I wish I would have read the reviews before I spent hundreds of dollars buying beads from this company. I bought all gold plated beads thinking they would last but within two weeks of wearing them daily, they all turned to brass and there was no gold plating left. When I spoke to their customer service they kept telling me how environmental reasons could make the wearing away vary and there was nothing they could do. I pressed on and had her even speak to a supervisor but again they could do nothing for me unless I returned everything in it's original packaging which I didn't have and had already given away some of the beads as gifts in jewelry I had made. They did not seem to care about the customer at all and told me that they hoped my day turned out better then it seemed I was having.