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#12,016
gagabag said:
My SA told me that malachite magic pendant will get the most price increment - 14%! It's on my necklace wishlist (but after carnelian). But because of the ridiculous price increase I just ordered one.
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That is crazy! Really? That has been on my wish list for Christmas. I was thinking with a 6% increase not great but I'll wait but 14%? Yikes. That's early a grand over what it is now. Did she mention whether that level of increase is expected for all malachite pieces?
 
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#12,017
Onthego said:
Thank you for asking. I have 2 pieces of VCA, my YG 10 motif and 1 month ago I got the mini YG frívoli earrings. I had the MOP vintage YG Pendant and sold it because I felt the Pendant was kinda skimpy for my taste. Now the first item on wish list is the New York WG Magic Pendant, the onyx one. I thought it can add variety to what I own and I love it. I am going tomorrow, or later today to check out the other versions of the Magic Pendant to try it on. I do mix my metals usually. I think YG looks the best on me but love WG for the "edgy, clean" look. I really do love how the 10 motif looks on you. After the Magic Pendant and maybe 1 year from now I will be able to buy the second 10 motif to make a 20. Or maybe that 6 motif Magic Pendant. Or maybe I will just be a good girl and not get anymore VCA.
Can't wait to see what you decide.
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A quick question Onthego - I saw it more than once when you ladies say "New York WG magic pendant". Is it a special edition in NY? I have been eyeing the WG onyx one to go with my fickle earrings but still hesitating. If it is an edition only available in NY, then it might push it up on my wishlist again! Lol
 
#12,019
Onthego said:
Thank you for asking. I have 2 pieces of VCA, my YG 10 motif and 1 month ago I got the mini YG frívoli earrings. I had the MOP vintage YG Pendant and sold it because I felt the Pendant was kinda skimpy for my taste. Now the first item on wish list is the New York WG Magic Pendant, the onyx one. I thought it can add variety to what I own and I love it. I am going tomorrow, or later today to check out the other versions of the Magic Pendant to try it on. I do mix my metals usually. I think YG looks the best on me but love WG for the "edgy, clean" look. I really do love how the 10 motif looks on you. After the Magic Pendant and maybe 1 year from now I will be able to buy the second 10 motif to make a 20. Or maybe that 6 motif Magic Pendant. Or maybe I will just be a good girl and not get anymore VCA.
Can't wait to see what you decide.
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Can you please model your mini frivole earrings?
 
#12,020
mirrorbeyond said:
A quick question Onthego - I saw it more than once when you ladies say "New York WG magic pendant". Is it a special edition in NY? I have been eyeing the WG onyx one to go with my fickle earrings but still hesitating. If it is an edition only available in NY, then it might push it up on my wishlist again! Lol
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I can answer this! The Magic long wg pendant necklace is only available through the NYC boutique. I have it and the yg onyx one because they really do provide different looks .
 
#12,022
Oleandered said:
Yesterday I visited my boutique in Chicago, and indeed like you fellow tpfers told me they had plenty of items in my size (maybe scheduling an appointment also helped).
I ended up getting a turquoise & diamond Perlee ring, and though it may not be as popular among many, I find it so stunning. There is a dark part of me that secretly wishes for it to be price-skyrocketed, so that I would be able to appraise my foreseeing and wisdom lol
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The turquoise and diamond Perlee is gorgeous! It looks beautiful on you. It makes me wonder why VCA does not make the Vintage Alhambra in Turquoise anymore (10 and 20 motifs) when they can make this ring in such a big chunk of turquoise. I am just saying.....
 
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#12,024
texasgirliegirl said:
Did the bracelet appear slightly matte to you?
It did at my boutique and sort of does in these photos. I keep thinking that it's the dim lighting...
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Now that you mention it, it does! To be honest I'm not a fan so I didn't pay much attention to it. I went in to ask about special order 5 motif VA Grey MOP or RG Pave with Grey MOP. My usual SA wasn't there and the SA who "helped" me wasn't great, kept pushing me to buy Pave/Malachite and telling that I'll be waiting at least 2 years for Grey MOP since the workshop is sooo busy and it will be almost as expensive as 5 motif Pave so I might as well buy either the YG or WG Pave they have now. [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

It hasn't put me off going to this boutique but I just need to make sure my regular SA is there next time so I wouldn't have to deal with this lady again.
 
