Vanessa wrote:

I first called a nearby jewelry store I found in the phone book before
asking you.

The guy who answered the phone said it would cost "only $40" (which is
more than I paid for the Wenger scuba dive watch at CostCo).

I asked what he based that fee upon and he said it would take 20
minutes and he gets $120 an hour to fix watches so his estimate was $40
dollars to adjust the steel band.

After that, I didn't call anyone else as it was clear it would cost
more than the watch to have the band adjusted.

nah that's total rubbish, he just doesn't want to do your watch so he
quotes a ridiculous price, just ask around its only a 5-10 minute job
for someone with the right tools.

I would hate to take a battery job to that guy, he would probably charge
$40 for a battery swap and no pressure test.

anyway the point is the tool is about $20, if you have a few bands to do
good, but if you only have one band it's a bit of a waste, it shouldn't
cost more than $10 to resize the band.