Comments on: Affordable Pearl Jewellery at Shinju Pearls

By: Adele Tan

Adele Tan — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:12:03 +0000

Hi,

I went to Edward Kong and boy, was I surprised.
A simple strand of pearls is like RM10,000.

Perhaps, I will consider mikimoto instead (I saw one similar there cost RM9,000 ish).

But, anyhow I will drop by Shinju Pearls this weekend and see the outcome…

I wonder whether they still RM99 promotion.

By: Platinum

Platinum — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:15:33 +0000

Further to Jaded Shopgirl comment. Your comment are the most common of the layman comment who know only a little bit about jewelry and pretend to be an expert. No doubt platinum is much easier to maintain, so as gold. How many of your type willing to pay for the metal? Judging by your ‘knowledge’ i think I also need to shut down my 42 jewelry outlets in Malaysia.

I dont see why any jewelry shop in Malaysia need to tell the whole world where their source of materials from, but i do hate it when some customers who pretend that they know about everything and hope to get a little bit more discount. All my outlets are within Malaysia, do I need to tell you where I got my gold, silver or platinum? Too bad that I do not sell jade, may be I should put it on website.

By: ParisB

ParisB — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:43:51 +0000

Thanks for your comments. We aren’t experts and we have no reason to believe that what we were told was otherwise than the truth.

By: Jaded Shopgirl

Jaded Shopgirl — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 07:33:59 +0000

I’m not sure that Shinju does source pearls from Malaysia, nowadays most Fresh Water Pearls are from China – and there is some good quality there so I see no reason why people are still trying to make things up.

Malaysian Edward Kong has some pricey Salt waters coming into the market. However, Shinju’s are probably strung in Malaysia though. I guess it doesn’t matter but I do hate it when retailers make things up.

I do hate being told that something is MADE of Rhodium by everyone selling jewelry when it almost always used as a very fine plating. That’s misleading. Rhodium is more than ten times the price of yellow gold so very thin plate is all that’s usually practical.

Rhodium is usually plated on White Gold or Silver and wears off over time so think twice about Rhodium plate on wedding rings as you’ll be re-plating with the jewellers every so often. I would go for real Platinum (not the same as White Gold) or solid Silver (no rhodium) at least you can polish it yourself at home.

I buy a lot of jewelry to the point that I am now making my own so I know my materials quite well.

By: wansky

wansky — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:43:59 +0000

I know that they are also available in Lot 10, Pavilion, Sungei Wang and Great Eastern Mall. My sister work for them, thats why I know their stuffs is very genuine and cheap

By: ParisB

ParisB — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 06:03:42 +0000

Hi Monstro: Yeah they are round but if you look closely at the real thing, some are imperfect but good enough for me!

By: Monstro

Monstro — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:23:18 +0000

Hey PB, actually, that string of pearls look very evenly round for freshwater pearls! What a great find! Will go check it out when I need my jewelery fix

By: ParisB

ParisB — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:21:57 +0000

Heya Rinnah: Look at their other stuff too – you can get a nice matching necklace and earring set for under RM150!