Jewelry

[Mindy D]

Radiance by Absolute on HSN. The white metal chains look awful on camera. I was just looking at HSN's site. They have a new line in Absolute called Radiance. I don't know if it's the lighting, or it's the way the silver color chains look, but the color of the chains is like a dull gray color. The chains look chintzy too. They are platinum plated. 

[Effie54]

I never watch HSN, ever. I purchased a few things along the years, but their shipping fees and return fees were so ridiculous, I just stop watching them. I dealt with their customer service as well, and I felt they were very rude and condescending. I will take a peek at this jewelry line though.

[SilleeMee]

Platinum is sort of a dark-ish gray metal. It resembles stainless steel in it's appearance. Platinum is not as reflective as silver and so diamonds (and CZs), with their brilliance, are showcased nicely against platinum metal where the diamonds won't otherwise compete with white reflective silver.

[SilleeMee]

Other than the name to "Radiance", Hsn's Absolute line of jewelry looks the same to me. Prices seem higher but I don't understand why the name change.

[Mindy D]

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@Effie54 wrote:

I never watch HSN, ever. I purchased a few things along the years, but their shipping fees and return fees were so ridiculous, I just stop watching them. I dealt with their customer service as well, and I felt they were very rude and condescending. I will take a peek at this jewelry line though.

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@Effie54 @I used to order from them 16-21 years ago. They used to have really nice sheets, bedding sets, and nice gold jewelry and the original jewelry designed for Absolute was very talented when she designed the pieces with real gold. They had hair pieces from Toni Bratton that were good quality and nice cookware and high end kitchen items from Wolfgang Puck. They had beautiful lighting and home decor. Their presentations were more exciting. They are a shadow of their former self. Their quality has sunk, their website looks so unattractive and a cheaply put together, their offerings aren't nice, their clothing sizes are not very inclusive and differ too much from QVC. They don't even carry Skechers. They don't let reviewers post right away. They make you wait until items are almost sold out so that bad reviews don't show up. Most everything there needs a major boost. They do carry some of the same shoes as Q at a lower price. I'm hoping that their new C Wonder line will be successful and that they bring in more lines. 

[Mindy D]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Platinum is sort of a dark-ish gray metal. It resembles stainless steel in it's appearance. Platinum is not as reflective as silver and so diamonds (and CZs), with their brilliance, are showcased nicely against platinum metal where the diamonds won't otherwise compete with white reflective silver.

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@SilleeMee @I know this, but their pieces look much duller than the platinum clad QVC had. Their chains look much grayer than my genuine platinum with diamond pieces too. It could just be the studio lighting or camerawork. 

[Mindy D]

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@SilleeMee wrote:

Platinum is sort of a dark-ish gray metal. It resembles stainless steel in it's appearance. Platinum is not as reflective as silver and so diamonds (and CZs), with their brilliance, are showcased nicely against platinum metal where the diamonds won't otherwise compete with white reflective silver.

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@SilleeMee @I know this, but their pieces look much duller than the platinum clad QVC had. At least on the website videos I watched, their chains look much grayer than genuine platinum with diamond pieces too. It must be the studio lighting or camerawork. 
Nice graphic.

[Mindy D]

@SilleeMee @Maybe it's a new vendor or manufacturer.

[Effie54]

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@Mindy D wrote:

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@Effie54 wrote:

I never watch HSN, ever. I purchased a few things along the years, but their shipping fees and return fees were so ridiculous, I just stop watching them. I dealt with their customer service as well, and I felt they were very rude and condescending. I will take a peek at this jewelry line though.

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@Effie54 @I used to order from them 16-21 years ago. They used to have really nice sheets, bedding sets, and nice gold jewelry and the original jewelry designed for Absolute was very talented when she designed the pieces with real gold. They had hair pieces from Toni Bratton that were good quality and nice cookware and high end kitchen items from Wolfgang Puck. They had beautiful lighting and home decor. Their presentations were more exciting. They are a shadow of their former self. Their quality has sunk, their website looks so unattractive and a cheaply put together, their offerings aren't nice, their clothing sizes are not very inclusive and differ too much from QVC. They don't even carry Skechers. They don't let reviewers post right away. They make you wait until items are almost sold out so that bad reviews don't show up. Most everything there needs a major boost. They do carry some of the same shoes as Q at a lower price. I'm hoping that their new C Wonder line will be successful and that they bring in more lines. 

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Agreed! I used to buy from them 25 years ago, when they were the real HSN. Now they are a shell of themselves, and the brand names are not what I would purchase. You are right, they don't even have Sketchers. I remember back in the day when they had Victoria Wieck pieces, and they were stunning and well made. The clothing looks low, end, and trendy to me. After I had a bad experience with the Customer Service supervisor, I never watched their programming again. I returned an item, only to wait weeks for a refund. Once I called Customer Service, I was told if I didn't have the return tracking number in hand, they would not return my money. I don't know if they would've eventually, but I thought they were shysters.

[VegasBusinessWoman]

Like @Effie54 , I haven't shopped them in years. The few times I have peeked at their site, I wasn't impressed. I wouldn't buy "clad" anything, anyway. It's not for me.