@countessalmirena wrote:
I would stress again โ and again โ that nobody is selling silver or gold, etc., at lower than its market index price.
The reason for one buying silver items online from various eBay sellers (often overseas) must be price. Thereโs a mindset that has itself firmly convinced that one can snap up wonderful genuine silver bargains in this way.
I think this is so true of many items that are sold on ebay. I think back in the early days, there was definitely a mindset that you could snap up things on ebay quite cheaply at times.
That mindset has continued to some extent but people need to remember that back at the start, most items were listed by mum & dad sellers who were clearing out a few bits and pieces from around their homes. It's perfectly possible for people like that to have no idea of the value of some of their items. In fact, I am convinced of it. It can go in both directions. Someone may price an article too low in that scenario and a buyer may pick up a bit of a bargain.
Casual sellers can also set their items unrealistically high. I've seen that too, especially on marketplace.
But ebay now is a place where most items, including jewellery, are being listed by medium sized businesses. Not your casual, hapless home seller. It is very unlikely a regular jewellery business is not going to be aware of the market price for silver, or is going to sell it at a great loss. That's wishful thinking.
Cynfran might be better off at regular jewellers where she can see the goods in person or else looking at the second hand items put up by casual sellers, although she would need to have a bit of an idea of market prices to know if something was a good deal or not.
