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Do you see what is wrong with this band?????

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MrsChil

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...or do I just have REALLY good vision????

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I''m going to take a guess and say that it has something to do with the "U" shape of the prongs? It seems the second "U" to the right is a little deeper? Sometimes it''s hard to tell from a photo. Beautiful ring!
 
Here''s another pic with the ring turned over...

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Date: 7/24/2009 5:19:09 PM
Author: NewEnglandLady
I'm going to take a guess and say that it has something to do with the 'U' shape of the prongs? It seems the second 'U' to the right is a little deeper? Sometimes it's hard to tell from a photo. Beautiful ring!
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Good guess... close. It may be hard to tell because it is somewhat hard to capture in pictures, however the diamonds on the right side of the band in the first pic are set lower than the ones on the left side... some of the U shape metal areas are almost half the size of the ones on the opposite side
 
Date: 7/24/2009 5:28:11 PM
Author: vgirl17

Date: 7/24/2009 5:19:09 PM
Author: NewEnglandLady
I''m going to take a guess and say that it has something to do with the ''U'' shape of the prongs? It seems the second ''U'' to the right is a little deeper? Sometimes it''s hard to tell from a photo. Beautiful ring!
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Good guess... close. It may be hard to tell because it is somewhat hard to capture in pictures, however the diamonds on the right side of the band in the first pic are set lower than the ones on the left side... some of the U shape metal areas are almost half the size of the ones on the opposite side
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I think that was what NEL was saying but didnt specify all the way around the ring. I dont think I could live with
that. Who made the ring? I would ask for it to be redone.
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Date: 7/24/2009 5:31:57 PM
Author: ericad
One side of the shank looks thicker than the other side. More metal between the stones and finger. That would drive me bonkers.
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DING DING DING!!!! We have a winner!!! One side is thinner!!!! AND IT IS DRIVING ME BONKERS!!!!!!

Here''s a pictures that shows how the right side is nice and even and the metal is filling up the red space, however the left side looks like it never grew up!!!!!

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It could just be the angle at which the photos were taken, but it also looks to me like the angles in the left and right side of the basket are different...?
 
Yeah I saw immediately. when you wear it it looks like one side is eating into your finger more. This would drive me bonkers. Can the jeweler fix it for you?
 
Date: 7/24/2009 5:33:47 PM
Author: tyty333

Date: 7/24/2009 5:28:11 PM
Author: vgirl17


Date: 7/24/2009 5:19:09 PM
Author: NewEnglandLady
I''m going to take a guess and say that it has something to do with the ''U'' shape of the prongs? It seems the second ''U'' to the right is a little deeper? Sometimes it''s hard to tell from a photo. Beautiful ring!
Click to expand...
Good guess... close. It may be hard to tell because it is somewhat hard to capture in pictures, however the diamonds on the right side of the band in the first pic are set lower than the ones on the left side... some of the U shape metal areas are almost half the size of the ones on the opposite side
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I think that was what NEL was saying but didnt specify all the way around the ring. I dont think I could live with
that. Who made the ring? I would ask for it to be redone.
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I can''t live with it. I sent it back to the vendor two days ago. In their defense they did say that they would do their absolute best to correct the apparent shank inconsistencies... however I just found out today that "the ring is in surgery"???? Not being remade... being FIXED! Now, do you think it will be possible to correctly FIX this without it being remade??? They also wrote: "As you know, this is not a machined piece, but a handmade piece of cast jewelry. All specs cannot be controlled to 1/10 of a millimeter."
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Date: 7/24/2009 5:49:07 PM
Author: VRBeauty
It could just be the angle at which the photos were taken, but it also looks to me like the angles in the left and right side of the basket are different...?
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Trust me... it is not just the angle... I noticed that something wasn''t right with that side of the band the moment I took it out of the ring box ...here is another pic...

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Date: 7/24/2009 5:49:17 PM
Author: litebrite
Yeah I saw immediately. when you wear it it looks like one side is eating into your finger more. This would drive me bonkers. Can the jeweler fix it for you?
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That's exactly what I saw when I put it on. I didn't need a loupe to see what was wrong with it. I'm hoping this will get resolved, however I don't see how that can be fixed without having it recast. I'm just upset that I have to go through all of this for a BRAND NEW RING. This is actually the 2nd time it has gone back to them for fixing (I just got it last Thursday and there were different but more obvious issues) so I guess that's why I'm starting to get frustrated. This is a trusted PS vendor that I just expected more from.
 
