to not want to pay the same for a wedding ring as someone with a much bigger finger?

[ViolaTricolor]

I understand that for rings with mounted stones etc. the workmanship and various design elements make the difference between sizes an insignifcant part of the total cost. But why, as someone with a size H finger, should a platinum wedding band cost the same for me as for someone with a size P? Surely I'm getting a lot less of a commodity which is very valuable and sold by weight? I realise that this principle becomes absurd if one attempts to argue it for various other products, but given that the jewellery industry is so meticulous in its dealings when it comes to sizes and quality of stones and metal, this is irking me a bit.

I thought that too Kitty

Helllllo I'm doing the 'I'm a jeweller' thing again. (It's constant I tell thee...)

If you take a 3rd off the retail price that is usually what the cost price was...or less. That's typical of high street chain jewellers.

Go see your local independent for a bargain.

My rings are from Tiffany and they said they only sell them in one size and then will adjust them for free if needed.

So, maybe if it works like that where you bought yours you could ask them for the bit they took out and put it under your pillow or something.

Yabu.

The amount of platinum used will be the same, just your band will be fatter.

Yep, I totally get the way the resizing works now. The two-brand pricing structure I described in my post of 17:31 also answered my original question, which was above all about sizes which are at opposite ends of the scale. bethelbeth, thanks for the professional view. That is what we'll do. I enjoy supporting independent craftsmanship, and meeting the people who make things I use; my engagement ring was handed to us by a goldsmith who still had his apron on from finishing it .

ihatecbeebies, if all expressions of vexation should be interpreted as understatement, I dread to think what explosive fury your user name might be hinting at.

Well the last time I was flicking through the tv channels and Cbeebies came on I threw the tele out the window....

That sounds quite reasonable .

Lol @ 'it's not my DPs fault he's a man'

YABNU to wonder about it. My wedding ring is a platinum band. I had small fingers and it fitted perfectly and was a lower price than the larger ones. TBH I suspect the disccount was because some small fingered person called off their wedding and the jeweller was left with a smaller than average size ring to shift.

Eight years and two children later it is now totally STUCK on my finger...

My Dh surprised me with an engagement ring which was several sizes too big, (think ogre size). When I had it adjusted I was reimbursed for the value of the gold which was removed. (independent goldsmith)