Youngmogul said:
Its not the idea of "faking" the pins... And the amount of money someone has is irrelevant. Let me ask a question, What would be the difference in me electroplating pins then selling them for what the market will bear, and another guy selling them without giving any knowledge about them other than they came from a computer? Just because I took the added step in re-plating them, ADDING GOLD TO THEM, before I sold them, How am I now "unethical"?
I am not deceiving ANYONE. Its clearly stated on numerous places on the forum that pins bear different amounts of gold. Just because I take some not so shiny ones, and make them shine more...
It sounds more like you would want to take a dirty batch of pins and polish them and resell them rather than replate them.Polishing them you could do in a tumbler with media and then use a screen to sift and then resell them.
To reelectroplate them there are numerous variables you would have to keep track of.
1. Cleaning the pins in an acid solution for the new gold to adhere properly.
A. Cleaning the contaminants from the dirty pins that go into soultion.
B. Keeping PH adjusted properly.
C. Keeping temperature in check.
D. Keeping your voltage and amperage in check if it is included in your process.
2. I might be wrong about this but you will possibly have to plate them with a new material like nickle to give a good even coat for the new gold to stick to and have the quality you are desireing to sell.
A. Cleaning the contaminants that go into soultion.
B. Keeping PH adjusted properly.
C. Keeping temperature in check.
D. Keeping your voltage and amperage in check in your process.
E. Develope a saturated solution of nickle to plate onto the pins.
F. You would have to have a supply of new nickle feeding the solution to keep the concentration consistant.
G. you will probably have to set up a tumbler cell to acomplish this and get an even coat on the pins.
H. You will have to keep track of your plating time to keep your thickness consistant.
3. You now have you gold plating solution that you will have to do the same things to.
A. Cleaning the contaminants that go into soultion.
B. Keeping PH adjusted properly.
C. Keeping temperature in check.
D. Keeping your voltage and amperage in check in your process.
E. Develope a saturated solution of nickle to plate onto the pins.
F. You would have to have a supply of new nickle feeding the solution to keep the concentration consistant.
G. you will probably have to set up a tumbler cell to acomplish this and get an even coat on the pins.
H. You will have to keep track of your plating time to keep your thickness consistant.
4. And finally you have your cleaning solution.
Quetion do you know anything about electrical, chemicals, metals, pumps, PH, piping?
Or you could go on Youtube and do a search under plating videos and order one of the kits that are shown for sale and hope the SHIT sticks to your pins. And then you can put them on Ebay and sell them. see how long you last there when people start giving negative feed back about you.
Have you never bought a crummy looking car from a private owner, then cleaned it up a bit, then re-sold it for a profit? SAME THING
Bought a struggling business, turned it around, then sold it for a profit? SAME THING
Bought a house that looked like crap, fixed it then flipped it? SAME THING
Would this be like advertising that you sell hamburgers with 100% Angus Beef. When in realtiy you use Angus in your 3/4lb & 1/2lb burgers, and then use a Herford/Jersey mix for the kids patties because they will not know the diffrence?
All the things mentioned have the same theory, an item was sold for a profit, because someone had the skill-set required to "guild" the item while it was in their possession.
My business experience to date:
I own 3 Major fast food franchises, A 100% organic Cattle company, 2 seperate little league organizations, Founder and operations manager of well respected Non-Profit endowment, Real-Estate Broker/Investor... MBA from Wharton School of Finance.
To acomplish this by the age of 24 is an acomplishment! The food franchises what are they part of a family owned organization that has been developed over a period of years?
Organic Cattle. What is this making sure the alfalfa dosen't have any aflatoxin in it? Making sure there are no weed killers used in their feed? No groth hormones? no antibiotics? And a non profit endowment, I'm glad you give something back to your community. Real-Estate broker/investor, So you had to work with someone to recieve your license unless one is not required where you are at. And the Warton school of Finance is impressive as well. Do they teach you about integrity in that school? These are a lot of very fine accomplishments to hang on your shoulders for a gentelman of your age. I whish you luck and prosperity thru the rest of your life.