Holy heck, that''s pretty easy to spot
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I immediately noticed one whole side seemed higher. Verrrry pretty ring though, hopefully they can fix it for you.
 
What happened to your setting with the pink surprise stone? Didn't you have that one made this past April?
 
Date: 7/24/2009 7:34:21 PM
Author: makemepretty
Holy heck, that''s pretty easy to spot
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I immediately noticed one whole side seemed higher. Verrrry pretty ring though, hopefully they can fix it for you.
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Yeah, at least I know I''m not going crazy now
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Thanks... I hope so too.
 
Date: 7/24/2009 7:35:58 PM
Author: swingirl
What happened to your setting with the pink surprise stone? Didn't you have that one made this past April?
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Yes ... I'm cursed.... I really liked that ring and REALLY tried to get used to how tall it stood (If you recall in my first post I guestimated that it was 9mm tall!) Well it was actually 9.44mm tall. We had told him immediately when we first saw it that we thought it was much too high, so he told me to just give it a try for a while to see if I got used to it and if not then to come back and see him.... well I gave it a few weeks and thought, "well it's so pretty and well made maybe I can just get used to the height of it..." well it continued to bug me and I went back to tell him that I couldn't get used to how tall it was. I would bang it a lot and I actually have a little scar on my finger from the pink sapphire on the side from banging it so much (you can see it in these pics as as a little dark spot on my finger)
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We asked him if he could lower the setting but he basically said he couldn't do it without doing a chop shop job and even then could only probably get it 1mm lower and didn't even promise that.... so we didn't know what to do. He offered to give us a refund if I couldn't live with the height the way it was, so we decided to take him up on it... and now this.... We decided to leave the pink sapphire off of the side of the ring this time because it just caused too many design issues... it would stick out too much, etc... so we put it on the inside of the shank
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Date: 7/24/2009 5:31:57 PM
Author: ericad
One side of the shank looks thicker than the other side. More metal between the stones and finger. That would drive me bonkers.
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Ditto.
 
Without reading any of the posts here, it looks like the metal shank on the left is thicker than it is on the right, unless it is just pressed into the skin more on the right.
 
Date: 7/24/2009 8:15:17 PM
Author: Moh 10
Without reading any of the posts here, it looks like the metal shank on the left is thicker than it is on the right, unless it is just pressed into the skin more on the right.
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You got it. That's exactly what is wrong with it. I even flipped the ring around and you could see the thinness from both sides! The crazy part is I showed these same pictures to the jeweler and even after he received the ring to look at in person said it was only 2/10 of a millimeter off????? How would I be able to see that by just looking at it on my finger???? My vision is not that great and you surely don't need a loupe to spot what is wrong. I'm not feeling good about them attempting to "fix" it. I think it should have been redone.
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We'll see how it turns out...
 
Date: 7/24/2009 7:51:37 PM
Author: vgirl17
Date: 7/24/2009 7:35:58 PM

Author: swingirl

What happened to your setting with the pink surprise stone? Didn't you have that one made this past April?
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Yes ... I'm cursed.... I really liked that ring and REALLY tried to get used to how tall it stood (If you recall in my first post I guestimated that it was 9mm tall!) Well it was actually 9.44mm tall. We had told him immediately when we first saw it that we thought it was much too high, so he told me to just give it a try for a while to see if I got used to it and if not then to come back and see him.... well I gave it a few weeks and thought, 'well it's so pretty and well made maybe I can just get used to the height of it...' well it continued to bug me and I went back to tell him that I couldn't get used to how tall it was. I would bang it a lot and I actually have a little scar on my finger from the pink sapphire on the side from banging it so much (you can see it in these pics as as a little dark spot on my finger)
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We asked him if he could lower the setting but he basically said he couldn't do it without doing a chop shop job and even then could only probably get it 1mm lower and didn't even promise that.... so we didn't know what to do. He offered to give us a refund if I couldn't live with the height the way it was, so we decided to take him up on it... and now this.... We decided to leave the pink sapphire off of the side of the ring this time because it just caused too many design issues... it would stick out too much, etc... so we put it on the inside of the shank
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So you used the same jeweler? Isn't it someone in SF (Ben at Kim Yen Jewelers, S.F. Jewelry Center)? Why do you consider him a trusted PS vendor? I've never heard of him and I've been on PS for several years and live in the Bay Area. His workmanship doesn't look so good.
 
