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Dilemma!

Hi ladies,

I hope you are all well. I haven't posted in a while as lots has been going on. For anyone seeking an update on the new Pandora bangle that tarnished after a month, I managed to get a replacement. It wasn't instant; Pandora sent it off to the repair centre and they just said it should be replaced. I will not be putting any charms apart from paves on the new bangle..

I now have a dilemma. I got a generous gift voucher as a Christmas present from work, and I can't decide whether to use it to pay towards a gold charm, or get a Trollbeads bracelet. I attach a pic of how I wear my main pandora at the moment.

I always wanted two more gold charms and I would go for the gilded cage one this time. On the other hand, I am seriously lusting over the more abstract Trollbead designs and their lovely glass. Cons for both: voucher wouldnt cover 100% of the gold Pandora charm, and if I go for Troll, it would mean starting a whole new bracelet and collection.

I am guessing you ladies will be biased towards Pandora as it is a Pandora thread after all, but I know a few of you collect both.

Thoughts?

I would go for the gold pandora! Even though the voucher won't cover the full amount and you'd have to spend more, you'd still have to spend more on troll too, since you'd be starting a new braclet. Just my opinion! :smile1:
 
Hey everyone, I signed up for these forums to hopefully get some guidance because I am looking for a particular Pandora bead that I cannot seem to find anywhere.

I got my wife a Pandora bracelet a little more than a year ago, and she hinted to me that she'd like another charm or bead this Christmas. I got her a charm, but there's a bead that I cannot seem to track down that I know she wants (she pinned it on her Pinterest).

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I don't use Pinterest myself, but I do know that all the things people post on there have a link to the page (or store) from which it's from.

The link is dead; the website is either down or no longer works.
This was the URL: http://www.pandoradiy.net/pandora-murano-glass-beads-pdll0250

The URL gave me a big hint that it's (probably) a murano glass bead. After searching for awhile, I'm not coming up with anything. Is it discontinued? If not, anyone have an idea of what it's called or a place that is selling it?

Thank you so, so much for the help!

-Z

This isn't a genuine bead. The website the picture came from isn't working because its been taken down, most likely because it sells counterfeit pandora!
There is a list of authorised pandora dealers on their website and Facebook page. :smile1:
 
Dilemma!

Hi ladies,

I hope you are all well. I haven't posted in a while as lots has been going on. For anyone seeking an update on the new Pandora bangle that tarnished after a month, I managed to get a replacement. It wasn't instant; Pandora sent it off to the repair centre and they just said it should be replaced. I will not be putting any charms apart from paves on the new bangle..

I now have a dilemma. I got a generous gift voucher as a Christmas present from work, and I can't decide whether to use it to pay towards a gold charm, or get a Trollbeads bracelet. I attach a pic of how I wear my main pandora at the moment.

I always wanted two more gold charms and I would go for the gilded cage one this time. On the other hand, I am seriously lusting over the more abstract Trollbead designs and their lovely glass. Cons for both: voucher wouldnt cover 100% of the gold Pandora charm, and if I go for Troll, it would mean starting a whole new bracelet and collection.

I am guessing you ladies will be biased towards Pandora as it is a Pandora thread after all, but I know a few of you collect both.

Thoughts?

I love troll, but it takes forever to save up for a gold charm. So i say get the gold charm first!
 
Hey everyone, I signed up for these forums to hopefully get some guidance because I am looking for a particular Pandora bead that I cannot seem to find anywhere.

I got my wife a Pandora bracelet a little more than a year ago, and she hinted to me that she'd like another charm or bead this Christmas. I got her a charm, but there's a bead that I cannot seem to track down that I know she wants (she pinned it on her Pinterest).

pV6nzVO.jpg


I don't use Pinterest myself, but I do know that all the things people post on there have a link to the page (or store) from which it's from.

The link is dead; the website is either down or no longer works.
This was the URL: http://www.pandoradiy.net/pandora-murano-glass-beads-pdll0250

The URL gave me a big hint that it's (probably) a murano glass bead. After searching for awhile, I'm not coming up with anything. Is it discontinued? If not, anyone have an idea of what it's called or a place that is selling it?

Thank you so, so much for the help!

-Z

Pandora never made this charm. It's a fake. And be careful where you buy Pandora for your wife. Many fakes out there, even ones that replicate genuine charms. Good luck!
 
I haven't posted an update in since March and have acquired a few charms over that time, so I thought I would post some updated pictures.

Newest Charms & their significance to me:

Let it Snow: My grandpa died at the end of Sept. His birthday was Christmas Day and winter was his favorite time of year.

Enchanted Mouse: An Anniversary gift from DH (Aug. 4th) I became a big tea drinker this year and the little mouse reminds me of Gus from Cinderella. Love it!

Carousel: There is an amusement park where I grew up called Fantasy Island and it has a large carousel right at the entrance. We took our children and their cousins there this summer. We are military and don't get to see family often, so this is a special memory.

