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I am just wondering what everyone considers a reasonable setting fee is. In the past, I have always mailed my stones to have them set by the jeweler making the ring. Sadly I have only had mixed results with that - prongs have messed up seats, prongs lifting up, only 2 out of 4 prongs contacting the stone, receiving an unfinished ring, etc. and it's not like I used inexpensive Ebay shops. I am not super picky....and I am not even counting chipped girdles, stones set in crooked positions, prongs not lining up diametrically, a BEZEL with a gap between girdle and the bezel, etc - those are more "minor" issues. All the above workmanship issues I have encountered were with PS endorsed vendors sadly. Anyways I am increasingly horrified at having to mail out the stone and am thinking about changing how I go about setting my stones. I am going to buy semi mounts online, either stock or custom, then have a local jeweler set the stones. What's the average cost in your area for that?
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