Hi DA,
You read my mind - its definitely our goal to get them here and on the market by the end of October.

We'll be meeting with the factory about the color(s) to manufacture next week, so everyone's feedback has been extremely helpful (we may have to take a poll, but it will be either the black, gold, or pink). We should have a decision next week, then it will take about one month for them to manufacture them.

We'll launch with the staple pearl necklaces at first (with some various sizes and lengths, probably 8mm, 10mm, 12mm), then add on earrings after that.

Yumiko has already added a whole pearl section to the website revision, so it will be about half of the new BTD site in the near future.

Anyway, I'm pretty excited about this as its amazing how good these shell pearls look...they definitely take all but the best natural pearls down a few notches by comparison, in part due to the very high lustre of these, and I'm looking forward to other people being able to see them once we go into production.

Thanks again for all the feedback, its been a huge help to ensure we are doing the things that you as a customer want to see!

Best regards,
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WONDERFUL!!! I'm looking forward to seeing them! :cool:

Pearls sound Great, my color choice would be pink but at that price I might want one of each color!
Just noticed yesterday on the costco.com web site: " 18" length 9-12mm South Sea Golden Pearl Necklace, $6,799.99"

champagne
champagne with pink undertones
mauvy pink - such as the calla lily of that color
10mm size

10mm black tahitian, please. I've been looking at simulants for a while, so this is extremely timely. Thanks!

So looking forward to doing this Holiday shopping!

We've posted photos of the possible color contenders today on the main website so you can take a look at some photos, and then decide what color you are most interested in!

Shell pearl, top colors - photos!

And please cast your vote here!
User poll - pick your favorite pearl color!

We used the feedback from this thread to select the top contenders as far as color, so thanks for everyones feedback here...now time to finalize it so we can get these into production and available around the end of October!

Best regards,
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Oh, my...there's a big problem with those - I want them all!!! The colors are gorgeous!

I voted for the white because it would be the first strand that I would purchase (cover the basics first), but the second strand I would buy would be a hard choice between the light pink and the black.

I picked the gold since I have an olive tone the gold pearls would look just perfect against my skin. The Tahitian black would be my 2nd choice.

SPY

Light pink got my vote, then Tahitian Black and South Sea Gold would be my 2nd and 3rd choices. But the choosing is not easy! All the pearls are stunningly gorgeous.