I see Scottsdale Silver posting auctions on E-bay. So they have one for 10, 5 gram bars. I'm thinking it might be good to have some of these small sizes for spending when the SHTF. 50 grams of silver is about 1.6 t oz. I set my max bid at $60 (which is already overpaying), but some idiot bids over $90 for them. I figure he paid about $56 an oz. Needless to say, I let him have them.
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Between this and seller fraud, most people will tell you to sell on Ebay and buy elsewhere. I know several people that look for deals online, at LCS, and coin shows and turn around and sell them overpriced on Ebay.
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Frankly- I am clueless as to how to sell. I am great at buying. I need to sharpen my sell skills.
I tried to sell some coins to 3 vendors all were so spotty it is a no go. They seem to insist that you are a previous customer and want only THEIR stuff. Sloppy SLOPPY.
I tried to sell some coins to 3 vendors all were so spotty it is a no go. They seem to insist that you are a previous customer and want only THEIR stuff. Sloppy SLOPPY.
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They way I've heard it, eBay stacks the deck against sellers and makes it easy for buyers to screw them. I've heard the exact opposite advice - buy if you can find a bargain, but sell local.
It does depend on where you are able to sell locally. My LCS buys everything back below spot: bars, Eagles, you name it. At those prices I may as well at least sell to an online dealer like APMEX.
white&yellow999
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Yes that is quite a premium, but considering that they are selling on Scottsdales website for $9.30 each, he saved himself (currently) 30 cents each it sounds like. If you want to verify heres the link.
http://store.scottsdalesilver.com/product/82/5-Gram-Silver-Bar-by-Scottsdale---Series-2
They are cool bars, it just sucks how much of a premium they go for.