Date: 7/24/2009 11:07:23 PM
Author: swingirl


Date: 7/24/2009 7:51:37 PM
Author: vgirl17


Date: 7/24/2009 7:35:58 PM

Author: swingirl

What happened to your setting with the pink surprise stone? Didn't you have that one made this past April?
Click to expand...

Yes ... I'm cursed.... I really liked that ring and REALLY tried to get used to how tall it stood (If you recall in my first post I guestimated that it was 9mm tall!) Well it was actually 9.44mm tall. We had told him immediately when we first saw it that we thought it was much too high, so he told me to just give it a try for a while to see if I got used to it and if not then to come back and see him.... well I gave it a few weeks and thought, 'well it's so pretty and well made maybe I can just get used to the height of it...' well it continued to bug me and I went back to tell him that I couldn't get used to how tall it was. I would bang it a lot and I actually have a little scar on my finger from the pink sapphire on the side from banging it so much (you can see it in these pics as as a little dark spot on my finger)
40.gif
We asked him if he could lower the setting but he basically said he couldn't do it without doing a chop shop job and even then could only probably get it 1mm lower and didn't even promise that.... so we didn't know what to do. He offered to give us a refund if I couldn't live with the height the way it was, so we decided to take him up on it... and now this.... We decided to leave the pink sapphire off of the side of the ring this time because it just caused too many design issues... it would stick out too much, etc... so we put it on the inside of the shank
3.gif
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So you used the same jeweler? Isn't it someone in SF (Ben at Kim Yen Jewelers, S.F. Jewelry Center)? Why do you consider him a trusted PS vendor? I've never heard of him and I've been on PS for several years and live in the Bay Area. His workmanship doesn't look so good.
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No, we didn't use the same jeweler. Ben didn't make this ring. He wasn't able to use CADS so we didn't want to chance not seeing the ring first before having it made so we used someone who could.
 
Having followed your past threads re: your cushion search & custom setting woes, I''ll hazard a guess here; have you considered the possibility that perhaps you are just hard to please? A perfectionist?
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While the difference in thickness is visible from the enlarged pictures, is it really THAT obvious IRL?
No offense but I''d go bonkers if I were your jeweler...
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This is what I would expect the fishtail pave(?) to look like.

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The stones and the scallops are very consistent.

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Please don''t throw rocks at me but are you asking too much from your jeweller? Was the ring cast or hand made? I''m not sure I would be able to pick out the "flaw" in person.
 
Date: 7/24/2009 5:16:23 PM
Author:vgirl17
...or do I just have REALLY good vision????
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I saw the flaw right away, without having to page down and find the answer. If you paid a lot for it, I would get it fixed. That would drive me bonkers if I paid a great deal for it. I had a similar issue with a platinum scatter band and the jeweler made the whole piece over.
 
Date: 7/25/2009 3:16:17 PM
Author: tourmaline_lover
Date: 7/24/2009 5:16:23 PM

Author:vgirl17

...or do I just have REALLY good vision????
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I saw the flaw right away, without having to page down and find the answer. If you paid a lot for it, I would get it fixed. That would drive me bonkers if I paid a great deal for it. I had a similar issue with a platinum scatter band and the jeweler made the whole piece over.
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the thickness difference was obvious to me right away also.
 
I disagree with the 2 posters who said you are being too picky.

You deserve perfection, or at least closer to it! I looks like it will be a stunning ring when all is said and done!! Though I am surprised they said they would "fix" it, I would have thought they would start from scratch as well.
 
I saw one side was thicker than the other too. That has to be more than 2/10ths of a millimeter off.
 
wow, that flaw is totally obvious and would drive me crazy, too. i''m surprised it passed quality control. i don''t think you''re being too picky at all. the jeweler really should fix that.
 
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