Putting the assumption aside that the jeweler providing the setting would most likely get better pricing on better quality melee than I.
It also relieves me of buying extra Incase of breakage/loss
relieves me of time and shipping
Relieves me of the responsibility of the melee not matching. How the heck am I going to be able to tell that 25 tiny stones match when they are loose? But I sure would be able to tell after they are mounted.
It was fun for me to do so on OEC 20pointers. It would not be fun for me to do on 1pointers.
If you find it fun - that’s individuality at it’s best.
I would start at a place like this before blindly contacting out of country (for me) places without a prior relationship or a good friend with that relationship.