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Vis-a-vis the matching issues highlighted above, it's not clear to me when/where the grading takes place. If they are grade intrinsically as one-offs, then who is responsible for the matching?
And does someone "check the pairs" like when you buy shoes at REI? Could swapping have occurred by customer or SA? If you were to bring out and play with four different sets of (say) 8.5mm AAA...? Some on here (and in the wild) clearly have a more sophisticated eye for color than the typical SA, even in a high-end boutique.
I’ll bet in the more common sizes they take calipers to all stud earrings that could potentially get mixed up. Same size bracket/metal colour/visual quality assessment. I can’t envision someone pulling off a switcheroo in-store given how volatile the inventory is - but I’ve wondered how they authenticate returns, maybe there are extra checks of some sort on returned goods of especially high-value? Like my vet has the portable x-ray come in Tuesdays and Thursdays