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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 9423480, member: 5515"]I'm here I'm here and I'm so excited someone else has used the game idea!!!! This listing is really something, and there are many little clues in the photos. My answer is: if I came across this listing, I would start by figuring out how much they want for the entire group. If that total is below $500, I buy it with no additional questions. If the price is above $500, I do the following:</p><p><br /></p><p>1. I pick out maybe 4 or 5 of the pots that look promising to be silver, but I can't see any clue in the photos, and I ask for photos of the bottom of those.</p><p><br /></p><p>2. Then I ask for a few photos of about 10 of the spoons.</p><p><br /></p><p>These photos will either increase my valuation of the listing or decrease it. Then I'd make a judgment call based on those photos.</p><p><br /></p><p>Note: I'm not entirely discounting the spoons, but I do see some chunky ones that could be silverplated, so my $500 valuation is primarily based on the pots. People always underestimate how much silver is in a listing like this, and I think it's very reasonable that there's 2,000 grams of silver just in the pots. </p><p><br /></p><p>And for the record, if they offered to sell me the entire lot for something less than $500.......yeah I'd do that too <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 9423480, member: 5515"]I'm here I'm here and I'm so excited someone else has used the game idea!!!! This listing is really something, and there are many little clues in the photos. My answer is: if I came across this listing, I would start by figuring out how much they want for the entire group. If that total is below $500, I buy it with no additional questions. If the price is above $500, I do the following: 1. I pick out maybe 4 or 5 of the pots that look promising to be silver, but I can't see any clue in the photos, and I ask for photos of the bottom of those. 2. Then I ask for a few photos of about 10 of the spoons. These photos will either increase my valuation of the listing or decrease it. Then I'd make a judgment call based on those photos. Note: I'm not entirely discounting the spoons, but I do see some chunky ones that could be silverplated, so my $500 valuation is primarily based on the pots. People always underestimate how much silver is in a listing like this, and I think it's very reasonable that there's 2,000 grams of silver just in the pots. And for the record, if they offered to sell me the entire lot for something less than $500.......yeah I'd do that too ;)[/QUOTE]
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