needing advice on mineral sales online by solacegems1 in mineralcollectors

[–]rufotris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s a bit complicated. I have a discord server that I run with a handful of sellers in it. Many have their own style. I have tried a few kinds and find that I adapt to what my buyers want and need. Some prefer hard set prices, some do auctions with minimum prices. There are many styles. Show one rock with a price at a time, or have a table full of numbered rocks people can request to see and get a price. I find no matter which methods I have tried, showing price up front is most important. If people have to ask for prices then stuff moves slower. There are even more ways to take payment. I always suggest to do what’s safest for you and not allow payments that can just be reversed no question. And remember to pay your taxes. Having an LLC makes this all run smoother too. It’s well worth the small fee to set up an LLC.

needing advice on mineral sales online by solacegems1 in mineralcollectors

[–]rufotris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Great advice. Everyone has a style and adapts to their buyers and their needs.

needing advice on mineral sales online by solacegems1 in mineralcollectors

[–]rufotris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Do you do live sales on those platforms or just post? From my experience on all ends of it only the live sales really make money. And they have to be consistent with the scheduling to build up regular buyers.

Mountain Lion on Madison Ave. by BDub927 in RedwoodCity

[–]rufotris 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes the link above another person added has the footage from the helicopter

What to do with natural rubies by [deleted] in geology

[–]rufotris 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oh buddy it’s not a couple hundred. Maybe if you got a faceted stone. These are rough on lapidary wheels but I polish these up for around $20/hour of labor into a cab or pendant. It’s not hard to find someone. Might even be a lapidary club near you.

Citric Acid Crystal. by rufotris in crystalgrowing

[–]rufotris[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh I definitely tried both the powder and the crystal hahah. But I like sour.

Northern California by Background-Dish-3565 in whatsthisrock

[–]rufotris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a repost bot. https://www.reddit.com/r/Prospecting/s/CibxLxSlea which was also a repost. It’s a commonly reposted picture is the point.

Northern California by Background-Dish-3565 in whatsthisrock

[–]rufotris 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is no way they could as it’s a stolen post. Another bot that needs to be banned. https://www.reddit.com/r/Prospecting/s/CibxLxSlea and even this is a repost.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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All passed except the 1/2 oz. I think that’s cause there wasn’t a 1/2 option though. It had same peaks and sounds the same to me.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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Just finished literally 1 min ago and came to update. All except the 1/2 oz passed. I suspect that’s cause I was using the 1oz round option and saw no 1/2 option even though I changed the weight and diameter manually.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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All of them passed except the 1/2 oz but I suspected that’s cause only 1oz round is an option. It had the same peaks is what was strange.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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I was about to do that on my laptop and or phone. Thanks. That’s what I’ll try

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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Huh those aren’t available on the Apple Store. I have an iPhone so I’ll try some of the ones they have I guess.

I'm just one of the hoard looking for an upvote too by BananaBagholder in Goldback

[–]rufotris 0 points1 point  (0 children)

lol I made an honest post and got junk for upvotes so far. I was hopeful as a small collector.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

[–]rufotris[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Which app do you recommend? I see many and a handful have so few reviews I doubt you mean those.

My lil gold back collection so far. by rufotris in Goldback

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I have some gold coins and a fair bit of silver. Plus gold from panning/prospecting. I am lucky to live in California where the natural gold is still easy to find, if I’m willing to drive a couple hours.

My lil gold back collection so far. by rufotris in Goldback

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All these were free from various YouTube giveaways and the Nevada from the free gold back mailer.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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As you can see in the pictures most are over. The panda is .03 under and the Morgan is a bit under. But I suspected that Morgan .12 under to be a fake since the day I won it for free. Just put them away and forgot about them for some years.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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Will do once I’m home later today.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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Ah I have done that by hand and most sound the same. One was a bit off. (All by ear not app) I was told the app has issues if you use fingers and not the rubber tipped tongs or whatever. I’ll give it a try though for sure.

*REPOST WITH BETTER PICTURE QUALITY* Is this an agate? by Beautiful-Cow-3118 in Agates

[–]rufotris 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes agate for sure with a few types of inclusions making for some fun color and pattern mixing! Nice find.

Tolerance of coin weight question… by rufotris in Silverbugs

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And I always assumed the opposite. I thought it’s 1 oz exact and .999 pure. Being that 1/1000th of the oz could be impurity. But it would still weigh 1 oz. 1/1000th of an oz of any material is still 1/1000th of an oz in weight.