Customer Reviews
nice jewel!
I am using this to make a Taylor Swift costume. It was exactly what I was needing for my project.
UPDATED - I just received communication from the Seller that the less-than-perfect red cabochon is being replaced with one that is made by the same supplier as the blue one so they should now be perfect. I'm buying new ones for my jewelry and I will continue to use the less perfect ones for costumes.This seller is very responsive and responsible and I'm very happy with our communication. It's nice to be treated with respect by a vendor.[NOTE: THIS REVIEW IS FOR THE RED CABOCHONS ONLY - I PURCHASED THE SAPPHIRE BLUE ONES FROM THIS SAME LISTING AND THEY FIT PERFECTLY! THE BLUE ONES ARE A DEFINITE FIVE STARS.]I'm writing this review (about the red cabochons) because reading the reviews gave me the impression that these would be very nice for my project. What I didn't take into account was that all the uses in the review photos are projects wherein there is no border around the cab. My mistake But I didn't want anyone else to make the same mistake.I checked with my digital caliber and these are literally 13mm x 18mm in size. This is exactly right as far as the listing description goes but it also means they won't fit into a 13x18mm setting. I have 5 different settings (small pendant bezels/charms) and they won't fit into any of them. They are very slightly larger than every other 13x18 cabochon in my stock. This means that normally, when I purchase a 13x18mm cabochon, it's not quite 13x18. My caliper shows most of them to be in the 12.82 x 17.85mm range. These all sung perfectly into a 13x18 base setting.These also have a little nub of plastic at one end of each cab that sticks out. None of my other cabs have a nub of plastic. Of course, the glass ones don't but I also have 3 acrylic ones, none of which have this little nub. I have filed off the little nub to see if they might fit into the setting without it but that doesn't resolve the issue.So, basically, if you are buying these (the red ones) to put in a 13x18mm pendant tray with a raised border/edge, they won't work. I'm sure there are other uses and these are about as good as acrylic cabs get otherwise ... if you don't count the plastic nub.The nub is unusual and doesn't show in the listing photos, even when I zoom in closely. None of my other acrylic cabs have a nub. Of course, when you file off the nub, there is a white spot. This would be covered by the edge of the pendant tray except that they won't fit into a pendant tray. My feeling about the nub is that all acrylics probably have this little nub when removed from the mold but that it is polished away with the proper equipment before sending it to customers. I don't have the correct polishing equipment so the nub represents a pretty significant flaw for me.
I've bought things from AllstarCo many times on their other venues and never had an issue, but my order of these stones arrived with the inner package corner cut open and stones were missing from the total. The outer packaging was sealed properly and the missing stones were not in the bag. The stones themselves are the usual Allstar quality.(updating to 4 star because the seller reached out to correct the issue)
As expected, good value