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<p>[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 201408, member: 51"]<i>Current melt price - $22.83 - <a href="http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/ster_calculator.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/ster_calculator.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/ster_calculator.aspx</a> </i></p><p><i><br /></i></p><p>So maybe buying it at $20.49 means buyer gets a few bucks profit as melt down. That's what is going on.</p><p><br /></p><p>With the replacements price at $79.99, thinking I should just raise my price and let it sit until someone wants to augment a set. </p><p><br /></p><p>I also think Terry's point is good. Don't be in a hurry if you want to make money for something like a replacement. Maybe will sell for $35. I'm raising the price.</p><p><br /></p><p>(True, I have no control over what a buyer does with it, but if they are advertising they are going to melt it, and I would rather not have it melted, I do have control over that by keeping the price above scrap melt.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If it was dented, chipped, damaged in anyway, I wouldn't give it a 2nd thought. It is in perfect shape. Someone down the line might enjoy augmenting a set. There are only so many of these out there.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks to everyone![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Lucille.b, post: 201408, member: 51"][I]Current melt price - $22.83 - [URL]http://www.silverrecyclers.com/Calculators/ster_calculator.aspx[/URL] [/I] So maybe buying it at $20.49 means buyer gets a few bucks profit as melt down. That's what is going on. With the replacements price at $79.99, thinking I should just raise my price and let it sit until someone wants to augment a set. I also think Terry's point is good. Don't be in a hurry if you want to make money for something like a replacement. Maybe will sell for $35. I'm raising the price. (True, I have no control over what a buyer does with it, but if they are advertising they are going to melt it, and I would rather not have it melted, I do have control over that by keeping the price above scrap melt.) If it was dented, chipped, damaged in anyway, I wouldn't give it a 2nd thought. It is in perfect shape. Someone down the line might enjoy augmenting a set. There are only so many of these out there. Thanks to everyone![/QUOTE]
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