I absolutely love this beautiful clip. I've had it for almost 4 years now, and I've never seen another like it. It almost has a sort of mid-70's retro look to it. I had no problem with the packaging when it came, I think it was bubble-wrapped, though. Also, it's pretty tough -- I've dropped it and squished it many times. I finally broke two of the little petals off a couple of weeks ago when I dropped it onto a hardwood floor face-down, but I just glued them back on with gorilla glue and it's as good as new. It's expensive but worth it.