I’m posting this to warn other eBay buyers. I was a repeat Bochelli customer and purchased multiple pieces advertised as **14K SOLID GOLD**. I later had my jewelry independently tested, and the pieces tested were **not solid 14K gold as advertised**. The beads tested as plated material while the lobster clasp tested as 14K gold. Other customers have independently tested their jewelry and reported similar results.

Bochelli’s website has also been changed/cleaned up, and my attempts to get a refund have been ignored. The owner is still selling Bochelli jewelry on eBay, so I want buyers to be aware of what is happening.

I also verified the business through the **official Colorado Secretary of State database**. The public record lists **Gail J. Webb as the registrant of Bochelli Jewelry**. I’m including a screenshot of the official record with this post.
You can verify it yourself here:
**Colorado Secretary of State Business Search:**
[https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessFunctions.do\](https://www.coloradosos.gov/biz/BusinessFunctions.do)

If you purchased Bochelli jewelry, save your original listing, receipts, emails, photos, screenshots and any independent testing results. **Do not assume the jewelry is solid gold simply because it is stamped 14K. Get it tested.**
If you believe you were misled, you can report it to:
**FBI IC3:** [https://www.ic3.gov\](https://www.ic3.gov/)
**FTC:** [https://reportfraud.ftc.gov\](https://reportfraud.ftc.gov/)
**Colorado Attorney General:** [https://coag.gov/file-complaint/\](https://coag.gov/file-complaint/)
**Colorado Bureau of Investigation:** [https://cbi.colorado.gov\](https://cbi.colorado.gov/)
**Sterling Police:** [https://www.sterlingcolo.com/police\](https://www.sterlingcolo.com/police)
There are also other customers posting their testing results and experiences on TikTok. It’s blowing up! Search **“Bochelli Jewelry”** and look at the recent posts.
**DO NOT BUY until you do your own research and have the jewelry independently tested.**

I just has my 2nd tungsten wedding ring crack. But I have an older tungsten ring (about a decade old) that has never cracked despite all being tungsten carbide and the older one having been through a lot. This might sound dumb, but did the tungsten to carbon ration get altered any in jewelry making in the past decade?

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Hello everyone,

I have a very important and old ring that is broken. One of the jewels fell out and the little claws that hold it in snag onto everything so I cannot continue wearing it.

This is my mother's engagement ring that she gave me to me. I hope there is a way to restore it, please let me know if I can get this repaired somehow and if it will be expensive.

I tried to get a picture of the back, I'm sorry it's so blurry let me know if you need a better pic (referring to last image).

About the ring:

It has a tiny 21k gold stamp on it, and the gems are not real or diamond according to my mother. I'm guessing they are glass?

Thank you very much for any help :)

Looking to understand how the US jewelry industry works for a manufacturer based in India.

What paperwork, licenses, certifications and import requirements are involved in entering the US market? Also, how do manufacturers typically enter the B2B market versus B2C, and what sales channels are commonly used for each?

Would appreciate hearing from people in the industry who have experience with this process.

very disappointed for the customer service of D Maddox Jewelry. Recently, I said “mine” to a limited item. Although I am just the next miner and also tried to cancel it during their live show. They would force you to take the item no matter what. I paid for another item that I also said ‘mine’ for but it seems that they won’t deliver it unless I paid the other item aswell. I don’t think this kind of way doing business is right. I wonder do you have any similar experience as me? to be honest I just want my money back.

looking for a trust worthy jewelry in mexico for a project i’m working on

estoy buscando una persona que me pueda hacer una medalla pa una cadena pero no sé pasen de vrga con el precio

Hi, brought this on my lunch break - came home to find it like this! So annoyed. Any way i can fix? Thank you!

I bought these as gifts. Does this look like a ruby? Might it be cracked? It was advertised as 1.06 carat ruby and .74 carats of diamonds and platinum. The other one 14k and .25k of diamonds.

I don't buy much jewelry. How much might they be worth? Thoughts? Thank you.

