Hi all, it’s been a while since I have done any serious Silver work so surprised when I checked my registration and found it has nearly three years to run so I downloaded a current price list. But due to the brain fog left behind by covid I am not sure I understand it so could any of you please throw me a bone and tell me how much it would roughly cost to hallmark a packet of say ten Silver items ,pendants, rings etc I need to put enough aside to cover the costs. Should you choose to answer, thanks in advance.
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Cost does vary slightly depending on which assay office you use. So two lots of special delivery postage is about £15, LAO has a packet charge of £19 + £12 (£1.20 per item x 10 items) so total is approx £46. Assuming you don’t want any of the extra marks or speedier service.
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Thanks, LAO is where I am at and want traditional stamped marks, £19+1.20 is what I read but with the covid left overs wasn’t sure I had got it right.
You are still managing to find fordite I see, must be getting scarce now.
LAO has been a bit variable of late with their turnaround times - the staff keep being affected by train/ tube strikes and can’t get into work. Something to keep in mind if you need something hallmarking in a hurry.
It’s actually become a bit easier to get hold of fordite recently - what counts as a large amount of fordite came out of the Kenworth truck factory in 2018 which made the people at the Jeep factory realise that there was a market for the fordite that they were producing and that has been coming onto the market steadily since about 2020. I’ve got several kg of each in a box at my feet. The older stuff has gotten harder to find and gone up in price (I used to get rough corvette fordite for 40 cents a gram, now it’s about $2 a gram if you can find it).
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You have a little niche with fordite so I am glad you can still get it. I had to move and leave behind a lot of my stone cutting gear but not really a great loss as I cannot get adequate recompense for the time it takes.
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