According to the support I received in game, they claimed it was a bug. So, yea I'm assuming it is just visual. It really sucks though, because that is kind of a huge moral choice for someone to make, and then see nothing done about it ><.

So playing on my warrior I had a companion mission where Vette asks about the slave collar, and I removed it. For two weeks now, the slave collar is still on her neck, and it won't go away. I'm wondering if this is just a visual error, or if it might actually be affecting my companion quests. If it is affecting them, is there a way to restart it so that I don't have to keep her as a slave? I really don't want a slave >< A friend told me he removed the collar, and he has never seen it since, so I know something is wrong here. I reported this problem in game and they told me to post here, so here it is! Any help would be greatly appreciated.