1 /5 Stephanie Strothers: Tldr: he used gold instead of platinum to resize my ring and didnt size it correctly. Gold is cheaper than platinum and he charged me twice as much as another jeweler.
I brought my engagement ring here last summer because it was too big. He was able to tell me it was not a salt and pepper diamond and actually likely an agate, which I suspected and appreciated. My ring base is platinum and he confirmed this. We sized my finger to be 5.25 and I dropped it off. When I tried it on upon pickup, it felt slightly big still, but better than before. He told me fingers fluctuate with swelling so I assumed it would feel better later. I tried wearing it for a month and it always felt big. The guy did not give me the best vibes and I didnt want to mess up the size again, so I bought the plastic thing you can put on rings that are too big and tried wearing it for a while to see how my size would fluctuate over different weather. I am getting married this summer so I finally went to a different jeweler to have them resize it to what it is with the plastic on it. When they looked at it, they told me that the previous jeweler used gold instead of platinum and they showed me on the magnifying glass. Sure enough, it had a small strip of gold. Gold is significantly cheaper than platinum. They also measured me at 5.25 and used platinum and it fits perfectly now. So not only did he not size it right, but he used a cheaper product and charged me twice as much as the second jeweler I went to. He also was not able to tell me what the smaller stones were. The other jeweler was able to tell me they were white sapphire.
