I get emails from customers who want to buy a jade bangle, lamenting all the money they spent buying fake jades on ebay. And wondering about my prices which are higher than ebay prices. I do offer to give credit toward a Ying Yu Jade bangle by taking a trade-in, regardless of what kind of jade it is. I have rarely received a real jade bangle as a trade in.
You can’t expect to pay $.99 and get a real jade bangle. You can’t expect to pay $9.99 to get an "antique jade bangle". The Chinese sellers have learned that most people don’t know what real jade looks like, or how to tell if they have real jade, so they can easily sell colored stone, or glass, and 99.9% of the ebay customers are thrilled with their new "jade" bracelet. I can’t go to the jade markets in China and buy hundreds of jade bangles wholesale and pay $.99 each. Real jade has a real jade price. Ying Yu Jade bangles have a low mark-up. Look at the jade pages so you can see what real jade looks like.
A jade seller should be able to offer a certificate of authenticity for their jade. There is an additional cost for the certificate at Ying Yu Jade because of the time it takes for testing the jade and preparing the certificate.
You really do what to know what you are paying for. And if you are wearing jade for health reasons, you want to make sure your jade is not only real, but natural and not acid treated for translucency and dyed for color. You will always get what you pay for at Ying Yu Jade.