I am having heaps of trouble finding a supplier for freshwater pearls here in Oz. (This is particularly frustrating considering most of them seem to come from China!)
Most of the shops I've seen sell them loose, and for ripoff prices. The one that sold them on a strand also sold them at ripoff prices.
I am considering importing from the US, but really really don't want to seeing as postal rates to here are astronomical, I *should* be able to find a local source (!), and the irradiation of mail thing that someone mentioned in a previous request for US sources.
Can someone tell me where I can get cheap pearls in Oz, particularly in Sydney? I know there are other Ostrayans (and some Kiwis) who haunt this newsgroup...
It's become particularly urgent, as I have some *ahem* corporate functions coming up, and I want to "whip something up"...