Letter to jorge gonzalez, manager of bidz...
Thank you for the reply, but there is no way that i am going to pay $264 for an item previously auctioned at $132,
if you were in my position, im certain you too would never pay double the amount of a previous bid,
if this ring is worth $249 like i was informed by Brigitte, then there would have been a reserve bid of $249
its ok i just wont be purchasing from bidz no longer, the sales rep told me the ring was never on bidz before
and you say that it was bid before but never bouught, still is a lie, for it was on ypour site and auctioned before
my father runs a company and if he makes a mistake he honours the price that is an honest company,
either way you still get your $132, from me or previosu bidder, greed is what brings America down
you piss off 1 customer and by word of mouth he tells all his her friends and you have pissed off
perhaps 100 customers, and i assure you that i will tell all my friends how bidz refuse to do good business
and lied about the exclusive ring and then refuse to sell for past bid on a ring which bidz said was
never on bidz before. I had faith in bidz but i see now i am disappointed
I purchased 3 pirelli watches as gifts, and 1 of the watches had a "made in china" sticker, telling me
that they were knock offs, cheap duplicates, i bought a ladies pirelli from ebay, and it was authentic
the stamps were different, alos i have had items stolen from my shopping cart and when i called in
i was told it was a computer mistake, duplicates on bidz, was a 80 carat flower ring, in shopping cart
money order already recieved for the item and the item was stolen, said not there was a duplictae,
explain how the item wwas gone when it was in the basket for 2 weeks and even paid for,
you can call Brynda J 210-649-xxxx, she still is talking about this ring to this very day
also was a black silver cz ring, same situation was in the shopping cart and mysteriouly disappeared
also Brynda J says that there was a cz pendant also in the shopping cart, and gone missing,
Jorge how do you explain 3 items, missing or stolen form a shopping cart, sales rep maybe put it in
his mothers shopping cart or best friend, on top of that few gold plated rings that tarnished after 3 weeks
Lets see now 3 fake pirelli watches "made in china", 2 rings and pendant stolen from shapping cart
and gold plated rings that tarnish in 3 weeks, Jorge you can call Brynda J the number is
210-649-xxxx to verify all this, my pirelli watch had the made in china sticker still on, her 2 watches
the made in china stickers were removed.
In good faith Mr. Gonzalez you should make amends to Ms. J and allow this ring to be
sold at the last price of $132, considering the disappointment and frustation this has caused her
and myself with the "made in china" pirelli watch. Your consideration in this matter would be
most appreciated...
Bidz has never replied back to this letter, to jorge gonzalez, manager

I bought a ring off BIDZ and again the rule is if its to good to be true then it is. BUYER BEWARE... The gem report is Bogus. I took the Three reports to three different reputable licensed jewelers and they all said the same thing. The worst remark was they can even spell, they are not Americans writing these reports. They are worthless and for paying for a gem report puts them in a awkward position, because I plan on taking this to the Fair Trade Commission, BBB and the Attorney General to bring a Federal suite against them. I am a fan of good jewelry, however when I have been mislead and I'm not new to the industry, then they have to be stopped because of those who don't know the difference on value and price. I am not going to mention any of the pieces I recently bought and what happen to them, because of the complaint I submitted to BIDZ. I can tell you this, The color and quality does not match what you will get... They may look great, but then again, don't go to a retail shop who will tell you what you want to hear, if you have bought a piece from BIDZ, take it a independent jeweler, and join me, because this industry is not regulated, however scandalizes to those who are uneducated! CALL YOUR CREDIT CARD COMPANY AND TELL THEM YOU WERE DEFRAUDED AND THEY HAVE TO INVESTIGATE AND REVERSE THE CHARGE AND IT WILL HURT BIDZ ! BECAUSE IF THEY LOOSE THEIR ABILITY TO USE MASTERCARD AND VISA, THEY WILL SHUT DOWN..

I bought a Lucien Piccard watch, advertised with Swiss Quartz Movement, when I got it was stamped with Japenese Movement on the back. I have scanned in the advertisements from Bidz.com and the back and front of my watch in PDF. Would be glad to post here, but this site only accepts PNG, JPG and GIF files.

