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Texas
1 review
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This is my second experience with them after purchasing an engagement ring. I have some understanding for the engagement ring as its made to order. However, I purchased the matching wedding band a few weeks later and it said "in stock". Those orders are supposed to ship same day and now its been 10 days and I'm being told its still being created when it should've been in stock per their site. It's now going to be about a month before I get the damn wedding band. Terrible customer service. Will not use again

Date of experience: January 31, 2025
Pennsylvania
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Save yourself the headache
August 5, 2024

I bought a 2.24 carat lab diamond eternity wedding band. I wore it for 1 week and 1 day and a stone fell out! Luckily it fell out right in front of me and I was able get it. I contacted the company numerous times, chat which after an hour and half they literally just quit responding to me. Email, still yet to hear anything back. I took the ring and had it repaired on my own. This isn't even a company in my eyes. No support, no customer service. I paid almost 2 k and they don't even have the decency to respond. Go elsewhere.

Date of experience: August 5, 2024
Illinois
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Do not Recommend
January 10, 2023

My order with C&C recently was a disaster. They mailed me the wrong item. When I reached out they were rude and slow to respond. I've purchased from them for years, but currently just do not recommend. They sent me multiple shipments of the wrong order and then held my item hostage until I fixed their mistake. I'm sure there are way better vendors to work with at this price point.

Date of experience: January 10, 2023
Canada
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a beautiful ring after investigating this company. My ring has lost the side stone 2 time for a total of 9 stones. They do not back up repairing or replacing their merchandise! Please be cautious and you can go to a jeweller and have a lab grown diamond done for about the same price and have someone local take care of you.

Date of experience: June 7, 2023
California
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Do yourself a favor and find a different jeweler.
30 days after ordering I started to wonder what was going on.
After being told 3 times that my order "would be shipped tomorrow" they ask me to call them again and let me know that it will take an additional 4 months for development since they have a "design delay".
When speaking with customer service, they hang up on you, blind transfer you and have no info on what really is occurring.
Ended up requesting a refund (which has yet to come through) having not received any product and wasted a month.
Go elsewhere. No product to show as they take your money and don't deliver.

Date of experience: June 1, 2022
Canada
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Better than A diamond
January 7, 2020

Amazing product, super happy. Looks amazing. Don't waste and spend your money on a diamond when you don't need to. Not sure about Charles and Colvard setting the stone, as I had it done elsewhere, but the Moissanite itself is gorgeous and nobody makes them better than CC

Date of experience: January 7, 2020
Georgia
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I purchased a beautiful rose gold band and it has been in their possession more than it has been in mine. The ring arrived missing diamonds & in the last 2 years I have had to return the ring 4 times. Recently it took only 30 days for 1 diamond to fall out & the only thing they are willing to do is keep it for 2 weeks put the diamonds in & send it back to me. I have called numerous times & it's the same process. I never asked for a refund I asked for the ring I purchased to be of good quality.

Date of experience: March 2, 2024
GB
1 review
2 helpful votes
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I bought a ring for an engagement however my fiance did not like the ring style that I picked on the website.
The customer service team were really understanding and helped issue a refund even though it was out of the international return policy by a couple of days.
I would recommend them based on the good customer service I received and the ring quality.

Date of experience: February 3, 2020
GB
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Absolute RIP OFF
May 20, 2019

Rubbish yellow looking stones that getter duller as you wear it. Cost £300 and even sent it back as a complaint at my own cost to Moissonite UK and they said there was nothing wrong with and offered me an up grade! And to pay a load more money to them! Laughable absolute rip off and i sincerely hope they go out of business.

Date of experience: May 20, 2019
Illinois
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Worse investment ever
January 28, 2022

Before you purchase a Moissanite, ask the company to explain in detail about the "oil stain" film that will develope on the stone over a short time. It is just about impossible to get off and when you do, it comes back quickly. Your ring ends up looking like you are wearing auroa borealis crystals. This does not happen to real diamonds or CZ. Moissanite may sparkle and look pretty at first, but in the long run (a matter of months) you will be embarrassed to wear it. There is a reason there are so many for sale on ebay

Date of experience: January 28, 2022
Colorado
1 review
1 helpful vote
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Purchased my engagement ring September 2017. The main stone became loose in August 2020. Customer support sent me a new ring. Now, August 2023, the main stone fell out of my ring. Seems like they don't secure their stones well. I don't work a job that is tough on my hands. I am mostly a stay at home mom. When I asked Charles and Colvard how I can trust that the repair will be done well the 3rd time, I was told I need to ask them to secure the main stone well. Why don't they secure their stones on every ring they sell? Why does the customer need to specify that they perform quality work on their products?

Date of experience: August 3, 2023
New York
1 review
18 helpful votes
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As an update to my previous review. I took my rings to a local jeweler. They laser soldered them together, and I have not had a problem. So as I stated in the first review, Moissy stone Yes, but take it somewhere else to have it set. You'll love it!

