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<p>[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1068991, member: 16269"]I'm not going to pretend that there isn't potential to make money even at my offer. I could recoup my investment with a little profit by making the effort to search each and every coin for varieties and grades. If I spent a little more time to sell each coin on ebay, I could make a lot more money but then the time investment becomes a factor. </p><p><br /></p><p>For $3,000 I would get a nice varied collection which I would be happy to own plus there is a lot in there that I could give away (in contests or whatever) that are interesting but don't have a lot of value or it's nothing I'm interested in. </p><p><br /></p><p>The point I was making in the original post was that the sister was being taken advantage of. She could sell the silver for scrap and have $2,000 or more just by walking into the major dealer here in the city. The guys who low-balled her were rude to her, told her all the stuff was junk and basically, they would be doing her a favor by taking it off her hands. I'm familiar with one of the dealers who gave her a quote and I know his reputation (not good). How he manages to stay in business is beyond me.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ikandiggit, post: 1068991, member: 16269"]I'm not going to pretend that there isn't potential to make money even at my offer. I could recoup my investment with a little profit by making the effort to search each and every coin for varieties and grades. If I spent a little more time to sell each coin on ebay, I could make a lot more money but then the time investment becomes a factor. For $3,000 I would get a nice varied collection which I would be happy to own plus there is a lot in there that I could give away (in contests or whatever) that are interesting but don't have a lot of value or it's nothing I'm interested in. The point I was making in the original post was that the sister was being taken advantage of. She could sell the silver for scrap and have $2,000 or more just by walking into the major dealer here in the city. The guys who low-balled her were rude to her, told her all the stuff was junk and basically, they would be doing her a favor by taking it off her hands. I'm familiar with one of the dealers who gave her a quote and I know his reputation (not good). How he manages to stay in business is beyond me.[/QUOTE]
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