Just for the sake of having some random useless info, lol, some Pandora stores are franchised while others are corporately owned. I worked at a Pandora concept store for 1 1/2 yrs up until last week (got a non-retail corporate job, woot!) and we started out franchised and then were bought out by corporate this past September. As far as I'm aware, all of the concept stores (regardless of being franchised or corporate) should have the free bracelet promotion. It generally occurs every March and September, in the 3rd week of the month. Pre-order policies should be the same or similar in all stores. Other policies (such as returns/exchanges, damages, etc) should be the same, although in practice that doesn't always end up being the case from store to store (to the frustration of customers of course, lol).
Also, be happy we even get the chance to purchase them at retail price, they are not available in many other markets globally. For example, no Pandora Disney charms are sold across the pond!
Ok, I'm done! The more you know....right? Lol.
I am just eagerly awaiting my final employee discount order with a bunch of the Disney charms (not the exclusives though, even working for Pandora we didn't get a discount or access to those!) to start putting together my Disney bracelet!