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Platinum is a pure, silvery-white metal prized for its rarity and beauty. The name "platina" came from Spanish explorers in 1735 and, ironically, means "silver with little value." Today, we know that ounce for ounce, platinum is the most expensive precious metal because of its rarity, purity and durability. Unlike gold, platinum usually is not alloyed with other metals.

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Breaking News Friday, March 12, 2010

Jewelers sweat a 'Blood Diamond' holiday
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As U.S. jewelry merchants see it, "Blood Diamond" could mean a blue Christmas.

"It's a tough movie ... it will raise a lot of questions," Tiffany CEO Michael Kowalski told analysts last week at the Goldman Sachs retail conference in New York

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Friday, March 12, 2010

■ Is Jacob the Jeweler Jacob the Money Launderer? Jacob the Jeweler was Arrested on Money Laundering Charges

■ Zales threatening to sue BoycottZales.com for publishing the truth

■ Consumer Complaints: Blue Niles Break Half-Price Promises

■ Ebay users fed up with fakes

■ Stores to stop selling jewelry with toxic lead

■ ShopNBC jewelry Scams and consumer complaints

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Elsarings.com doesn't deliver on custom sapphire ring
I bought myself a beautiful sapphire several years ago and finally had the money to have it set. I contacted a few different jewelers and chose one based on price and also whoever contacted me back. ...

Consumer Complaints: Amazon.com uses shady practices with it's own sellers
I'm not going to use my real email address as we all know what happens to sellers who speak the "truth" about Amazon selling. They get canned. ....

Consumer Complaints: Blue Niles Break Half-Price Promises
Dollsome reader Paige C. writes in about the tragic mislaying of one of her Blue Nile earrings. It is rather predictably followed by a smattering of appalling customer service on Blue Nile’s part after they promise (then deny) her a half-priced replacement

Complaints about Zales Jewelry - Customers being ripped off
Christmas 2000, my husband bought me a heart-shaped diamond necklace from Zales Jewelry located at the Southern Hills Mall in Sioux City, Iowa at a cost of $212.96. Just before Christmas 2001, I noticed that two of the diamonds were missing, so I took it back to the mall store to be repaired. That was the last time I saw it!!

ShopNBC jewelry Scams and consumer complaints
Mary of Spring Hill, FL, purchased $10,000+ in jewelry from Shop NBC only to find that many of the pieces were not as described. The diamonds were not the quality as stated on the site and by host. Major stones were cracked, broken and even missing when they arrived.

Ebay users fed up with fakes
Rogers thought she had snagged a great deal on Ebay. But when the jewelry arrived from a seller in Rhode Island, her well-trained eye told her all the pieces were knockoffs.

UPS - Lost Jewelry Case
UPS loses $15,000 Diamond Ring and leaves customer empty handed.

Chicago Jeweler Accused of "Cyber-Squatting"
With the online Christmas shopping season in full swing, Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is suing a Chicago area jewelry store that she says unfairly took business away from its competitors and deceived online shoppers by using copycat Web addresses to redirect consumers from their intended Internet destinations.

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