I am overall upset right now because I just came to rate this item and noticed that the price dropped right after I ordered it. I just thought I'd mention that because as you can imagine that's pretty upsetting and I'm not sure if it happens often or something. secondly, the picture of this product is misleading. it looks to be a grey kind of metal, and the name "gunmetal" also implies that, in my opinion. but apparently the color that you see here is a trick of the lighting; they are actually shiny silver, as any other silver earing, and they are extremely long, almost to my shoulders. I personally was looking for casual semi-long earings and the color I thought they were would have been perfect, but instead they are very classy, very formal and therefore more difficult to wear than not. as for quality, these are really nice, not worth the money I spent but definatly worth the new lower price. just take note that these might not be what you expect