On 9/24/2014 stevieb said: On 9/23/2014 CalmInTheHeart said: On 9/23/2014 stevieb said: On 9/23/2014 funwun said: On 9/22/2014 stevieb said: They should be ashamed to keep using the name. They've relegated this once proud line to nothing more than essentially costume jewelry comprised of too many bronze, crystal and fake diamond pieces. I love jewelry but no long consider these shows as 'must' viewing. In fact, I rarely even bother to tune them in anymore. I'm just not interested in most of this stuff, nor in seeing the hosts, and especially the buyer, trying to convince me that this stuff is anything other than what it is.
Hi Stevie, Mom and I first tried Bronzo when it was a new line at the Q...both of us had problems with it tarnishing, which quite frankly, was one of its best selling points in my opinion! Crystals set in silver is so strange to me as well...they definitely are reminiscent of costume jewelry I can find locally at much lower pricing. There are also a ton of Oro Nuovo ( if thats your thing) pieces at TJMAXX up here...also at a lower pricepoint. Honestly, I only watch for a nice silver (nonclad) or gold piece to pop up...occasionally I find something, but not often. The Vicenza shows are significantly lacking, I must agree!
Hey fun... I think what really took the cake for me was they sent Lisa to Italy, had her all dressed up and sitting there selling mostly bronze and crystals and other costume pieces... Don't get me wrong, I love the shows from Italy, but still, let's face it, there is affordable gold, silver and gemstone jewelry out there... Unfortunately, it appears the buyers are fixated on this stuff and can't seem to move past it... I like some bronze and some filled, but I also like silver, gold, garnets, citrines, and so on and on... It all gets back to the Q's across the board refusal to offer essential variety in their product mix and in the programming.
Reminds me of their fixation on drusy.....and before that it was opaque gems that were mostly junk rocks.
They pick a gemstone, apparently insist all their vendors use it run it into the ground and them move on to the next one... Drusy, black spinel, Sleeping Beauty... I guess they buy a gross if whatever it is on the cheap... I miss the days when many gemstones were well represented and there were more gem shows than the once in a blue moon they now offer. Their jewelry programming has really gone downhill badly and their efforts to revitalize it with the stuff are falling flat with me. I used to love almost all their jewelry shows, now I watch very few of them, even though they aren't on nearly as often.
I, too, miss the old gemstone shows! I just perused what was being presented in the early AM hours...same ole, same ole! I think they would probably be better off having 2 fabulous gold days a year..with nice gold in 3 categories: the smaller, inexpensive pieces....the mid-range, moderately priced pieces...and the larger, more expensive pieces. Keep the individual Bronzo shows for those who do like it and have Vicenza Silver shows for the silver lovers ( there's no excuse with the silver, prices aren't THAT high). Gold prices have dropped significantly within the last few years, although still relatively high, I'm sure the Q buyers could do much better...and I'm not talking about Oro Nuovo lol!!
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