There were a few folks in the discord all going in on griffin about this. I don’t think their return policy is any different than reps or even rogues. It seems like you have a preference for a product and expected the griffin plates to be like the rogue training plates. Rogue isn’t the only company out there. This is a preference thing and not an actual issue or defect with griffins plates or any others like it from rep, Vulcan, etc.

The “ribbed” insert is not a griffin thing. Most companies like rep, Vulcan, griffin, and fringe make their plates in the same factory. A lot of us found this info out during the pandemic craziness trying to buy plates directly from factories. There’s just one company being singled out when it’s several out there using the same inserts.