#12,026
tbbbjb said:
If VCA wants to give us what we want, they should try the following:

1)Re-Launch the solid WG Alhambra

2)Launch Grey mother of pearl in any gold configuration as a standard color in their Alhambra line-up. The special orders alone should be enough to prove to them that this would definitely be a best seller.

3)Add the Rose Gold as another option to the pave Alhambra line-up. I have really never understood why they only introduce basics like this in just one or two gold choices when a lot of us collect one particular color or one more than the others.

4)Expand the gold selection choices in the Alhambra Sweets line. They are missing opportunities by limiting introduction of basic pieces like the Alhambra Sweets pave in just one gold color (it doesn't work with every skin tone and lots of people like to mix and match).

5)Please give us a NEW natural stone in the standard line-up. Stop it with the porcelain. We deserve the beautiful imperfections that natural stones provide like the striations in Malachite, the luminosity of MOP, etc. Something like Pink mother of pearl or Pink Opal again based on special orders would be a best seller or a natural blue stone since lapis doesn't seem to be making a return and turquoise appears to be currently unsourceable.

6)Bring back the designers behind the beautiful, feminine, whimsical pieces VCA was known for. There are enough designers who do cutesy and try to redo something from a previous era. Think fresh not stale.

Ok. Anymore and you need to pay all of us here on TPF or at least consider using us for a focus group . LOL
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I agree with every idea. It seems so nuts that they don't know this and have acted on this advice already.
 
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#12,027
Natalie j said:
No but my SA just sent me these pics. Probably trying to tempt me before the increase View attachment 3832653View attachment 3832654
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texasgirliegirl said:
Did the bracelet appear slightly matte to you?
It did at my boutique and sort of does in these photos. I keep thinking that it's the dim lighting...
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This design is what I described as being generic. It's something that you can walk into an Indian or Middle Eastern Gold Shop and purchase in 22K or 21K Gold for much cheaper.

Natalie j said:
Now that you mention it, it does! To be honest I'm not a fan so I didn't pay much attention to it. I went in to ask about special order 5 motif VA Grey MOP or RG Pave with Grey MOP. My usual SA wasn't there and the SA who "helped" me wasn't great, kept pushing me to buy Pave/Malachite and telling that I'll be waiting at least 2 years for Grey MOP since the workshop is sooo busy and it will be almost as expensive as 5 motif Pave so I might as well buy either the YG or WG Pave they have now. [emoji849][emoji849][emoji849]

It hasn't put me off going to this boutique but I just need to make sure my regular SA is there next time so I wouldn't have to deal with this lady again.
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Natalie, I myself don't like when SAs try to push you towards a particular design and discourage you from getting what you actually want.

It really does come down to the human aspect of dealing with a particular boutique/store.
 
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kate2828 said:
That is crazy! Really? That has been on my wish list for Christmas. I was thinking with a 6% increase not great but I'll wait but 14%? Yikes. That's early a grand over what it is now. Did she mention whether that level of increase is expected for all malachite pieces?
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IKR? Well she's the GM so I'm hoping she knew what she was talking about. She alluded to something like good quality malachites are becoming harder to find... I got the impression that the increase varies across different products but magic will cop the highest. Minimum is 7% in AUS. I won't be surprised if it's different in other countries- currency adjustment and all that...

Here's mine
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#12,029
sbelle said:
I can answer this! The Magic long wg pendant necklace is only available through the NYC boutique. I have it and the yg onyx one because they really do provide different looks .
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Thank you sbelle! I saw the WG onyx one on the website too so always assumed it's available everywhere... now I need to seriously consider it! Lol

Can I ask you a couple more questions... how does it go with your black clothes? I wear black dresses quite often and I am worried it the onyx will be hidden in the black background and doesn't have a good "present". Do you have the frivole pave earrings? Do you think that's a nice match for the earrings? Any mod pictures? Millions thanks in advance!
 
#12,030
texasgirliegirl said:
Did the bracelet appear slightly matte to you?
It did at my boutique and sort of does in these photos. I keep thinking that it's the dim lighting...
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It is more matte, but I liked that about it!

One of the nice things about this forum is we can all like different things -- what I find appealing may be totally different than someone else, but we can still share our opinions! :hugs:

HADASSA said:
This design is what I described as being generic.
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Again, it is nice that we can all share the things we love, knowing that what interests one of us might not interest another.:hugs:



I hear all of you who have expressed a dislike/disinterest in this piece but I still like it and in the interest of representing the other side of the opinions on this bracelet, I will continue to share my interest in it. :smile:
 
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