Me too, the Preciosa Pink Sapphire is gorgeous. For anyone interested in nail art their flatbacks are as good as Swarovski. I must admit I've been hording Swarovski Skulls and Scarabs.

I agree with you except that I feel Presciosa can't compare to the brilliance of Swarovski. I find their colors are less saturated. Hopefully Swarovski will seriously regret their mistake. I think Swarovski has lost their market share because of the cheap Chinese crystals flooding in. Such a shame!

@@galemckiddy5120 I agree with you Gale, especially about Swarovski brilliance.

The only reason I am upset is that I want the Capri Blue; Blue Zircon and Jet bicones, the double coated ones in the 4mm & 2mm sizes. 😊

Well I self I would like to say that I could probably afford a pretty decent car maybe a 2018 or so with the amount of crystals that I have and the kit that I use them with which I am no longer allowed to sell as well as the teaching of these pieces that I do which I am no longer allowed to teach. Then there’s the all of the books that I have bought over the years which call for their products and honestly do not work with other products, because no company makes the AB2x like them or the rivolis or the fancy stones or the same exact colors. I have tried to use a different company. I try I think six or seven that I found some Chinese, some still Austrian and some from czech companies. To make it easy, I got fuchsia in all of my orders, 50 of each. Not a one of them is the same shape, size, color (that is a biggie), or faceted the same nor does any other company make the amount of colors and shapes or copy the newer shapes that they made. I tried to ignore all this and just stick to my patterns. Nope. I had to change the amount of seed beads in certain stitches, other kits i had to scrap altogether because I have yet to find a brand that does not cut my waxed fireline or one g. I haven’t even gotten to the bead dreams entry that I had decided would be entered many years down the road if at all be ause it was getting so intricate and well huge. It’s my creativity and a piece i have by now spent over 200 hours on, hand beading a head to toe costume that stands in its own. Anyway, that was my stupidity. Most of us do not pay wholesale prices but I do live near Atlantic City and I could not help but notice 3 new Swarovski stores in the casinos. Remember, they’re not saying that no one can bead with their crystals. Just the people who they used to advertise to and made sure they were reliant on them and wrote books with their name in the title and those they called Ambassadors and encouraged to write tutorials in magazines they sponsored and rather than raise their prices or start phasing out certain beads or making a less expensive line they are opening more stores and providing all the beads they could want to every couture fashion house in paris, milan, rome, nyc, and london. But not design students or independent designers or those that make things that the average person might be able to afford. And they did this during covid, a time when those of us who lost our 9 to 5 jobs and were depending on the income provided us through their products needed them more than ever. They could at least let people continue to use the ones they have to sell as jewelry but they even issued a statement against that. Ate they going to buy back a 17 year collection from me? 300+ magazines? My Interweave online subscription which has taken down their projects using Swarovski? The 60 or 70 books I have by everyone from Carol Wilcox Wells to Heidi Kummili . They’re elitist pricks and I hope they go out of business.

Yep, loyalty out the window. I'm a small crafter/weaver...looks like I'll be switching to Preciosa now, hopefully all our Euros, pounds and dollars going into their pocket will help improve their product lines. If Swarovski come back to us after a few years, I'll be rethinking on ever buying from them again.

I love preciosa bicones, especially there matt bicones and their cheaper but I to have had issues with there pearls so I'm glad to hear they are going to improve on them 😊

Pretty much. It was like HERE, we are GIVING you this HUGE, WORLD WIDE market!!! We don't want it. You can have it. And with this opportunity, they can expand and improve their lines. This was about the dumbest business move I have ever heard. This is like Perrier saying we're only ever going to sell out water in restaurants now. Or something similar, lol.

Jill, you were my very first beading adventure! It was Persian Light bracelet. I adore you, and am sad Swarovski abandoned us all. But, I too look forward to what comes next. (I been hoarding all my Swarovski factory pack tho.) They're not for sale.

I have been buying Preciosa bicones for years too. This is the brand more easily found at my local supplier stores in my city (Ottawa, Canada).

I have some Preciosa bicones and rivolis, and yes, they are wonderful!

I'm more particular to the Preciosa crystals, they sparkle more to me, even compared to Swarovski ones, and like you said, they are more affordable

I bet that their prices will go up !!

Why are they doing this?

The Kravoskis are worth buying if you are lucky enough to get them before they sell out. They sell out really fast.

I bought a lot of swarski in the past and haven't made jewelry in some time. I switched to quilting but I do put beads on some of my quilt projects. I have used Precocia for the projects and they work well for me

I just received some Krakovski Crystal stones the past couple weeks, and WOW! IMHO the quality is virtually indistinguishable from Sw---- (don't want the crystal police coming after me for using "the name that shall no longer be used" LOL 😂). They don't have all the old colors available yet, but what they do have is stunning and they seem to still be expanding their line - plus you get fantastic quality at a fraction of the cost! 👍😀 With Precoisa also expanding and upgrading their products, Dreamtime Creations new Dreamtime Crystals lines, Potomac Crystal Krakovski Crystals, Czech pearls and MC beads, etc. we should do just fine. It's encouraging and fascinating to see how this situation has sparked innovation and expansion in these other companies. 😀

I hope so too!

Big giant grin!!!

Potomac's crystal line is made in China. Just FYI. I plan to bring in a good quality China line also. Working on that now.

@@JillWisemanDesigns Thanks for letting us know, Jill!

Welcome to liberal logic, where all is inverted.

@@Richard-1776 lol seriously why did you have to take this to a political place. Stupid decisions are made by both liberals and conservatives get your head out of the sand and stop seeing the world through two oversimplified labels

@@MysticHeather you lost all credibilty with the "lol." That is the last refuge of he who has no argument. It's also an ad hominem. In either case I'm immune. I only deal in facts, AEB my senses. Yes, both extremes are problematic, see Aristototle's Golden Mean. However, in 2021, conservatives, as you labled them, are not the problem; that is clear. Irrationality and rejection of the non empirical rule the day, and that is the left. The bead company can do what it pleases, however, if they were out for profit, they wouldn't cut off potential sales, so in my estimation, it's a dumb move. As far as "dumb," well objective fact, shows the left have managed to dumb down the word dumb. I suspect the truth stings you, because it applies to you. You've demonstrated thus. That's not my oppinion, it's observation based on your poor reasoning. When i get to a computer, ill debate you, but for now, I'm on a phone, and its too hard to type. However to reason with one who can't is futile. À bientôt ma puce.

I think it may be because in the marketplace apps they were selling a lot of counterfeits idk

@@Richard-1776 😂 ok Dick. Honey I’m not even wasting my time reading your response, you clearly have bigger issues that you need to work out. Best of luck bud

Exactly, Lydia. I agree. Sounds like they (Swarovski jewelry) just doesn't like the competition of other jewelry makers making jewelry w/their crystals and selling it. Apparently, it must be competition to their own jewelry line.

I definitely think that will happen.

I think with everybody now buying Preciosa as a result, they probably have the funds to do so now. Lol

Believe it or not, there are many Preciosa AB2X that I like BETTER than Swarovski's! We will be launching the Preciosa line on our website in July!

Yup. And that's one of the reasons cited for this change.