My vote goes for Imperial on STT. We have purchased several pieces from them and all have appraised very well upon our return. I will be visiting them soon!!! Leaving early tomorrow morning for a long weekend.

Highly recommend Imperial, been doing business with Vinnie, Charlie and the whole family for 7 yrs. Can work with any budget you might have in mind.

We went to Imperial on everyone's advice but my wife didn't see anything she liked. We got her a bracelet at Ballerina that she loved.

Jewelry on STJ looked to be too expensive. There ws a fun shop called Freebird though. It had odd stuff, bracelets and necklaces with the petroglyphs on them. I got 2 pucka (sp?) necklaces for myself there so I can rememebr the island spirit.

An update on Ballerina. Our friend bought a 1ct total weight diamond ring. She paid $500. The sticker was $1500. My wife took it to work to have a gemologist look at it and he appraised it states-side at $750.00. He said the stones all looked as good as advertised.

What I got from this is that you'll save some money vs. shopping at home but not as much as the price tag says you will.