Helen's GemsReviews of helens-gems.com

Super & Cool!!! 😍🤩

I thought I was ordering jewelry from a sweet little old lady in Utah. I was wrong. The minute I placed the order, it said it would take 5-13 business days and was given a non-US tracking number. I immediately emailed HELENSGEMS asking to cancel the order as I knew this wasn’t going to be legit jewelry. They said it was too late to cancel. What I received was worse. The jewelry was made out of plastic. There was no gems. Just fake and plastic and children’s play pieces. I asked for a refund, and they gave me a discount code or an option to return for $50 bucks to Poland. Not Utah. I’m not spending 50 bucks to return $0.50 cents of plastic. Do not trust the 5 star reviews as they are from the scammers.

Placed an order through the official site linked through Facebook. Got utterly suckered in by the image of the sweet old lady and the blurb about how much her business and clients have meant to her… Waited and waited for my order to be shipped from the US (allegedly) to Hong Kong. Missed Christmas and when it finally arrived the Jewellary was in plastic bags - NO boxes! How ludicrous! Who would ship things across the world without adequate packaging?! Not someone that lovingly created these items for sure! I complained and asked for a refund and had a similar experience as the person below… it will be $50 to return why don’t you buy MORE items at 50% off the already discounted rate… I reluctantly agreed. That was over three weeks ago and nothing! I’ve chased and they said they needed my phone number (this is my second order - they have my number!)… they are now ghosting me. SCAM.

This is a scam, items are not handmade in USA, but factory made cheap items shipped from China. Same exact items sold on Temu for under $3.

So I fell for it, and unfortunately did not read reviews until after I paid for it. This is the first and only time I have bought something through Instagram, it was a Chirstmas gift effort and I am so disappointed I was taken advantage of. I realized afterwards that the picture of "Helen" is an AI generated image. The toy/fake jewelry arrived two weeks later, from Hangzhou. I am in Canada. I wanted to give it the benefit of the doubt and thought I couldn't be that bad... I was happy it showed up after all, but upon seeing it I felt so sad. This is all plastic, must have cost 2 cents to make in a factory paying people minimum wage to make it... terrible. Nothing is hand made, Helen is not real, the jewelry is not real, the advertisements are not real. And the necklace I ordered was the wrong one. I have taken it up with them multiple times in emails to request a full refund. At first they kept sending me options to keep it and buy more for 50% off... right. Eventually between two separate email threads I got a return mailing address in California. I was again skeptical and called them out - here is the info from the email I pasted below. I haven't returned it yet, but I am going to look at costs and will update this thread... lesson learned - DO NOT BUY ANYTHING FROM ADS ON THE INTERNET! GO TO A STORE AND SHOP LOCAL IN PERSON! There are just way too many scams and bad people out there online taking advantage of nice people thinking they are doing nice things... F them. Below are the instructions and important details for processing your return: Return Address: Give Back Box / Helen's Gems 16677 Roscoe Blvd North Hills CA 91343 The United States Please note that you are responsible for the return shipping fee, as stated in our return policy. Unfortunately, we do not provide prepaid shipping labels or cover return shipping costs. Important Details to Process Your Refund: Tracking Number Required: Please provide us with the tracking number in text form (no screenshots or photos). This is essential for us to monitor the return and process your refund promptly. Processing Time The turnaround time for us to receive the returned item is typically more than a month, depending on the shipping service. Inspection and Refund A full refund will be issued once we receive and inspect the returned item to ensure it meets the following return conditions: Items must be in their original condition, without signs of wear or damage. All earrings must remain in their original and unopened packaging. If the item does not meet these conditions, a 70% partial refund is still available, and you can keep the item. We appreciate your understanding of our policies and procedures. Should you have any questions or require further assistance, please don’t hesitate to contact us. kateAThelens-gems.intercom-mail.com

Helen's Gems was one of the best online experience I ever had. The shopping and check out was very simple. They sent notification every step, from packaging, delivery and arrival. The quality is wonderful. They were prompt in responding to my inquiry and provided outstanding customer service. Helen and her staff are the true gems.

Save your money. This is a cheap China company pretending to be something they are not. They trade under the name of Helen’s Gems and other names. Scam, scam, scam, read the other reviews. Don’t buy from them

The site is a scam. The picture of “Helen” being an older woman who hand makes her jewelry in Utah is an AI generated image. She’s not real. Shipping from Utah is a lie. Package took forever and tracking showed it going through customs in Los Angeles. If shipping within the US, it would not go through customs. The jewelry is cheap, plastic crap wrapped in commercial plastic. It’s not handmade, it’s mass produced cheap jewelry. I was disappointed I fell for this. Jewelry went right into the garbage as I am not risking my skin turning black or green and I know I won’t get my money back. DO NOT BUY. You can get cheap fake jewelry off Amazon for cheaper. It will be the same thing anyway.