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sjunky13 said:
CATEYES said:
I got them! I am almost sure they are mine! LMAO!

Yes, I need to skip out on Chanel. The quality and prices are making me upset. I would love another flap, but am buying jewelry instead and using what I have. Chanel is cray cray!
I wore my crackled patent blush jumbo to the Chanel boutique and everyone was going nuts. l would love to have it! But I am finding it hard to pay double on principle. I am sure if the perfect bag came along, I would get over that quick. LOL.
But it is easier to get jewelry and enjoy it, rather than a new bag that everyone will be staring at. With the jewelry, no one really knows how much, it could of been a gift, costume or old. But a new Chanel bag can bring unwanted attention from rude people. KWIM?
I am rambling!
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I agree about Chanel. I got my 2 jumbos (black and beige) and decided to stop there and only buy jewelry going forward. I get prices increasing on gold but on leather it's just crazy especially if the quality is going downhill.
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How often have you ladies had an anticlimactic moment?

I picked up a preowned 10 motif onyx recently with the intention of saving up for another 10 in a couple of years.... and while I love my bracelet, I'm surprised at how little I'm enjoying the necklace. Granted, what I thought I really wanted was to wear it longer as 2 tens, but even with that goal in mind, I'm not as excited about being halfway there as I thought I would be.

I do have the option of returning it, and I think I might. So weird to be contemplating this after thinking I wanted one so much. I love the way 10 motif looks on everyone here, and 20 has been my HG since I picked up my bracelet.... but I'm no where near as thrilled as I thought i'd be.
 
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einseine said:
Get solid pink! I Love my 2 10-motif in PG! I mostly wear them in 20-motif. I love love my onyx, but I wear PG more than onyx. Onyx X YG motifs sometimes catch my clothes (knit, tweed, etc.), but solid PG motifs never do!;)
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Listen to yourself! Pay attention! Go with with the pink gold. Your heart sings when you talk about it, whereas it seems like you're trying to talk yourself into the MOP simply because it completes the set. Trust me, if you buy the MOP you'll always look at it and say "I should have bought the PG." One day if you still want it, you can always pick-up the MOP-the 20-motif always come up in the resale market whereas I've never seen the pink gold.
 
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Junkenpo said:
How often have you ladies had an anticlimactic moment?

I picked up a preowned 10 motif onyx recently with the intention of saving up for another 10 in a couple of years.... and while I love my bracelet, I'm surprised at how little I'm enjoying the necklace. Granted, what I thought I really wanted was to wear it longer as 2 tens, but even with that goal in mind, I'm not as excited about being halfway there as I thought I would be.

I do have the option of returning it, and I think I might. So weird to be contemplating this after thinking I wanted one so much. I love the way 10 motif looks on everyone here, and 20 has been my HG since I picked up my bracelet.... but I'm no where near as thrilled as I thought i'd be.
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My recommendation: if you're already thinking about it, its time to return it. You're trying to talk yourself into something you don't like. Fortunately you still have a return option-take advantage of it. There's no point in keeping a 10-motif you won't wear in the hope of picking up the remaining piece of the puzzle just to make it wearable. If 20 is what you really want, wait for it, you never know what's right around the corner. And if you want to wear the 20-motif choker length, it will look fabulous doubled.
As an aside, I love the 10 motifs on the ladies here, but I don't particularly care for the look on me. I too prefer the 20-motif.
 
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Florasun said:
I have always thought the black onyx and YG is such a classic and elegant combination. Your set is lovely! (I know what you mean about getting the sweets on and off - those backs are killers.)
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OMG those french backs? They're awful. I have nightmares of the back skittling across the floor, which happens nearly every time I go to wear them. However, they are secure. If you request, I think they'll change the backs for the more traditional butterflies. Keep the french backs though if you ever want to sell them . . .
 
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Junkenpo said:
How often have you ladies had an anticlimactic moment?

I picked up a preowned 10 motif onyx recently with the intention of saving up for another 10 in a couple of years.... and while I love my bracelet, I'm surprised at how little I'm enjoying the necklace. Granted, what I thought I really wanted was to wear it longer as 2 tens, but even with that goal in mind, I'm not as excited about being halfway there as I thought I would be.

I do have the option of returning it, and I think I might. So weird to be contemplating this after thinking I wanted one so much. I love the way 10 motif looks on everyone here, and 20 has been my HG since I picked up my bracelet.... but I'm no where near as thrilled as I thought i'd be.
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Have you tried adding the bracelet to the necklace so you can see it lengthened some? Maybe it will help you decide.
 
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I can see how this would get addicting! I really enjoyed looking at all the eye candy in this thread. I'd never heard of VCA before joining PF. I've never seen one in person, but there is a VCA in a mall that just happens to be right near where my extended family lives. I might have to check it out.

I'm eyeing the sweet bracelet in either plain rose gold or rose gold and carnelian. Any reason to consider one over the other?
 
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Junkenpo said:
How often have you ladies had an anticlimactic moment?

I picked up a preowned 10 motif onyx recently with the intention of saving up for another 10 in a couple of years.... and while I love my bracelet, I'm surprised at how little I'm enjoying the necklace. Granted, what I thought I really wanted was to wear it longer as 2 tens, but even with that goal in mind, I'm not as excited about being halfway there as I thought I would be.

I do have the option of returning it, and I think I might. So weird to be contemplating this after thinking I wanted one so much. I love the way 10 motif looks on everyone here, and 20 has been my HG since I picked up my bracelet.... but I'm no where near as thrilled as I thought i'd be.
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Aw, I'm so sorry you feel this way but I know what you mean!

You should do whatever feels right for you but I had a 10-motif MOP/YG for years and did not like it much on its own. I'm glad I sat on it over the 4 years between getting it and my other 10-motif because having a 20 is awesome and there were some price increases in there!

What do you think of it linked with the bracelet you love? I did that with mine (a 10 motif and a bracelet) and it was a better length but I love the full length 100x more.

It's a lot of money so if returning is something you want to do go for it but if it's the HG keep the long term in mind! I don't regret that I did!
 
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Junkenpo said:
How often have you ladies had an anticlimactic moment?

I picked up a preowned 10 motif onyx recently with the intention of saving up for another 10 in a couple of years.... and while I love my bracelet, I'm surprised at how little I'm enjoying the necklace. Granted, what I thought I really wanted was to wear it longer as 2 tens, but even with that goal in mind, I'm not as excited about being halfway there as I thought I would be.

I do have the option of returning it, and I think I might. So weird to be contemplating this after thinking I wanted one so much. I love the way 10 motif looks on everyone here, and 20 has been my HG since I picked up my bracelet.... but I'm no where near as thrilled as I thought i'd be.
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POODLGRL said:
My recommendation: if you're already thinking about it, its time to return it. You're trying to talk yourself into something you don't like.
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I totally agree. I have made that mistake before.
 
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