mikeinkaty
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Here is some things you need to do if you do obtain some items:
1) Start a computer file or folder of successful purchases. Date, auction number, who from, cost, shipping, weight, and copy-paste the sellers pics to your computer.
2) When received, check items and total weight against sellers listing.
3) Acid test and magnet test each item. Doubtful you can get your money back if they don't test up to par but at least you can black-list that seller.
4) Suggest that you keep items from each auction in the original package along with paper work.
5) If you plan to melt then remove everything not Sterling, cut them into pieces, and return to original package.
6) If you make cornflakes then keep them in a container with the original auction number and weight on it. You can do another acid test on a few of the cornflakes to see if they stand up to the original test. It's easy to miss problems like some items having just a thick sterling plating with lower silver content inside.
7) If everything checks out, then label the items or cornflakes as ready for refining or for whatever you plan later.
I make a folder on my hard drive for each eBay auction. I keep everything pertaining to an auction in its respective folder. My silver test solution has just arrived and I'm now starting to test each auction batch of cornflakes. In the future I will also be testing before melting.
Mike
ps- If you plan to make a lot of profit this way then forget it UNLESS you think the spot price for silver is going to increase in the future. Many ebay buyers are currently paying pure silver prices on the Sterling weight as if the Sterling was pure silver.
1) Start a computer file or folder of successful purchases. Date, auction number, who from, cost, shipping, weight, and copy-paste the sellers pics to your computer.
2) When received, check items and total weight against sellers listing.
3) Acid test and magnet test each item. Doubtful you can get your money back if they don't test up to par but at least you can black-list that seller.
4) Suggest that you keep items from each auction in the original package along with paper work.
5) If you plan to melt then remove everything not Sterling, cut them into pieces, and return to original package.
6) If you make cornflakes then keep them in a container with the original auction number and weight on it. You can do another acid test on a few of the cornflakes to see if they stand up to the original test. It's easy to miss problems like some items having just a thick sterling plating with lower silver content inside.
7) If everything checks out, then label the items or cornflakes as ready for refining or for whatever you plan later.
I make a folder on my hard drive for each eBay auction. I keep everything pertaining to an auction in its respective folder. My silver test solution has just arrived and I'm now starting to test each auction batch of cornflakes. In the future I will also be testing before melting.
Mike
ps- If you plan to make a lot of profit this way then forget it UNLESS you think the spot price for silver is going to increase in the future. Many ebay buyers are currently paying pure silver prices on the Sterling weight as if the Sterling was pure silver.