I just received the first order of items that I bought online from bidz.com. I had ordered over $10, 000 worth in 5 days (caught up in the frenzy), which the MSRP according to them was over $55, 000. The earrings that they claim to be diamond and sapphires looked like plastic gems, no lustre and were very small compared to the pictures with their ruler of one inch next to it. The gold seemed to be not gold (gold plated would have looked better). The pendants are so small and the gold chains are so flimsy that what they purport it to be worth is not even 1/1000th of their value. I bought earrings which were supposedly worth $3, 500 and bought them for $650 but they don't even look like they're worth $10.00. I could have gotten better quality at a local discount store. Walmart sells diamond like rings for $10.00 and these looks much better than what bidz.com has. The stones are so small, the sapphires and rubies are not even bigger than a barley kernel. Their diamonds are not even what they purport to be a total of 1 carat or 2 carats. I have rings that have just a total of one carat and they are much bigger and lustre. These items are not even pleasant to the eye. I would not wear them and I paid over $2700 for these items. Stay away from these sites. I don't know how it would be returning them since I have read horror stories about returning these items. If it is too good to be true, it is!

I have been a customer of bidz.com for about 3 years now. At the beginning I received some great deals as I worked nights and when I bid on items I had little competition. Now bidz.com advertises everywhere and a lot of items go for more than you would pay in a store. The site has a lot more traffic now.
I have received some great deals on gold jewelry and brand name watches for a fraction of the cost. 3 years ago I was able to buy nice 10k rings that were between 3.5 and 4.5 grams for $20 or $25 dollars. Now these same type items go for about $100 on the site. I have made the odd purchase with coupon codes here and there in the last year, but nothing significant.
Of these orders 2 rings described as 10k had no 10k markings on them anywere. 2 rings were missing very small side diamonds, one watch needed a new battery and some silver gem stone jewelry was so cheap looking and the stones of such poor quality I would have never paid what I paid for the item even with the discounted coupon code. I returned one of the rings with the missing side diamond and received a full refund minus my costs of shipping the item back which was only $6. One of the 10k rings that were not marked 10k I took to a pawn shop to have it tested for gold. The sales lady stated that she would get people coming in with a lot of items with similar tags and she asked where I got it. I told her bidz.com and she was also curious so she tested the gold and diamonds and both were the real thing. She asked what I paid for the ring and I told her $24. The ring was described as 2 lab created sapphires, 6 diamonds and 10k white gold. Most of the weight was in the 2 lab created sapphires and I was told the ring was NOT worth $24. They have auctioned many of these same rings, and usually they go for about $45. Not bad for a ring worth only worth $15 at a pawn shop. Yet bidz.com claims the compare price is $420. Now as far as appraisals go you can get a professional one done at a jewelry store for around $30. Bidz.com charges $33 for a mass produced report that can be used for 100's or even 1000's of the same item sold. You would be better off printing off the auction listing.

Even knowing gem stone grades and diamond grades will not be a big help on bidz.com. The diamonds are listed with color, clarity, carat size and cut style. Any color after J will be yellowish and any grade after SI2 will show flaws visible to the naked eye. Cut is not graded as either excellent, good, fair or poor. So you can buy an eyeclean nearly colorless diamond on bidz.com but if the cut isn't proportioned properly you will get a dull and lifeless stone. So you don't get the full description and the better color and clarity grades can't make up for a poorly cut diamond. Gemstones are only graded by color and carat. The gemstones are not graded as A, AA, AAA or B etc. There are many treatments to change color of stones and hide flaws which makes some stones very common now. Mined sapphires for example are graded commercial in over 99% of the stones. These are a grade not for jewelry. One of the uses for commercial grade sapphires is road gravel. Also, blue topaz, amethysts, citrines etc are all heat treated to hide flaws and change color. I would say that almost all the silver jewelry and some of the 10k jewelry I purchased from bidz are commercial grade stones, most are poor color and very pale compared to the photos, some have pitt marks or scratches on the surface or like on of the 10k tanzanite rings I received the stones aren't of the same color. One is darker than the other 2 which makes the ring look cheap. The synethetic or lab created stones look the best of the bunch.
I have found the quality has gone downhill on bidz and the prices have gone up. The site is no longer somewhere you can go to get decent jewelry for a fraction of cost you would pay at a store. They sell junk, and in many cases for more than what you would pay in a store after factoring in shipping, trans fee etc. Why gamble and pay $45 plus shipping for junk when you can spend a little more at a discount retailer and get a better quality item that you can inspect before purchasing and also be able to return if necessary.