# Selling barely used jewelry : pawn , consignment , ebay, craigslist ?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 4, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-barely-used-jewelry-pawn-consignment-ebay-craigslist/288433 "2005-02-04T21:38:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-barely-used-jewelry-pawn-consignment-ebay-craigslist/288433/1 "2005-02-04T21:38:48Z")

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What’s the best way to dump some barely used jewelry? More sepcifically, it’s an engagement and wedding ring from several years ago that I haven’t bothered to do anything about.

I could use some cash and I’d like to be done with it in about a month. I have no idea how long a consignment may take, so I’m not so hot on that idea.

How much can I expect to get for it (as a percentage of its original retail value)?

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**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/selling-barely-used-jewelry-pawn-consignment-ebay-craigslist/288433/2 "2005-02-04T22:14:14Z")

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Well, I think with consignment, or those Items into Cash places, you might get 25% of retail.

You could do better on e-bay, particularly if you have an appraisal.