Two houses with identical hail bruising can face very different out-of-pocket costs, and the difference is set by deductible type, local code adoption, and how a policy treats matching.
Winter fingers, holiday bench queues and the stamp inside the shank all change what a jewelry repair costs and what protections apply when you hand the piece over.
The order matters considerably more than the effort, and two of the steps take under a minute each. Almost all of the eventual cost is set before lunchtime.