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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Conder101, post: 390193, member: 66&quot;]Well I&#039;m not sure I fully understand your example but . . .</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>OK, you paid $361 plus shipping.&nbsp; Apparently&nbsp; from later comments you are in at a total of $370.&nbsp; You say if it is an XF or an AU you are into it way too high and you will apparently try to send it back for a refund.&nbsp; This will cost you return shipping so youwill show a loss of $18.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Assuming you can find someone willing to buy it raw as an Unc at graysheet.&nbsp; Considering the risk if it didn&#039;t come back as Unc and the dealers expense of having to get it slabbed you may find getting that kind of an offer difficult.&nbsp; Even if they do feel it is Unc, with the expense of having it slabbed they may only offer $380 to $390.&nbsp; You make $10 to $20.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This I&#039;m not sure I follow.&nbsp; If you send it in for grading you are now into it around the $390 level, and the AU quote is $300.&nbsp; (for a 58 not a 55)&nbsp; Sounds like a $90 loss not a break even.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Once again I don&#039;t follow.&nbsp; If it comes back a 60 you&#039;re into it at $390 and sheet is at $415.&nbsp; How does this translate into a $70 - $150 profit?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Could be, I don&#039;t know what&nbsp; 62 sheet is so I don&#039;t know how well you will do.&nbsp; And as the saying goes, &quot;Sometimes even a blind pig finds an acorn.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Then we have to consider what happens if it happens to come back bodybagged for cleaning or a problem (that either you missed, or they imagined).&nbsp; You are into it at $390 and it&#039;s now maybe worth XF money.&nbsp; You&nbsp; have a $105 loss.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if it just happens to come back &quot;questionable authenticity&quot; you&#039;re into it at $390 and it is worth bullion, currently about $230 for a loss of $160.</p><p><br /></p><p>So as I see it unless you happen to luck into a 62 or better you are looking at a potential upside of $15 -$25 versus a potential downside of $18 - $160 dollars.&nbsp; And you are going to have to win 6 to 9 times for every loss (other than immediate returns which only require a two to one win ratio) to come out significantly ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>And if the picture you posted is what you are working from I would really be concerned.&nbsp; I can&#039;t see how you can tell anything or come to any conclusions from that picture.&nbsp; If I was bidding based on it I would not go higher than XF money.&nbsp; Too much downside risk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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