Hi Sweetfrock,
Cute name! It is nice to see someone else on here from Asia.
I just joined this month too, and I have become addicted to this site. I also ordered a stand from PP. Just a note, it make take a couple days longer than you are expecting because they have to verify the credit card number before they ship. It is an extra precaution PP takes because of credit card fraud. There must be a big problem because other sites do it as well and some won't ship to Asia at all.
But that is ok, because PP is the one I was most interested in anyway.
I ordered the 7-8mm dyed black AAA strand. I already have a beautiful Akoya 17inch 8mm, an a double strand of chinese CFWP, so I wanted something black. I saw some rave reviews if Jeremy's experiment with the dye, and it seemed to thrill eeryone who ordered a strand. I really wanted the 9-10mm, but it was sold out. Anyway, I am pretty excited too. I keep checking the Fedex site for tracking updates.
I guess I do expect one huge downside. As I expect I will love the pearls(and already have a growing obsession), my tastes will moe on to more expensive strands. I am already eyeing a few. *sigh* I think I need to bigger pearl budget.