I don't really hate them for the reasons alotta people around here hate them.... (Tho I'm sure those reasons are good enough)
I hate/avoid them because the quality of their stuff* is lower than a Kevin Federline song, yet the prices are higher than Keith Richards in a coconut tree.
But that does mean there's one useful thing they offer--their catalogs are funnier to read than the Sunday morning newspaper comics have been in years.
*by "stuff" I mean gemstones, pearls, findings, etc--I'm sure the quality of things that are actual brands (Swarovski, Delicas) are fine since they can't be messed with really--tho overpriced, maybe (I dunno, not interested in that stuff/prices of that stuff.) Also, raw metals like Sterling wire etc. is prolly up to scratch on quality as well, since there's little (if any) variation in quality on stuff like that--but they do completely rob people w/ their sterling wire prices, for sure. (Thass something I know the price-info about. :-p)-- m3rma1d