The ring was bought in 2003 at a sale price of £1350. Its a yellow gold 3 diamond ring which I no longer wear and wish to sell. At local pawn shops I have only been offered £300 which I was dissapointed with because its worth so much more than that. I would not really like to sell it on ebay but I need to know realisatically how much I can expect to get for it. I still have the box and a life time of free cleaning.
2007-01-09 21:02:34 · 15 answers · asked by emmasaint2002 1 in Family & Relationships ➔ Weddings
Go into a Jewellers that sells second hand rings. You should get the best price there, especially if you are willing to put in part exchange for something else.
2007-01-10 04:40:21 · answer #1 · answered by FUGAZI 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that Ebay would be your best option because you will have a much bigger audience than a local paper. You could set a reserve on the ring so that it wont fetch less than what you've been offered, but it wont sell if you're unrealistic.
The problem is that you wont get the money back that he paid for it, but on the brighter side, he paid for it, not you, so you'll still be £300 better of for selling it quickly.
You could try a dealer in jewellery, they might offer you more, but at the end of the day, all they will be interested in is their profit margins.
2007-01-09 21:13:55 · answer #2 · answered by Emily 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Auction is probably best as you are generally selling to the 'end user' so no one else to make a profit on the price (like a jeweller shop) You could try a big auction house for an estimate (Christies. Phillips or Sothebys) you could e-mail them with a picture for a rough idea (though much better to take in person - all these places have regional sales, look on yell.com) then you'll have an idea and can either sell it via them or use that figure or thereabouts as your reserve price on ebay
2007-01-09 21:17:29 · answer #3 · answered by Em 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THIS is one possible solution for you to think about? if youre not getting the price you think its worth,why not go to a jewelers, have the ring melted down, which some jewelers will do, and either have another ring made out of it, a charm bracelet, ear-rings anything,at least youre still getting/keeping the value of the ring, but adorning it in a different way? failing that give it back to him, and move on, moneys not everything as you know, else you wouldnt be parting with an engagement ring? one more thing,if the ring was worth say £80.00-£100.00 what would you do then,thrown it back at him no doubt??
2007-01-09 23:38:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sell on ebay but kepp a reserve of what you really expect to get.
2007-01-09 21:14:38 · answer #5 · answered by RACHEL FEV 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would reconsider ebay if I were you. Jewellery seems to go pretty well there. You can always set a reserve on it.
Sorry to here things didn't work out how you planned.
2007-01-09 21:10:43 · answer #6 · answered by gerrifriend 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Any of the known public sale web pages. in case you reside in a city that has an public sale abode (like Bonham & Butterfields), they could be drawn to which includes your jewelry of their catalog auctions.
2016-10-06 22:37:30 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Run an add in the Newspaper and add to the price so you will have leadway in the buyer as to what they want to pay. Say you want a $1000.00 dollars, ask 1500.00 and you can drop to what you want to and the buyer will think that they have gotten a deal from you and then you will get what you wanted in the first place.
2007-01-09 21:13:42 · answer #8 · answered by Ex Head 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Definately try ebay with a good reserve!
2007-01-13 20:00:45 · answer #9 · answered by ஐ♥PinkBoo - TTC #1♥ஐ 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ebay might be the only option love! hope you find a better guy in the future! good luck!
xx
2007-01-09 21:13:59 · answer #10 · answered by pinkjessie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