I agree. Why pay about the same for a CZ charm when you can get a gemstone for about the same? Don't get me wrong, I have lots of 'em like oval lights, in blue, lime green, champagne and black but they are about the same price as the kiss spacers, which I have in citrine, blue topaz and amethyst. I have a couple of pave's like winter wisp and light as a feather but they aren't gaudy like some others (IMHO).
Is there anyone on this forum who has been collecting for more than 10 years? I keep all the little catalogues and have them back as far as 2008. Since Pandora has been around since '79/80 I would love to see some of the really old charms.
There is a website called the WAYBACK machine that allows you to enter websites for retailers. I have found
Coach collections as far back as 1997 but not Pandora. Some other weird adult web site comes up in 1997 so I have no idea when they went online. Plus there is Pandora.com, an internet music site to complicate it further.
I have been buying retired charms recently like the moonstone triangle and carnelian triplet, they are so classy and timeless. Has anyone got the peridot, gold, diamond charm 790381D? I love that charm. It is gorgeous.