pandora bracelets

[porkchop]

Have your readers any views on the Pandora braclet craze? It would appear that once you have bought the bracelet the spending has only started as you still have to get the little charms. Its only when you see the amount of charms on your friends bracelet that you have to be as good as her and off you go to buy more. I reckon that to fill the bracelet £1000 of charms might do. Any views?

[gingejbee]

Never heard of them - but sound like an excellent marketing idea for the makers. Wish I'd thought of them!

[Jillius]

Some of my friends have them and they drive me mad with all the chinking ! Cant really see the point when you can get replicas that look just as good !

[B00]

I assumed the charms were added on special occasions, like anniversaries, births of babies, momentos of holidays etc?

Kinda makes the whole thing kind of pointless (IMO) if you're only goal is to rattle louder than your "friends".

[woofgang]

I reckon they will die a death now the shops are in all the malls and it only takes money to get hold of them, no more exclusivity.

[redcrx]

i have a troll bracelet which i love. Yes it may have cost a bit to collect the charms but not all are "troll" i have sentimental ones from my family that may be a lot cheaper than troll and i also have a pandora bead.

It probably is worth a fair bit and isnt full yet but i love it

[4getmenot]

as if they are cheaper redcrx! :-)

[boxtops]

Same as my charm bracelets, different charms added for different events.

[sherrardk]

I have a Chamila necklace and bracelet but I have lots of charms already (husband bought them for me and then ran with the theme for Christmas, birthday, mothers day, etc last year). I don't wear it as it is a bit clunky and I can't take any of the charms off it as I can't offend whichever child is supposed to have given me the charm!

[Andyvon]

Isn't this the same as the charm bracelets that were around years ago? They were quite common and our neighbour Mrs Smith always wore a silver charm bracelet that fascinated us as kids. Her husband would buy her a new silver charm every birthday and Christmas and there were all manner of little things on there - musical instruments, animals, fish, cars, tools etc. That always clanked around Mrs Smith's wrist and we wondered how it could possibly be comfortable.

It sounds like a Pandora's Bracelet is the same thing.

[mrs_overall]

I've got 6 Pandora bracelets - all full with charms and each one matches a different outfit.
They are all fakes from Ebay and my friends who have the genuine article cannot tell the difference. I think I paid a couple of £'s for each one

[porkchop]

Hi mrs overall, i agree with you. I have a fake Rolex and a fake Tag Heur which people admire and i am not afraid to let them fall. Who cares if they dont show the correct time ,they are just bling. All that is gold does not glitter!

[hc4361]

Sorry, MrsOverall, but you do not have a single Pandora bracelet.

[mollykins]

Some have stuff like rubbies or sapphires in them and are nearly that much each, if i was on the faster computer i'd send you a link to them, but google it and go on the official website, seach for the charms and if you can put them in order of price do so and look at the most expensive.

[hc4361]

I hate fake stuff. Profiteering from the huge amount of money spent by the legitimate company on design, promotion and marketing.

If you don't want to pay the money for the real thing, why not develop your own style using non-copy jewellery, or don't you have the originality for that?

[jaydah]

Its a business like any other - buy or dont

[smurfchops]

I bought a pandora lookalike bracelet in Thailand a year ago, with all the charms, for £24.00. Then the bracelet turned black although the charms are still OK. Then I bought a bracelet on ebay to put the charms on, and while I was wearing it (indoors luckily) the chain broke and all the charms fell off. So then I bought a Pandora bracelet (£50) and use my charms on that. You can buy really cheap charms on ebay but make sure the holes are wide enough to fit over the bracelet easily without tugging them over, because Pandora won 't give any refund if their chain breaks, and you if aren't wearing Pandora charms. In fact I saved my Tesco Reward vouchers and got six Love Links charms at Goldsmiths for free. It takes a while to save the vouchers up though ! I find that if you get charms all of a similar colour, and plenty of 'silver' ones, it looks much classier than lots of different colour charms.

[boxtops]

I don't personally like them. I was a fan of charm bracelets in the 80s so I can see their attraction though - but the only ones I have seen are silver-coloured and I don't wear silver, it doesn't suit me. Now gold-coloured, that would be a different matter!