell both noticeably treated jade/chalcedony and some natural jadeite, but I've seen those types of jadeite being sold for way less in that quality type. Personally I'd say you can find better pieces for $50-$100, matsalice/songsong0104, gojade/antijade, 3jade, and michaeldyw comes up to mind with similar price points with definitely better quality of jade that's natural/untreated.

 

[jadeitefan]

Back in 2019, I was eyeing a bangle from JadeiteRoom on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/720966343/jade-bangle-550mm-217-oval-shape-icy - It used to be priced at $1000. Then it went up to $1500, and the seller said she was changing her prices based on market value. Now it's at $2500. That's $1500 MORE than it was listed 2-years ago. How do we really know what the value is of a bangle (ie. that you're paying for a quality piece versus something that is overinflated)?

 

[AJadecent Angle]

Back in 2019, I was eyeing a bangle from JadeiteRoom on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/listing/720966343/jade-bangle-550mm-217-oval-shape-icy - It used to be priced at $1000. Then it went up to $1500, and the seller said she was changing her prices based on market value. Now it's at $2500. That's $1500 MORE than it was listed 2-years ago. How do we really know what the value is of a bangle (ie. that you're paying for a quality piece versus something that is overinflated)?

From what I've seen + heard from other jade sellers, jadeite prices rose sharply mainly due to how tightly regulated they're allowed to be exported alongside the current situation in Burma and how scarce it already is to find a nice quality jade piece. Although I've heard from other buyers here that JadeiteRoom is known to also increase it's price based on the amount of likes/favorites it's been getting so there's that to factor in too. Personally for me, if you really like it, then go for it (so long your bank account isn't crying afterwards ) but I think your best bet is to go to those jade live broadcasting streams to see which suits your fancy.

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Hello,
Has anyone bought at Elaine Jewel Design https://etsy.me/2YsZyxc
I am asking if they can provide me with a lab certificate for type A jaedeite. But I am not sure even if they can, does it mean they are legit in general.
Thank you -

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Hello,
Has anyone bought at Elaine Jewel Design https://etsy.me/2YsZyxc
I am asking if they can provide me with a lab certificate for type A jaedeite. But I am not sure even if they can, does it mean they are legit in general.
Thank you -

Update: They were not willing to provide and ask me to get it certified on my own. So meeeh.
By the way, has anyone tried with Jojo Jade in Shanghai, China?
Many thanks

 

[Junkenpo]

Update: They were not willing to provide and ask me to get it certified on my own. So meeeh.
By the way, has anyone tried with Jojo Jade in Shanghai, China?
Many thanks

Hi! I hadn't realized Jojo was back in business. If it is the same company as before, then those of us who have purchased have gotten A jade.. however, it was also found out later that they were sort of a middleman between overseas buyers who did not have access to sellers on other sites such as Taobao. The site was willing to "bargain down" but was still charging more than what the original sellers were asking. As always, it is buyer beware.

See thread here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/the-jade-thread.903525/page-814

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Hi! I hadn't realized Jojo was back in business. If it is the same company as before, then those of us who have purchased have gotten A jade.. however, it was also found out later that they were sort of a middleman between overseas buyers who did not have access to sellers on other sites such as Taobao. The site was willing to "bargain down" but was still charging more than what the original sellers were asking. As always, it is buyer beware.

See thread here: https://forum.purseblog.com/threads/the-jade-thread.903525/page-814

When did they go out of business and why? Do you happen to know?
Actually at first I tried to buy from their website but the seller said the one I picked was not available. He sent me photos of other bangles and it seems that the purchase will be out of the website, but directly informally with them via bank. Not sure if it is trustworthy.
The seller repeated to me million times that they are reputable and so on

 

[Junkenpo]

When did they go out of business and why? Do you happen to know?
Actually at first I tried to buy from their website but the seller said the one I picked was not available. He sent me photos of other bangles and it seems that the purchase will be out of the website, but directly informally with them via bank. Not sure if it is trustworthy.
The seller repeated to me million times that they are reputable and so on

It's been a few years, I just remember trying to go to the website and it being down. After the discussion here about them being middlemen who overpriced the jewelry, I stopped going back to look at the site. As far as I know, all the tpf'rs who bought from them got jade that was grade A. I bought from them and was initially happy with my purchase - I cannot find jade variety or quality where I live and I can't access Taobao sellers on my own.

