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[goldenchild]

I dont see how those type of pocket watches could be processed with a cell.

 

[timmadsen]

macfixer01This looked interesting, maybe some additional income from those processing gold plated pocket watches? Not sure if rolled or filled can be adequately processed in a cell to get all the gold? Anyway this Ebay seller in New Jersey is advertising that he will buy the remains of pocket watch cases, AFTER they've already been reverse-electroplated to remove the gold. No idea what he pays, but it says any condition and top dollar paid. I assume that they'd be mainly copper by that point?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/130612647061

macfixer01

I recognize the photo in that listing. I almost bid on an auction with that pictures selling cases, the reason I didn't bid was the picture looked like there wasn't much gold left on the cases. Now maybe someone is just using someone else's photo. ? Or maybe someone wants to buy cheap cases that have had the gold removed and resell them as if they still have gold on them ? hes the link

http://www.ebay.com/itm/SCRAP-GOLD-...2201451?pt=Pocket_Watches&hash=item336ecc186b

if you look at what the guy has been buying he definately is buying gold plated items, so i must assume he is reverse EP them. odd that he wants to buy watch cases that have already been reverse electroplated.

 

[goldenchild]

Those cases always sell at a premium on ebay. I don't even bother going after them on anymore. Knowing that those types of cases go for so much on ebay maybe he plans on electroplating them and reselling on ebay. You can plate many cases with a tiny bit of gold.

 

[macfixer01]

Another wtf? auction. He's selling 3.4 Grams of something gold-looking, nothing to indicate what the karat or percentage is. Spot price is down today but this would still have to be between 15K-16K to be worth $120. I told him he was wasting his time listing it with no indication of the gold content. He told me it was none of my business and called me an A**hole. About what I expected considering his recent feedback.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250947693629

macfixer01

 

[macfixer01]

Those cases always sell at a premium on ebay. I don't even bother going after them on anymore. Knowing that those types of cases go for so much on ebay maybe he plans on electroplating them and reselling on ebay. You can plate many cases with a tiny bit of gold.

Yeah that was the only thing that concerned me is that he might be replating them, except it says any condition? If they're bent or have the spring steel clip broken out for example, they wouldn't be reusable. Maybe he's buying them for copper scrap, and hoping an occasional one may be silver? It's not likely someone stripping old would miss that though. I've pretty much given up on watches too, estimates of the weight proportion of the works and non-gold parts are never that accurate since there is so much variety.

macfixer01

 

[goldenchild]

Yeah that was the only thing that concerned me is that he might be replating them, except it says any condition? If they're bent or have the spring steel clip broken out for example, they wouldn't be reusable.

macfixer01

I believe watch cases on ebay are actually being bought more for scrapping than resell. So bent and missing pieces wouldnt make a difference. I also think that the cases go for so much because of ignorance. Some may know that these cases contain more gold than the more typical gold filled scrap and so the bidding wars ensue. Another case of knowing just enough to be dangerous.

 

[patnor1011]

I know that there are crazy people out there on ebay sometimes. This auction however feels like insult to mankind. :lol: :lol: :evil:
Price of gold (as I am typing this) is 55$/1 gram (or 35.12£)

 

[goldenchild]

 

[kuma]

Bwaahahahahaha!!! :lol: (I'm sorry but I couldnt resist , that's brilliant!! :mrgreen: )

 

[Smack]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-LBS-1-OZ-COMPUTER-FINGERS-SCRAP-PROCESSING-/110791317081?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cbad5659

Fingers? I think not.

 

[glondor]

RE: Fingers>>>>>>>> By Ebay standards that is actually a good price. They are $100 + per pound usually on Ebay. Still overpriced though...

 

[jimdoc]

RE: Fingers>>>>>>>> By Ebay standards that is actually a good price. They are $100 + per pound usually on Ebay. Still overpriced though...

Did you check the picture?

Jim

 

[Aristo]

Someone will be getting the finger alright. :x

 

[glondor]

Hmmm I see they are quite uniform. I cannot tell from the picture what exactly they are from. The photo is not that great. Please advise otherwise if you know what they are.

 

[jimdoc]

They look like they may not have any gold at all to me. It is hard to tell with that photo, and I think the crappy photo is intentional.

Jim

 

[glondor]

More preprocessed fingers?

 

[qst42know]

I see copper.

Perhaps these were professionally cyanide stripped?

Then sell the remains for big fat eBay bucks.

Defective moral compass I'd guess.

 

[macfixer01]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/3-LBS-1-OZ-COMPUTER-FINGERS-SCRAP-PROCESSING-/110791317081?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19cbad5659

Fingers? I think not.

I noticed this auction too, they appear to be circuit board trimmings from the manufacturing process. They're not fingers in the sense we know them since they're not meant to be contacts. Also the coverage area is smaller and they wouldn't contain as much gold as fingers. Just another potential Ebay ripoff for the unwary.

macfixer01

 

[eeTHr]

They look like small narrow circuit boards, with 3 holes on one end, and a notch on the other.

I looked at the wording again, and I noticed that the seller doesn't say "gold" anywhere. He just says "scrap," and "metal." :?:

 

[niteliteone]

But he does clearly state "gold fingers from motherboards" leading one to beleive they are something they are not.

Oh no not another deceptive feebay seller. :shock:

Tom C.