Meh, sounds good to me.
A bit of a gimmick, but it's not as if they arn't going to work
My school has a 15 year old pearl export, and after 15 years of being beaten up, it's still as sturdy as it was when it was bought..
I'm not to sure what that has to do with anything, but i geuss i was just saying how amazingly tough and well built pearls are.