The problem with JJJ then was that they didn't advertise that they used their site to repost pictures from other sellers on sites like Taobao and inflated the price. When someone visited the JJJ site and inquired about discounts, JJJ would haggle and reduce their price, but the cost would still be above what the seller who actually held the jade charged. And when you purchased on their site, they'd use your money to buy from the actual seller and send it to you. It's still grade A jadeite that you get., but when you consider that the Taobao sellers are usually willing to haggle a little, too, it kind of stings to know you overpaid when you thought it was a nice deal. I never learned how to purchase through an agent to shop on Taobao, but I guess it is similar, except it's clear that an agent will charge you for the service and not pretend to be the business that sells the goods.

 

[AnnaWu2021]

I believe it is the same company because I contacted them via the web address posted in this forum few years ago.
Today the seller showed me a grade A certificate of a bangle. I read 1 or 2 comments in the forum saying that their certificates are suspective. I search in Chinese on baidu.com and see that the institute issuing that certificate is not highly rated (pkuc.net). Not sure if I should request them to certify the bangle somewhere else additionally or I should bring it to some local lab (well actually the nearest "local" lab from my place is in France - another country). Anyone has some insight?

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Anyone has any experience with JadeUnique, JadeRabbitGems, tiantianjadeite on Etsy?

 

[nexiv]

Hello. Does anyone have any experience with the Etsy store YukeyHouseJade? They have some super, super pretty nephrite for reasonable prices.

I think lower quality, opaque nephrite will be my only chance to own a truly lovely green, and I’m enjoying the appearance of the “kiwi” looking pieces. Would love to purchase from them when they have my size if they’re legit.

 

[AnnaWu2021]

Hello. Does anyone have any experience with the Etsy store YukeyHouseJade? They have some super, super pretty nephrite for reasonable prices.

I think lower quality, opaque nephrite will be my only chance to own a truly lovely green, and I’m enjoying the appearance of the “kiwi” looking pieces. Would love to purchase from them when they have my size if they’re legit.

I have also noticed this newly come store on Etsy. I also asked them about the certificates.
The store is based on France, and certificates are from China, so it seems to me that they imported from China and resell from here.

To me, buying jadeite from a store in Europe is never a good option, simply because in Europe there is almost zero reputable lab that test jadeite with reasonable price. I reached out to GIA, Gubelin, etc, but they all directed me to their labs in Hongkong, US or somewhere else except Europe, they said they don't have labs for colored gems in EU. There is only one lab in Switzerland testing jadeite however it costs 250 EUR/piece.

If it is a jadeite product from Hongkong and Singapore, it should not be a problem because HKJSL or NGI are the very reputable labs. Their certificates show clearly number, charts, graphs, etc in a transparent and public way. But if it is a product and certificate from China, I always ask sellers to bring it to one more reputable lab to re-test. (I asked JojoJade in Shanghai to re-test it in NGTC and they happily did it, so I purchased one bangle from them).

Why? Because there are thousands of labs in China and not each of them is reputable. We don't know what exactly they do in a lab to test, do they really weigh the gravity or test the infrared? And most of the certificates from China only disclose the density and infractive index and most of them are 3.33 and 1.66 exactly, sometimes I wonder if they just copy-paste the numbers on every certificate. As a Chinese speaker, I always go to baidu.com to read around comments about that lab. And the lab that YukeyHouseJade used seems to be ok-ish (60% positive, 40% negative). If it was me, I would ask the seller to retest in labs such as NGTC (in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, etc). And obviously, if a seller is based in Europe, it is 100% impossible due to high cost.

And yeah, if a seller shows you a Chinese certificate and says that this is made by a national lab, do not ever trust them immediately. There are a lot of private labs which are "covered" by some national entities, their name may contain the names of these national entities (for example, Beijing University Lab, etc), but in reality they have nothing to do with that university at all.

But as I see from YukeyHouseJade store on Etsy, for now their bangles don't seem to be at a luxurious quantity level (not very translucent, not lavender, all have quite pale colors), so I think the possibility of buying the dyed, powder polished or B/C grade could be quite low.

I will just observe other buyers's comments about this store, it seems new anyway and I haven't had encourage to buy from it yet

 

[Otto8]

Ok. So Jojojade. I have never bought from them. I did try. They wanted 30k usd for this. I only managed to get these pictures after I told the sales person their actual picture was unreal and he only sent these to me after like two weeks of me not responding to his constant emails persuading me to buy. This is also an old experience so maybe they are better now. No idea.

Note that this was maybe 6 years ago, so 30k usd was a lot to ask for this, especially when these irl pictures do not tally with their actual picture (I cannot find their actual picture but it was nothing like these two pictures. The original sales picture with the price tag of 30K usd was of an extremely beautiful piece):