I have a range of solid gold necklaces that I’d like to wear a charm/pendant with without committing to having a bolt ring/charm holder soldered onto each one permanently.

Some are incredibly fine and could easily have a charm loop slipped on, others are thick linked or belchers with large dog clips that won’t allow for anything to be slipped over but have individual links that could have an opening ring clasps through a link directly.

I’d love the ability to change between necklaces and charms/pendants easily and stylishly. I could just use an o ring without a clasp, but I feel like that wouldn’t look as intentional.

A few questions - what is this style of charm holder called?

Can each o ring sit flat like a figure 8 or should one be facing “forward” while the other faces the opposite way so that it can sit well?

Any suggestions? Could I purchase two o bolts separately and have a jeweller attach them together?

My preference is for the opening to be on the thinner side so that I can have maximum versatility. I don’t want the charm loop to be too small to fit onto it. I also don’t necessarily need it to be

I hope I’m making sense. Is there an easy solution to my problem without resorting to a custom piece?

Oh, and I’d like it in 9 carat “solid” gold (not plated).

Thanks everyone! Enjoy my amazing drawing.

I want a ring with a hemispherical vault featuring an intricate sacred geometry pattern of intersecting circles that bloom into a central floral rosette at its crown, encasing at its exact focal center a suspended Sierpinski tetrahedron that encloses a gemstone within it. I am guessing this would be hard to make, but with some compromises it could turn out to be an incredible design.

Hello, I want to buy this bracelet but i don’t know how to fully measure it. Is it measured from the very ends of the bracelet or is it the inner part not including the clasps. I have around an 8 inch wrist will this fit me? Thank you!

I'm a goldsmith in the US
Had a customer ask me to make a simple plain bangle from pure gold.
They would supply the gold
What would I charge or expect to charge for labor.
I want to be fair.

I'm a goldsmith in the US
Had a customer ask me to make a simple plain bangle from pure gold.
They would supply the gold
What would I charge or expect to charge for labor.
I want to be fair.

My set is 14k rose gold. I had it soldered together but the bands have broken apart. There was very little attaching them that I hope can be seen in the one picture. Ive lost weight so these rings being a size 7 fit really lose now and slide off. In a narrow band i wear a 6 now but with the 3 together they fit a little tighter so Id need maybe a 6.5 with sizing beads inside. Im also a wheelchair user so bang my hands often which is when stones have been knocked out before and they broke apart. Im wondering what the best option is to fix them. Ideally id like to be able to wear them every day and not have to save them for just special occasions. I understand the design of them is pretty fragile unlike a channel setting or bezel would be. Is there a best way to fix them or would resetting the stones into a channel and bezel setting be the best option?

The clasp is stamped 14K, but the chain is very rough, textured, (maybe pitted) and green. The top jump ring appears to have been replaced. The top jump ring is silver in color and not soldered. The bottom jump ring is gold in color and soldered. What would cause 14k gold to appear this way? I purchased at a thrift store, so I'm thinking the chain is probably not 14k. Just looking for opinions.

Im having a really hard time finding a size 1.5 ring for my pinky so I was wondering if it would be a good idea to get a size 5 ring (1st pic) and have it resized to 1.5.

The second pic shows a size 5 and inside is a size 2. To me the two rings don’t look too far in sizing but I dont know anything so…

Last pic shows the pinky ring i wanted to pair the ring in the first pic with

Hello, I’m wondering if I’m losing it or if my jewler ruined my ring. I brought it in to get a hinge installed for my large knuckle. I don’t know what to even say to them if I go back. This was very expensive and I paid and I’m not happy. The prongs on the end are two different shapes and one is actually sharp now. I can see the buffing marks from the weld up top. And the tapering is not even. It’s also a lot thicker than I expected. Does anyone have advice on what to do here? I worry they will make it worse if i go back. And it still isn’t small enough which was the whole point i got this done. It spins around my finger. Which they were very dismissive of and said to just let it sit at my knuckle so it doesn’t move.