Silver Chain Values

+1
the time, fees, and risk associated with selling on ebay for a one-time, under $30 item may not be worth your while.

The best place to go for digi scales is either Amazon or ebay. Both you can get a good scale weighing up to 1000 grams, plus with a calibration scale for under 10 bucks with free shipping.

These scales weigh in grams, grains, carats, oz, troy oz, and a few others. The calibration weight is also very very good to have because otherwise how do you know the scale is accurate, and if its not accurate how could you reset it without one? :)

Harbor freight has one that will weight 1000.0 g in six modes for about the same price. US Balance Magnum 1000xr

If you don't have a scale, take something that has a known weight and add them to your hand with the other hand holding the chain.

One thing I would advise is to not sell them as scrap. That's ridiculous. Although they are machine-made, they are in a readily known form and are worth more than scrap. In case you're wondering, the style of that chain is called "Figaro".

And it's not "Italian silver" you should be worried about (at all)... it's "Chinese silver", "Mexican silver", "German silver", etc that should worry you, because they are misnomers for nickel-based alloys. Italian silver is some of the best around.

The offers that you got were ludicrous. Talk about low-balling. Just keep them, you'll never get them for those prices discussed. The person offering you that much was trying to "steal" them from you.