These are nice earrings, but are not well made.  The first pair I ordered had a small chip missing out of the larger stone on one earring.  It may not have been too noticeable from a distance, but they were for a gift, so I returned it.  They did not have a box or a nice velvet bag like a lot of the jewelry seems to come with, but it was wrapped up with bubble wrap to help protect it.  The second pair came by itself in a box big enough for a hardcover book.  The earrings themselves had no protection other than a plastic sleeve (no bubbles), and there was two air filled packs in the box, but they weren't big enough to keep the earrings from rattling around.  When I got them out of the box, one of the big stones was completely loose in the packaging.  Now I'm trying to decide if I want to try a third exchange, try to fix it myself, or just return them and forget about them.  They are not of a quality I would expect for the price listed.