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Selling It Yourself Online vs. Selling to Us
You will get a higher headline price online. Whether you keep it is a different question — and we sell on eBay ourselves, so this is not a guess.
No appointment needed. No obligation to sell.
Live metal market
This is the market your offer is calculated against — not a chart printed last week. Your items are tested and weighed at the counter, and the arithmetic is done in front of you.
Fort Lauderdale
3562 N Ocean Blvd, Suite B
Galt Ocean Mile
Hollywood
Second Broward counter
Same testing, same pricing
Side by side
| Category | Selling to us | Selling It Yourself Online |
|---|---|---|
| Headline price | A buyer's price | Retail. Online wins here |
| Fees | None | Platform and payment fees off the top |
| Shipping and insurance | None | Yours to arrange and pay for |
| Time | Twenty minutes | Listing, questions, packing, waiting |
| Chargeback risk | None | Real, and precious metals are a known target |
| Certainty | Cash today | It might not sell |
| Best for | Scrap, mixed lots, anything valued by weight | Collectible or branded pieces. Online wins here |
Every row marked “wins here” is a genuine advantage of the alternative. A comparison table that gives the other side nothing is not a comparison, it is an advertisement.
Our view
The honest verdict
For a collectible coin or a branded piece with a following, selling it yourself will usually net more and we would tell you so — we have sold 87,000 items on eBay and know exactly what it takes. For scrap and mixed metal valued by weight, the fees and the hours will eat the difference.
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Bring it in, or send a few photos first. Either way you get a real figure and no pressure to take it.
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