FH purchased my E-ring at Sam's Club and we both purchased our bands last weekend from Kay Jewelers. We were talking to FMIL about our bands and she got all bent out of shape that we purchased from Kay, as she said that she has read several articles about Kay swapping out diamonds for lower quality or smaller diamonds when people send them in for resizing, soldering, etc. I recall seeing an article about this some time back. Has anyone ever had any experiences with this?
I am going to have to send my band in for resizing before the wedding, and after the wedding I am going to be sending both in to have them soldered together and now FMIL has me really nervous. We have received appraisals from Kay on our bands, and I have an appraisal from a local jeweler for my E-ring. I was wondering if I should have our bands appraised by the local jeweler as well, and if that would do anything to protect us in the event that something did happen with any of my diamonds?