Date of experience: December 25, 2016
New York
1 review
45 helpful votes
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I am contacting their customer service before buying a ring from them. Here is the conversation below. I don't mind if they are only providing 1 year warranty but don't fool your customers by a wording game.

Date of experience: September 28, 2016
Poland
1 review
3 helpful votes
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I submitted a warranty request via live chat on your website as stone felt out of my necklace after 4 months of wearing it. In live chat box I was assured that all details of how to ship back item to you will sent to my email. I didn't receive anything for several weeks. Than I contacted you again, second time it worked and I got shipment instruction. I shipped the item back to your company as instructed. However, I did not receive any confirmation of delivery or updates on the status of my warranty case from your side. This lack of communication has been very concerning.

Without prior notification, my item was shipped back to me. I was not made aware of the return shipment, and now item was returned to the sender for unknown reason as it wasn't delivered to me (how it could if I wasn't aware of it?)

I exchanged several emails with support where I was assured that support will contact me next day to provide new tracking information. Since that email one week has left and I haven't heard back.

Outcome:
- stone felt out of necklace
- terrible customer service
- can't get my necklace fixed and unable to wear it for 3 months already (currently even don't have it physically with me to go and fix in other company)

If you want to get present for someone from there - avoid. Pleasure is only at opening, later whole experience with it will be destroyed.

Highly DO NOT recommend!

Date of experience: July 30, 2024
France
1 review
0 helpful votes
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As this price point, you'd think at very least this jeweler would have nailed customer service. Nope. I have literally seen more concern over a $7.00 purchase off EBay that shipped from actual China. Rest assured though, your order will take just as long while you beg for information about shipment. I bought a "clearance" bridal set ring on a Sunday for $1,200, available in just two sizes. Website said it would ship in 3-5 days. No shipping notice on Friday, so then begins the challenge of trying to actually reach someone. I could not reach a person by phone at any hour or day. I cancelled via email due to delay and received a reply that it would be sent to the cancellation department and I'd receive notice of the refund processing. It' has been over 10 business days since and my refund has not been processed, so I filed a charge back. Absolute garbage company-if you can't rely on their word over simple things like shipping and communication how can you ensure they are being honest about their product being superior. Exceedingly inferior transaction.

Date of experience: March 11, 2024
Washington
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Floating Pendant
August 19, 2015

My Forever Brilliant floating pendant is lovely, but too much of the time it flops forward so the gem isn't facing out. I don't know what to do about that and now wish I'd gotten a different setting that hangs properly.

Date of experience: August 19, 2015
Pennsylvania
1 review
27 helpful votes
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Bought a 800+ ring that was damaged due to normal use for an active person. Ring was sent back to moissonite.com and they at first promised it would be taken care of free of charge, and that there was no problem. Months later, they decide the ring is too damage to be fixed and slap me with a 300$ bill to fix it. Stuck between my wife and the bill, you know I chose to pay it. Besides the double cross on the warranty, the company consistently failed to call me when they said they would. Double fail. One star is warranted for this kind of service.

I'm very unimpressed.

Date of experience: April 8, 2016
Florida
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Worst Customer Service ever!
June 19, 2015

Two rings were ordered. One for Mother's Day and the other to be used as an engagement ring. I called and emailed customer service (cs) to advise the wrong engagement ring was sent. It took them close to a month to send me the return shipping label. My wedding was at the end of May. So I did not have the correct ring for the wedding! Now the ring has been returned close to a month. CS said the incorrect ring would have to be sent back before the correct ring could be sent. CS still has not sent the correct ring. I'm over it! CS sucks! I'll look elsewhere for a ring. I don't want to do anymore business with MOISSANITE.com!

Date of experience: June 16, 2015
Tennessee
1 review
10 helpful votes
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Fake stones
January 21, 2017

Bought a stone from them and it was fake. Within 24 hrs then send another stone, by regular mail, and it too was fake. Do not buy from these people. Scam artists all the way!

Date of experience: January 21, 2017
Ruth H. Charles & Colvard Rep
over a year old

Hi Danny,
We are sorry to hear about your experience. We have an extensive process for quality control and would like to hear more about why you believe you got a fake moissanite stone. Please feel free to reach out to me personally, khenry@charlesandcolvard.com. Thanks so much, looking forward to hearing from you!

Texas
1 review
2 helpful votes
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Dissatisfied
June 24, 2015

Since Charles Winston left Charles & Colvard. The quality of Moissanite. Has gone down. The color has a slight yellow to it. More importantly, the sparkle is much less than previously. I have a large collection, but am seriously considering buying CZs.

Date of experience: June 21, 2015

Overview

Charles & Colvard has a rating of 2.6 stars from 197 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Charles & Colvard ranks 11th among Diamond sites.

service
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value
21
shipping
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returns
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quality
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