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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mansons2005, post: 58357, member: 121&quot;]Yeah - Pandora is all (schmaltzy) marketing - which is a shame really. They produce a quality product (in Thailand), with half decent designs, that has a certain appeal on a practical level. It is all &#039;modular&quot;, sort like the old Pop-Beads or the Add-A-Pearl necklaces from the 1940&#039;s-50&#039;s (or the current seller of carved pearls, Galatea). Almost any of Pandora&#039;s charms/beads can be worn on a bracelet or as earrings (they sell the bare wires in both 14k and 925) and they produce some rather nice 14k gold with diamonds as well as the sterling with cubic zirconia and some semi-precious stones. Of course there is a full line of matching pendants and finger rings. A string of imitators have sprouted up, Lori Bonn comes to mind first. </p><p><br /></p><p>Its a shame that Pandora went so &quot;middle class, mainstream&quot; - they could have created a much better reputation for themselves. Which may be their plan - they have closed out a few hundred retailers in the USA (they are Swedish I believe) and have just started their own web business. </p><p><br /></p><p>And NO - <u>emphatically NO</u> - I do not work for Pandora..................but I do handle a gazillion pounds of that stuff annually..............[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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