How do you price your obscure silver

[Robda1986]

Going to be selling a few 100oz of silver how do you price something that never comes up for sale ie tombstone kilo bar. Battered heavily scratched coins/rounds or is it best just to put them under an auction title? 

[greendragon]

Folk will buy anything if the price is right

for a fast sale , as close to spot as you dare will ensure a quick sale

for the best price , an auction will let the market decide, but takes longer

best of luck

[Robda1986]

Thinking auction for the more specific bits 

[greendragon]

I will be looking for cheap 999 soon to melt

haven't finished the furnace yet though

stackers don't care too much what it looks like as long as the price is right 

[RacerCool]

The base price should be spot, and go from there.

[Leonmarsh]

A tombstone kilo should be 850 minimum find another for less

[Hunter87]

20 hours ago, Robda1986 said:

Going to be selling a few 100oz of silver how do you price something that never comes up for sale ie tombstone kilo bar. Battered heavily scratched coins/rounds or is it best just to put them under an auction title? 

There is currently a £1 selling fee offer on eBay if you qualify for it. Put it on and I’m sure you will get a better price for it than on here.

[greendragon]

24 minutes ago, Hunter87 said:

There is currently a £1 selling fee offer on eBay if you qualify for it. Put it on and I’m sure you will get a better price for it than on here.

I have a business account on ebay, However i dont sell pm's on there except some 925

lots of "item not received " fraud

Just a personal opinion, but i would feel safer selling on here 

[HighlandTiger]

If you price anything more than 20% over spot, unless it is highly collectible, you'll struggle to sell it. 

[Robda1986]

This is the what I'm weighing up at the moment I've got 70+1oz bars. ebay they sell for a minimum of 29each here I'd be lucky to get 24per oz thinking list here first then ebay 2nd in a quantity that'll justify sd and record every parcel I pack label and send out 

[greendragon]

15 hours ago, Robda1986 said:

This is the what I'm weighing up at the moment I've got 70+1oz bars. ebay they sell for a minimum of 29each here I'd be lucky to get 24per oz thinking list here first then ebay 2nd in a quantity that'll justify sd and record every parcel I pack label and send out 

In my opinion, special delivery on its own will not fully protect you.

and sending a larger amount at once both increases the risk and is more tempting to scammers

claiming an item is faulty or not as described triggers an automatic Ebay response

they will issue a postage label to the buyer to post back to you (that they bill you for)

you could receive an empty package in return, but as it is tracked and delivered, you must refund.

you will have paid the scammers to steal your silver (and paid the postage too!)

If you must sell on ebay, sell one piece at a time, lose one coin and you lose all your profits from all your sales,

but lose All your coins in one go, and lose your shirt.

I sell 100+ items a week on Ebay, it's been very good for me

but i am very wary with expensive items

I lose out to 3 or 4 dodgy Ebayers a month, But catch out another 6-7 trying it on ( debit/credit card claw backs, delivery to different address etc)

there is some good information in other threads on the forum regarding Ebay problems to watch out for and ways to protect yourself

I wish you the best whichever route you choose

[DarkChameleon]

On 14/11/2020 at 07:36, greendragon said:

I have a business account on ebay, However i dont sell pm's on there except some 925

lots of "item not received " fraud

Just a personal opinion, but i would feel safer selling on here 

Signed for delivery.

[greendragon]

2 hours ago, DarkChameleon said:

Signed for delivery.

doesn't help i'm afraid

due to covid , signed for items are left on doorstep and signed by the postman as delivered

they then vanish 

[IanS]

eBay and Paypal protect the buyer. They talk about seller protection but it's pretty much non-existent.

As Greendragon said, buyer just needs to return a box with a brick in it and he's off the hook.

If in doubt ebay and paypal (and credit card companies, chargebacks etc) always side with the buyer.