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Originally Posted by Apache
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.
Apache
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I made sure to use a good jeweler. It wasn't a mall jewelry store. I didn't mind paying the labor. I know that is fine work. Fine as in detailed.
There is one independent in the next town over that has super high prices on everything. 99% of the jewelry is low quality. Cheap settings and unknown diamonds. We have been there once. The guy was rather uppity when hubby pulled out his 60x loupe. Tried to hand him a 10x. Not to mention their radio commercials are annoying.