i dont like pandora bracelets

[Tomatoesneedtoripen]

actually i dont like bracelets really but absolutely Cannot see the attraction

am i alone?

[SomeoneInTheLaaaaaounge]

Fuck me what a palava.....
OP I’m with you 100%, I’ve always thought they were horrible, and happy to have a moan.....
Maybe we need a ‘safe space’ slag off jewellery brands

[NatashaAlianovaRomanova]

I agree that they're overpriced tat but I do have one - it has one charm on it that means something to me but I never wear it.

DD loves hers & only has Disney charms on it so I will happily buy them for her. I only buy them when there's an offer on though.

[m0therofdragons]

I quite like the idea of a bracelet that you can add memories too with different charms. Means family know what to get you and it’s much better than the usually over sized stuff mil buys me that I struggle to find a place for in my home.
I don’t have one but was thinking of getting one for dd1’s 13th birthday.

[Southernsoftie76]

@BluebellsGreenbells yes I am, I’m very proud that she brought me a present off her own back with her own money, I don’t care if you or anybody considers it as waste of money or distasteful, I like it and that’s all that matters.

[Southernsoftie76]

@BluebellsGreenbells she would also have been offended if I had returned it and given her the money back. I hope you wouldn’t ever do that to any of your children whatever they buy you. I see that as more distasteful than owning a pandora bracelet.

[daisychain1620]

Her daughter decided that the bracelet is what she wanted to get for her mum and understood the value as she worked for it. I think it is ungrateful and quite rude to return a present like this just because you think it's too much money.

[ZaraCarmichaelshighheels]

@BluebellsGreenbells

That's very mean

Why? If she brought me a cheap brew let I’d treasure it. But to spend hours working at what £5/6 pound an hour for an over priced trinket?

My kids understand the value of money. I’d be horrified if they thought this was good idea. I’d much rather they saved it for themselves than waste it on me.

Why would you be happier if your children spent money on themselves rather than you? Surely you should be delighted that they think of others and not just their own needs and wants? You really should not consider them spending more that a fiver on you a ‘waste’ it sounds like you put yourself at the bottom of the pecking order in your family, and that is not a good life lesson to teach your children that mum is not worth it.

[JalapenoDave]

Same OP - can't understand why the queues are always trailing out the store!

[user1471590586]

I never got a Pandora bracelet though I did like some of the individual beads that I saw, particularly the glass ones. I wondered whether they would be seen as a bit of a fad after a few years which put me off getting one.

[user1493242132]

I can’t read through 10 pages of people’s replies, but does anyone remember links of london bracelets? Sorry if this has come up already

[TerribleCustomerCervix]

I just looked up Troll Beads as I’d never heard of them. Some pretty quirky charms which I quite liked until I saw the price!!! £40 for a fucking bead!?!?

You can buy a filled bracelet for £610. That’s more than my mortgage and enters into “proper jewellery” money.

[SBTLove]

@user1493242132
They went into administration start of this year but some other stores still have some stock of it.

[Southernsoftie76]

@user1493242132 I have a links of London sweetie bracelet and watch brought many years ago by an ex boyfriend.

[VestaTilley]

Not at all- it’s so overpriced and not remotely my taste.

My MIL and DM love them and have laden bracelets; my DSis has some of the rings. The rings are ok but I loathe the bracelets and charms and would never own them!

[AdobeWanKenobi]

I don't like prawns.

Glad I offloaded that. I feel better now.

[BluebellsGreenbells]

Surely you should be delighted that they think of others and not just their own needs and wants?

Gosh, you’re right. I’ll tell my daughter immediately they must always put others wants ahead of their own. Even if they’ve worked 34 hours for £6 an hour for that must have bracelet!

They can jolly well go without socializing and new clothes or pay their phones bills!

[MrsClatterbuck]

They are just an updated of the now old fashioned charm bracelet. I got a silver one for my 18th birthday and one charm. I added a few over the years until they were no longer fashionable. I'm not sure if I still have it or maybe sold it for scrap. A friend buys and sells gold amongst other stuff and still gets the odd gold charm bracelet which they break up and sell as scrap. A popular charm was an old ten shilling note in a gold casing or sometimes a pound note.

[EuphieKat]

I think that some posters are being unnecessarily rude on this thread (no surprise for the ‘AIBU’ page, I guess!). I’m interested to know what constitutes ‘real’ jewellery, as some posters have suggested that Pandora isn’t. Surely jewellery is jewellery, whatever it costs or whatever it looks like?

[seayork2020]

I don't like fake tan, that is irrelevant to everyone but me

[FreshfieldsGal]

I have a Pandora bracelet that the DC got me for my 40th. I don't wear it but I like looking at it and rearranging the charms.

The only jewellery I wear is my wedding ring, a watch, and a Victorian locket which I inherited off DGM. I don't think I suit any more jewellery tbh.

[GinWithRosie]

I don't like lots of things...I'm not inspired to start threads about them though! What a mean and judgmental thread.

[Loubylou9162]

So tonight we’ve had an I hate ugg boots thread and now pandora.
No they’re not everyone’s taste but wouldn’t life be full if we all liked the same things.
I love my pandora collection, I’m one of those irritating people who says every single one of their charms means something but they really do. It is not considered a go to gift for my DP and family. However if they see a charm that I’d like then maybe I’ll get one at Christmas or birthday but I don’t get one off everyone at every occasion.
YANU for not liking them though it’s entirely your choice

[Southernsoftie76]

@BluebellsGreenbells going by your calculations the bracelet cost £216.00, it was about £50.00 at the time I think. At the age of 15 my daughters wages were her own to spend, she chose to buy a gift. When she was 15 we were paying for her clothes, socialising and phone bills. HTH.

[TerribleCustomerCervix]

I’m interested to know what constitutes ‘real’ jewellery, as some posters have suggested that Pandora isn’t. Surely jewellery is jewellery, whatever it costs or whatever it looks like?

If you’ve got the kind of money to spend on a piece of jewellery that even a half filled Pandora bracelet would cost, you could get something good quality, not mass produced and ethically made from a local jeweller, that will be worn and passed on. That’s what I mean by “proper jewellery” anyway.