Safe Vendors
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This list is of vendors/sellers we have investigated and reviewed and at that time were following and compliant with the FTC Guidelines.
We do not make any warranties implied or unimplied on the validity of anyone on this list. You are using this list in an as is basis. And it is your responsibility to further check into a seller/vendor prior to doing business with them. GA nor any representative nor user nor owner can be held liable for any issues arising from the use or non-use of the list.
•Gems By Jennifer: Your one stop shop for everything gemstone and jewelry. Jen carries loose gemstones of all kinds, with and without treatments. She is a full disclosure vendor. She gives discounts to members of the trade for wholesale/resale purposes. She also carries a full line of your normal everyday found in every store type jewelry as well as custom hand done wire wrapped pieces in jeweler’s brass, copper, German/Alpaca/Mexican/Nickel silver, .925 & .999 Fine silver, 14K RG, 14K GF, 14K, 18K (golds are available in yellow, some in white & rose, and even some in green), and even Platinum, as well as full custom done pieces in sterling, gold, and platinum. She even carries a full line of chainmaille pieces as well, all hand done in all your precious and non-precious metals. She offers full gemological services(appraisals, reports, gemstone identifications, grading, etc.) as well as lapidary services and even photographic(product & fine art) services too. She specializes in Colored Gemstones and Opals from the USA, and all around the world too. If you don’t see it in her online store, just drop her an email and ask! She carries many stones and pieces in stock, and can order anything you desire within a few days to a week. All her stones are Gemologist checked, tested, and approved prior to sale. She has a full gemological laboratory at her disposal including some state of the art equipment, like an Ocean Optics Spectrophotometer 200-850nm range.
•Poly-Metric Instruments Inc.: This is a great source for your faceting machines and supplies. Zane Hoffman, the owner, is a wealth of knowledge and a very friendly down to Earth person. He will take excellent care of you, as a customer, without a doubt! He truly knows his trade too! Not to mention he makes some of the best faceting machines around and each one is custom built when you order it! In the end he saved us hundreds of dollars by getting us hooked up with the laps we actually needed, not what we were told elsewhere we needed. And what we ended up with are actually better then the original laps we were going to purchase, and we paid less money for them too!
•Lapidary Outlet: Great place for all your lapidary tools, supplies, and needs.
•Pretty Temptations Ebay Store
•Jersey Jools: Drop on over and check out what Heidi has to offer! She does fantastic hand done wire wrap & scuplted pieces, and that is just for starters!
•Lexy’s Lovelies: They offer unique sterling Mexican, Native American, other Ethnic/Tribal &
Vintage jewelry.
•Batt Laps: Home of the Batt, BattWing, Darkside, BAT5T, and Battsticks. All designed, developed, and owned by Jon Rolfe(known online as Gearloose).
•Tiptop Gem: Dave is a fantastic seller dealing in great gemstones at very reasonable prices. Very reputable and stand up seller! You can not go wrong!
•770Amguy: honest seller and is a contributing member of our forum. He is a stand up guy and excells in making his customers happy!
•ACS: This site belongs to ISG’s own Barry Bridgestock. He subscribes to the same high ethics we have here.
•Lyresa: Many of you know her as “Squeaky”. She attended the ISG and is a very knowledgable seller with extremely high ethics and believes in full disclosure! Some of her work is very unique and uses materials many would not even think of using. She doesn’t have a website yet and doesn’t sell on Ebay, but you can find her works of art in GemAddicts’ very own For Sale Forum, so check her products out, you may just find that unique piece you have always been looking for!
•GemstoneBeadOdyssey: Your perfect source for gemstones beads! This seller goes well above and beyond what most bead sources do, by examining all of their products so they can disclose any and all treatments!!! This is virtually unheard of with bead vendors! But, GemstoneBeadOdyssey goes that extra mile and follows the FTC & AGTA guidelines to the max! So, you can feel safe buying your gemstone beads from this seller!
•Hummingbird Stones: A great and safe source for all your opal needs.
•The Witkam Collection: This is our current (And constantly improving!) presence on the web of the Witkam Collection of minerals and gems.
•AmericanThai: They sell on eBay and on their website. ICA members.
•CustomCutGems: Lisa Elser is a gemcutter trained in Switzerland and living in the Vancouver, BC area. Extremely knowledgeable and an amazing cutter.
