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<p>[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 5671109, member: 5515"]Jeff great question. I think the bigger question is this:</p><p><br /></p><p>Are you willing to research, to list items, to ship items, and to wait wait wait for the right seller to come along who will pay a premium above scrap value? There's no easy answer here, but that's the reality of your question. Selling above scrap requires knowledge, patience, and determination to run your own mini business for awhile. Even once you've done the research and found which items in you collection could command a higher price, you have to take the photos, create a nice listing description, prepare the item or items for shipping etc. And at the end of that long journey, there's always a small chance that the person will claim the item was damaged during shipping or they just didn't like the item and they want to return it for a full refund.</p><p><br /></p><p>Sorry if that sounds discouraging, but this is the reality of anything you want to do with silver above the price of scrap. Personally, I get a great thrill out of selling items above the scrap price, but it doesn't come free...[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="MrNate, post: 5671109, member: 5515"]Jeff great question. I think the bigger question is this: Are you willing to research, to list items, to ship items, and to wait wait wait for the right seller to come along who will pay a premium above scrap value? There's no easy answer here, but that's the reality of your question. Selling above scrap requires knowledge, patience, and determination to run your own mini business for awhile. Even once you've done the research and found which items in you collection could command a higher price, you have to take the photos, create a nice listing description, prepare the item or items for shipping etc. And at the end of that long journey, there's always a small chance that the person will claim the item was damaged during shipping or they just didn't like the item and they want to return it for a full refund. Sorry if that sounds discouraging, but this is the reality of anything you want to do with silver above the price of scrap. Personally, I get a great thrill out of selling items above the scrap price, but it doesn't come free...[/QUOTE]
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