27 Jun
2006
27 Jun
'06
1:40 a.m.
--- C Fernandez <fernande at internet1.net> wrote:
Jules,
If you have some idea on the gold value, make your
opening bid slightly
higher, and hope for at least one bidder. The gold
scrappers are in it
for the money..... if they can't make any money
buying your card, they
won't bid.
This assumes they have the experience to judge the
value correctly. I've watched several bidders snap up
circuit boards for much more than their gold value,
but who were obviously scrappers -- their feedback
history showed gold jewelry, coins, reclamation
chemicals, how-to books, etc. There are apparently
folks out there who are promoting and selling supplies
for small-scale backyard gold recovery, and the people
who are into this don't necessarily know what they are
doing.
--Bill