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<p>[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 1698808, member: 10944"]I’m a little mixed on this. If it were a tag sale and I bought this for $2 I would probably buy it and then send them $50 or $100 in the mail later and say I found out it was worth more. Maybe I wouldn’t actually do that but I think I might. Thrift store I wouldn’t hesitate. Thrift store I sometimes point out if something is silver if I’m not going to buy it and they missed it... I found a nice wedding band metal detecting the other day. I’m having mixed feelings on what to do. I want to post a lost and found posting locally. If someone by chance actually replied I don’t know if I would want to give it back free though. Since we are on the subject would it be wrong to ask for the melt value for it? If I lost my wedding band I would be very happy to pay the melt value to get if back. Obviously they would have paid way more for it new and it would have lots of sentimental value probably. I would feel kinda sleazy asking for something for it but at the same time I put a lot of time and effort into finding it. Any thoughts?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edit: absolutely nothing against you or anyone who decides to do whatever they do in this situation. It’s all of our goal to buy for as low as we can and sell for as high as we can in the long run.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="J Dagger, post: 1698808, member: 10944"]I’m a little mixed on this. If it were a tag sale and I bought this for $2 I would probably buy it and then send them $50 or $100 in the mail later and say I found out it was worth more. Maybe I wouldn’t actually do that but I think I might. Thrift store I wouldn’t hesitate. Thrift store I sometimes point out if something is silver if I’m not going to buy it and they missed it... I found a nice wedding band metal detecting the other day. I’m having mixed feelings on what to do. I want to post a lost and found posting locally. If someone by chance actually replied I don’t know if I would want to give it back free though. Since we are on the subject would it be wrong to ask for the melt value for it? If I lost my wedding band I would be very happy to pay the melt value to get if back. Obviously they would have paid way more for it new and it would have lots of sentimental value probably. I would feel kinda sleazy asking for something for it but at the same time I put a lot of time and effort into finding it. Any thoughts? Edit: absolutely nothing against you or anyone who decides to do whatever they do in this situation. It’s all of our goal to buy for as low as we can and sell for as high as we can in the long run.[/QUOTE]
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