When I got these, I kept looking at the hoops because they're the wrong color to be sterling.

It does say in the product description that they have a "rhodium overlay", but I didn't notice it. I like the color of actual silver, and this is what I was hoping for. Why bother having sterling if it's coated? It's not nearly as nice to me as what I was expecting.

(Note that the pearls are man-made simulated pearls, but I had picked up on that part. I'm okay with the look of the pearls themselves, though I'll say, too, that they're more evocative of a pearl... I don't think they look like real pearls.)

The rhodium coating seriously diminishes the value of these for me. I think these should cost about 1/5 of their alleged list price. Though I paid closer to 2/5. So I feel I overpaid for what I got... overall, that's the greatest annoyance with these.

p.s. They are also more burgundy colored than I was expecting. Not quite burgundy, but definitely a reddish brown.