I just came back from the most beautiful jewelry store. They moved across the street and I wanted to buy half the store. Anyway I digress. I showed the jeweler the ring. First he said it looked like silver, then he looked at the stamp and said, yes it is silver.
Then he said that it looked like it has been sized, he can see the soldering.
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So...let me get this straight - in your original post you said the first jeweler said he couldn't size the ring because it was stainless steel? Now the second jeweler is saying it IS sterling silver and it's been sized because he can see the soldering??? So...the first jeweler sized it for FREE??? (Not going to happen, period.)
Nothing about this entire story makes any sense at all.
Dear Venzia: I am sorry you cannot follow my story. No, it was not sized for free. When did I say that? He said he couldnt size it but what able to do something to enlarge "just for me". I am seeking help here but if you do not like my experience, then just don't post or read any more.
I'm glad you got an answer about your ring. I have to agree with some of the other posters. QVC is a large retailer and they cannot afford to sell something as one thing if it is not what they say it is. There would be major legal trouble for them if they did so. Jewelers, on the other hand, may or may not know what they are talking about.
Some definitely DO have an agenda which is troubling. Years ago I took my watch in to have a jeweler check the battery. He turned around with it -- and I couldn't tell what he was doing, but less than two seconds later, turned back around and said "It's not the battery. It's the watch. We have some nice watches here in the case....." I took it elsewhere, and it was confirmed it only needed a new battery.
I still remember the name of that first jewelry store and have never darkened their doors again and have nothing good to say about them. Jewelers have a lot less to lose from not telling the truth than QVC.
I hear ya about local jewelers. A couple of years ago, my beloved cat passed away, and I had a heart shaped pendant that I wanted to have his name engraved on.
I took it to a local jeweler who did engraving, and first they told me that the engraver was on vacation, but that he would be back in two weeks.
Two weeks later, went back, was told that he would be back in a week.
Went back one week later, was told that he'd be back a three days.
Three days later, I was told that he was on lunch, be back in the afternoon.
At this point, I was beyond frustrated.
I did not scream, or yell, or cuss, or swear.
I calmly said, "All I want is to have the name of my dead cat engraved on it."
Later that day, my pendant was ready.
No discount was offered for my inconvenience.
I'm so sorry you had that trouble, Yuban! As someone who's passionate about animals I'm also so very sorry for your loss and think it was wonderful to have a heart engraved with your furbaby's name on it. 
What a ridiculous chain of events, though! Makes you wonder, doesn't it?
