The stickers are still intact...look at the corners. I think sometimes they wear gloves, sometimes they don’t. It’s not an absolute. I don’t think it was a return.,.it may have been shown to someone else or maybe your sa took it out to look at before showing you since she knew you were coming to see the bag. Hermes has extremely high standards and wouldn’t try to sell a used bag with no protective stickers. I’m not trying to offend you but you did say you regret not accepting so perhaps you were looking for something to make you feel better about a missed opportunity/regret? Not good to trash the brand though especially when it’s not accurate info.
I agree here. The OP seems to be speculative about the bag .
The bag wasn't right for the OP & bottom line is OP passed on the bag...
He or in this case, she who hesitates is lost & at the end of the day, it is just a bag, as OP comments
No regrets & don't look back as it serves no purpose.
H has extremely high standards & for many of us who have familiarity with H don't always appreciate
what can be discussed without fair & appropriate back up. The images speak for themselves.
OP, buy the bag of your dreams & hopefully you shall learn from your "experience"