It did not even almost enter my mind that I was not getting a complete earring. It did not occur to me to read the description—why would I do that? I see the picture of the woman wearing it, I get the idea. I did make a frankenstein pairing of these with another pair of tiniLux earrings I got in the same order. I’ve been wearing them together all day (even with over ear headphones!), and my lobes don’t hurt. (But they don’t look good together because they don’t match because it’s confusing to sell me an earring accessory listed with the other earrings!)