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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
When I had my ring sized up to save some money I waited till the price of gold dropped and had stayed down for a bit. I went from a 5 to a 6.5.
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That is a way to save some money as gold can fluctuate and prices are partially based on the price of gold. Most of the price to size a ring is labor though. Some jewelers use the gold they cut out of rings being down sized to size other rings up. In some cases this can be fine. in others it can lead to problems. The piece could have come from a ring that has been previously sized. Other problems could be porosity problems, poor castings or even lower karat gold. I prefer to use new stock for ring sizing and rebuilds. Legitimate jewelers factor the gold scrap into the price of sizing rings down. Every few years I send the scraps and filings to a refiner and purchase new stock.
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