HAVING ALWAYS LOVED THE LOOK OF DAVID YURMAN JEWELRY IN THE STORES BUT NEVER BEING ABLE TO AFFORD THE PRICES I GOT HOOKED ON LOOKING AT DAVID YURMAN JEWELRY ON EBAY THIS YEAR.  THE FIRST PIECE I BOUGHT FROM AN INDIVIDUAL LOOKED GREAT AND IT NEVER DAWNED ON ME THAT ALOT OF THE DAVID YURMAN JEWELRY ADVERTISED IS ACTUALLY FAKE.  SECOND PIECE I BOUGHT WAS A PAIR OF SILVER GARNET EARRINGS.  I THOUGHT $225 WAS FAIR SINCE THEY RETAIL AT ABOUT $500 AND THESE WERE ADVERTISED AS USED.  WOW WHAT A SHOCK WHEN THEY ARRIVED.  OVERALL WEIGHT OF EARRINGS WAS VERY LIGHTWEIGHT AS WELL AS BACKS DIDNT FIT SMOOTHLY.  THEY WERE MARKED DY 925 AND HAD THE POUCH BUT ON THE BACK WERE LITTLE CUT OUT HEARTS.  CLEARLY THEY LOOKED AND FELT LIKE ABOUT A $15 PAIR OF EARRINGS.  SELLER REFUNDED MY MONEY WITHOUT EVEN WAITING FOR EARRINGS TO BE RETURNED (HE KNEW HE WAS SCAMMING).  THEN I STARTED NOTICING.  ONE OF THE MOST COMMON KNOCKOFFS I HAVE SEEN IS THE ALBION DIAMOND EARRINGS.  ONE SELLER I QUESTIONED WAS ADVERTISING THEM AS PAVE CRYSTALS.  WHEN EMAILED SHE SAID THAT QVC AND OTHER COMPANIES WERE SELLING DAVID YURMAN CHEAPER VERSIONS IN SYNTHETIC STONES.  I FOUND NO SUCH ITEMS ON HSN OR QVC WITH DAVID YURMAN NAME ON THEM.  I WATCHED THE ITEMS AND THEY WENT FOR $300-$500.  CLEARLY THE RECIPIENTS OF THESE WERE SORELY DISAPPOINTED.  I STARTED NOTICING THE MARKINGS ON THE FAKES SAY DY NOT D.Y.  THE ONLY WAY I WOULD FEEL CONFIDENT BUYING NOW IS THROUGH A VERY REPUTABLE SELLER WHO DEALS IN HIGH END JEWELRY AND HAS A LIMITED NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF DAVID YURMAN JEWELRY WHICH WOULD BE WHAT YOU WOULD EXPECT IN A NORMAL JEWELRY STORE OPERATION.