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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;J Dagger, post: 9845131, member: 10944&quot;]The op isn’t talking about low/average/damaged quality scrap holloware and flatware that no modern person wants as a functional item though. They are talking about a presumably small (weight wise) amount of wearable jewelry. Jewelry scrap lots do very well on eBay typically. They often sell well above their spot value. It’s not really scrappers that are buying them usually. It’s often dealers looking to break them up and resell the lots. Op has had a hard time selling the items individually but someone else may be optimistic about their resale potential. Personally I have an easy time moving Taxco jewelry at good prices but maybe ops jewelry for whatever reason isn’t as desirable. Even so job lots of wearable jewelry that also draw scrap eyes tend to do well, especially relative to scrap holloware lots. I do around 8.5k in sales a month on eBay on average over the last 4-5 years so dealing with costumers is just part of it for me. It’s not an issue 99.9% of the time. Customers are used to paying for their own shipping so you have 13% on average eBay fee only to contend with. So if you sell at spot you’re doing better than most refiners will pay. Obviously if it sells over spot which I would bet strongly this lot would then you’re doing better than a refiner. For a small amount of jewelry just driving to a refiner the fuel price will eat into your profits. Plus at the end of the day you’re not melting a bunch of wearable jewelry and you also don’t have to drive anywhere. In my experience unless you’re dealing with literal trash silver you can do better selling lots on eBay. Torn up candle sticks and damaged pieces I can see melting but stuff in good condition (even average quality) for me brings over melt 100% of the time on eBay. Wearable jewelry will far exceed melt in most cases. That’s just my experience though.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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