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Originally Posted by Bonanza
For many years, I was a huge supplier to Replacements, of china, crystal and flatware.
The way they determine a price is very simple.
Without going into details that may sound confusing, it works this way.
When they have an order from a customer,
for a certain pattern and certain pieces or a set (of anything),
they will offer you a very fair and good price for your items.
However, if they are simply buying because someone has something to sell
and Replacements has no call for it (to resell immediately),
their price is very low.
While the above holds true,
the price of an item can change from one month to another.
In addition, what an owner may think is a perfect specimen
could easily have a 25% (or more) reduction of the current price,
because it is not as perfect as they think.
Since the time the Internet became the preferred way to sell things
and the resale market changed so tremendously,
I sell for myself and my customers on eBay and a couple of other sites.
At least that way, I don't have to drive up to the Carolinas!
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Thanks for sharing this info. - very interesting.
Another option is to try a coin exchange for silver. I recently sold some pricey jewelry to a local one and they gave me a lot more than I had been offered at other places. I noticed that they also bought silverware. So check around.