Pandora

Does any of the ladies here go for the Pandora jewellery ,

I bought my daughter a Bracelet and charms for her 40th birthday a few years back .
I really like them and am thinking of buying myself a necklace and charm , but theres so many to choose from I cannot decide .

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All my jewellery comes from Charity Shops

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Have you ever come across a heirloom Myrtle ?

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Hi

A complete waste of money, the mark up on jewellery is normally about 600%. Pandora beats that hands down.

Marketing over intrinsic value.

If you want to buy something good, vintage gold or platinum jewellery with real gemstones, a fraction of the cost.

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. I don't think so Eliza ... I'm like a Magpie ... sparkly stuff to wear when I go dancing

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It's very expensive for what it is, not my taste.
I get mine from charity shops too, bootsale and Glastonbury shops as I like vintage or hippy stuff.
I think Pandora will be just a fad and end up in the charity shops soon.
I used to like the old charm bracelets where everything had a meaning to it.
I'm not saying don't buy it, it's just too samey for me, I like unique stuff.
If you like it and you can afford it Eliza, get it!

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Absolute tat imo Eliza, sorry to be brutally blunt. It's a well marketed pile of worthless trinkets imo. People cling to the idea because it gives them gift ideas for years, i.e. you can always by another charm for a bracelet. Wearers can keep special charms and will be able to recite where each charm came from etc. All very quaint but it creates a self-fulfilling market.

Honestly, imo, you'd be better off buying a troy ounce of real gold.

Today, owning and wearing one of those charms, imo, is a clear sign of a conformist / "Sheeple" follower, just like having the obligatory "Pammy Anderson Barbed Wire" tattoo on the upper arm or having false stuck on eye lashes or chavvy stick on nails.

I predict that in a few years time the second hand markets will be awash with Pandora charms and they will be utterly worthless. Parents will be distraught when they tot up how many £hundreds they have spent on individual charms for their daughters only to find they are only worth a fraction of that money.

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The charms we bought our daughter had meaning , the Chicken one was bought because she kept Chickens ,

I thought they were quite cheap thats why i was going to buy one , perhaps i should look in the charity shops, im a Magpie like Myrtle so my daughter tells me , cause i like shiny things

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I have a couple of their bracelets, I wear them a lot. As you say they are a bit expensive but as both of mine were presents I can't grumble..

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Handmade jewellery is nice and usually unique. It's nice to support the people who make things for a living and no one else will have the exact same thing.