Violet Pave Lights: Just a fun treat because purple is my favorite color. I will probably pass it to my daughter (she also loves purple) when we start her bracelet.

Previous Charms & their significance to me:
Castle is for our trips to Disney
Carriage for mine & my daughter's fav Disney Movie, Cinderella
Purse for obvious reasons
Hearts was a Valentine's gift from DH
Football for taking our oldest to the Probowl, he LOVES football
Monkey for 6 yr old son that still sleeps with the same stuffed monkey from when he was a baby
Bee for our daughter, we call her "B" and she loves all things princess
Dog for Matilda our Great Dane & Lucy our new St. Bernard puppy
Pineapple for the 3 yrs we lived on Oahu, home of the dole plantation
Shell was purchased on our trip to Maui

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What a lovely and feminine bracelet. You must love it! I love the purple muranos but sadly they have no place on my bracelets as they wouldn't match anything. Maybe one day...
 
I love your bracelet! I would buy Pandora gold beads over starting a Trollbeads bracelet. I have a bunch of Pandora and I decided to begging collecting Trollbeads and it never made me as happy as Pandora. I still have some Trollbeads and their jewelry is beautiful but I'm much happier with Pandora. That's just my opinion! I think two more gold bead would look amazing on your bracelet.

Lovely lovely classy bracelet! If it was mine, I would add a couple two tone dangles on to it to make it even more perfect. But it is just me.

I would go for the gold pandora! Even though the voucher won't cover the full amount and you'd have to spend more, you'd still have to spend more on troll too, since you'd be starting a new braclet. Just my opinion! :smile1:

I love troll, but it takes forever to save up for a gold charm. So i say get the gold charm first!

Mary, Pandorarose, Daisy anf Darkangel, thanks for your replies and comments.

It is true that I have been wanting another gold charm for months, and only recenly started lusting over Troll. Part of the problem with Troll are the stockists in London; there is nowhere near me with knowledgeable staff to help and advise, so I haven't really handled their jewellery. Pandora is so much easier to get hold off.

I will go have a look at the gold charm after work tomorrow and may well come home with one..what's there not to like?

P.S. I would like another dangle charm, probably a Judith Ripka pearl as it would be a good match for the existing JR dangle I have.
 
Hi to all lovely ladies,
I'm new to the pandora world and i was already in love and a little obsessed even before i had my bracelet. (and i just want to say that i'm a french canadian so sorry my not perfect english) And just to proove you that i was obsessed i read all this thread, all the 655 pages in may be one month! lol

I just want to share you my little pandora history. In august or in september i got the idea to buy a pandora bracelet for my mom's christmas gift. I asked my sister if she wants to join me because alone i was not able to bought a bracelet with some charms. My sister said yes and we buy for our mom in november, we known that is was a good idea because my mom started to talk about the pandora bracelet at my sister and one day i found a catalogue in her room, but we started to thought that may be our mom want to buy a pandora herselfes, And with all this time, by looking at the pandora website and at all the beautifull charms, i just fall in love with pandora, but i though it was a little bit expensive so i wasn't sure if a want one for myself, my birthday was yesterdays and we celebrate in my family in the week-end and me and my sister have decide to gave the christmas present at my mother to be sure she's not gonna buy one for her. My mom's was extremely surprise and very happy, she got some tears and me too, she said it was too much and she was very happy with the charm, we gave to her the eiffel tower because we make a trip to paris all together with my dad, and we gave the mask because is reminds her her trip to italy, and she got two s clips, she was very happy. And after my sister give me my gift and guess what??? I got a pandora bracelet!!!!!!!!!!! I was so surprised too, and so happy for me it's just wow, and i have my number1 charm, the one i wanted the most it's the unicorn, i love it, i got two s clips too, and a eiffel tower like my mom so meaningfull to me and i got the friends forever butterfly, so i was asking my sister and your butterfly were is it? she said at home and shes thinking to put maybe on a necklace chain... but some minutes later shes show us her pandora bracelet! So we all got our pandora bracelet the same day, me and my mother was crying, we will always remember this day and mys sister got the eiffel tower also and the butterflies and she got the pave promo so she's have the clip with the littles stars and an heart pave.

So sorry for the long message and thank you to let me share, i will post some pics later when i can
 
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I'm just trying to see if is it working, if you can see the pics do you think it's the good size, i read all the thread and i got the size 17cm my wrist is 14 cm so it's supposed to be ok my bracelet is really stiff so i think it will loose a bit, and i dont like my bracelet to loose and i was thinking to add may be 3 muranos something like that, but i was planning to fill it very slowly i know a lot of people was thinking that and it was rapidly fill it but i don't have much money to spend so
 
And i just want to say that all bracelet here was so gorgeous! and you were all a source of inpiration, thanks to all of you. My number 2 charms that i really like is the pixie, i want it to be my guardian angel in memories of all my friends and familys who's passed away
 
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