Posted by Lew on February 05, 2003 at 08:29:19:
In Reply to: King 2341 posted by runswithscissors on February 05, 2003 at 00:42:30:
I understand that when they were first made silver and lacquer were the same price, but when I bought mine the silver plated version (either satin or bright) cost about $600 more than lacquer.
Your problem is that you will probably not get what you paid for it when you sell yours or trade it in. Even though it is only a few months old, yours is still a used horn and will sell for at least a few hundred dollars less than what you paid for it. Therefore to sell yours and buy a silver one expect to pay $800 to $1000 more. A trade-in would probably cost you about the same amount. Whoever you trade it to needs to make a profit on reselling it and can therefore only give you a price that would allow them to make a reasonable markup.
To have yours silver plated would cost much more. I would suggest learning to like lacquer. :)