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I’ve watched Gemporia for over ten years and didn’t know this. But yes also surprised at how everyone seems to be related

The only logical conclusion to this is that the mark up on these items must be astronomical hence justifying the hours of wasted air time and loss of a lot of customer support. Nothing else makes sense. And as others have rightly pointed out there are better items out there for a fraction of the...

I watched Rod Jinks first session at Chalmers as I had never heard of them but had watched Rod before and always felt he was underused at Gems. He mentioned that he had intended to retire having received an inheritance and that this current role just happened to come up and scupper his plans. I...

Got to give huge credit to this group. Despite feeling like an utter fool for falling for their sales tactics over the years, I do sometimes get the urge to buy something from Gemporia. When that happens I come here and read all the comments and I’m deterred from being sucked in again! Thank you

I also think they are massively struggling but then I heard they’re sending more presenters off to Tucson this year. So either they’re planning to go out on a bang or are completely in denial as to how bad things are!

Every Ethiopian opal I’ve ever bought from Gemporia has yellowed or in the case of the dyed varieties entirely faded to a brown muddy colour. I’ve kept them in different environments to see whether it makes a difference but it hasn’t at all and some pieces were quite pricey, almost all set into...

I decided to take them up on their offer of comparing their diamond pieces. They have a really old advert running where Steve says that you can easily compare their diamond prices to the high street and they are over 50% better. Rosie had an SI grade diamond ring in platinum today. Made up of...

I think it’s a sort of cognitive dissonance. I didn’t want to believe that I had been an utter fool for accepting their sales pitch and it’s hard to admit you are wrong. But now I can see that it’s always been about the bottom line and I feel angry that they lured me in with their talk of being...

Saw this and it’s utterly disgraceful that they don’t mention this in their monologues.

Intriguing….

I just don’t think they care anymore. Just flicked on and I heard Lynn say “amethyst has great crystal healing properties”. Not I believe it does or some people suggest it does but it has healing properties. They’ll get away with it too as it doesn’t appear that they have stopped their other...

Thank you. This is far more informative than the hours of waffle they spew on gems. Succinct and precise and accurate. That’s all that’s needed. And actually makes me doubt their spurious claims. Although I’m not sure that i trust any of them anymore. I’ve heard that TJC sent out an email...

Absolutely spot on but as you suggest it isn’t being taken on board at all. I do wonder about their dubious sales tactics. For example selling quartzite and calling it quartzite jade. People think they’re buying jade but I’ve googled and apparently it’s a quartzite often used in worktops. Does...

It’s this sort of patronizing waffle that has made me lose trust in the channel. If a product is good enough it will sell without all this ridiculous hype. In the “olden days” we didn’t have the hard sell. Just good quality products. The fact that she needs to state this proves that the product...

Well apparently they’ve now cancelled all the orders from this morning! Not sure if they can do that!

So the rare silk jadeite bracelet that they auctioned at 150 last night was on this morning at 49.99. This does not engender trust.

It’s the dishonesty that gets me. Just be honest about it. State that it’s a good deal but don’t say it’s a never been done before lightening deal because it’s patently untrue! I don’t like being taken for a fool.

Have just been watching TJC as I flicked it on and I’ve had a kyanite ring in my basket for ages. On the website it’s 69.99. But this hour was marketed as lightening deals and best ever offers. You can imagine my disappointment when I saw the price of the ring. Yes 69.99. Lightening deals and...

I flicked on during the looong talk about the Kashmir aquamarine as I was quite interested in a new location for aquamarine but then saw it was fissure filled and turned off again!

Or cheap!