I know that I heard that the place in the mall at the food court, Jewels, buys it, but I don't know how their prices are. I am not currently in the gold market.
I know it's not in Rotterdam, but I would suggest Ferris coins at the corner of Lexington, and Central Aves in Albany. They test, and weigh it in front of you, then go online and give you the current price, and they tell you how much of that is going to be their profit.
If there are stones involved, (or say, an expensive watch) they tell you to go to a jewelry store, because yes, diamonds are expensive.
Above all, never, ever do any of that "send it in the mail" stuff. It's a complete, and utter scam.
They tell you that if you don't like the price they're offering, that you can return the check (within ten days), and get you're stuff back However (isn't there always a "however"?) that's ten days after the check was dated, and they're dated from the day they receive your stuff(and they have to "process" it for about a week), so even if you owned your own jet, there's no way you could get it the check there on time.
Expect about 20 cents on the dollar, if you're lucky, and they'll probably tell you that most of it was fake, and just plated.
Legal recourse? None. They already melted it, and even if you had the finest lawyer in the land, the most you would get is the actual value of the property, after spending God knows how many hours of your time, and more money on the lawyer, than the the stuff is worth.
It's OK though, Glenn Beck told me it was a really a good idea to put $3,000 dollars in gold (in the convenient mailer) in my mailbox, and expect something good to happen.
And if you can't trust a guy who rubs Vicks Vapo Rub around his eyes to make it seem like he actually cares, then who can you trust?
Why would people sell their gold? It doesn't make any sense. If it is valuable 'now'.......it will most certainly be again at some point in the future.
People I know are selling their broken or old gold jewelry they don't wear anymore. why not just take the old broken stuff and have something new made?
It just doesn't make any sense.......unless people are starving and don't have money for food or clothing or rent or mortgage or heat............IDK!
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
dont worry about gold....worry about the 'virtual trading' on line and with ATM cards.....for all we know it's recyclable bottle caps we are trading with in the matrix.....we will all become a sum of an algorithm--- age + credit score + salary - healthcare rating = trading value......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
dont worry about gold....worry about the 'virtual trading' on line and with ATM cards.....for all we know it's recyclable bottle caps we are trading with in the matrix.....we will all become a sum of an algorithm--- age + credit score + salary - healthcare rating = trading value......
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Tarnished claims from a TV gold buyer Cathy Woodruff The Advocate Published: 05:00 a.m., Monday, December 13, 2010
If you've ever been tempted by one of those TV infomercials encouraging you to mail in your old, unwanted gold jewelry and turn it into big cash, Deborah Delaney wants you to learn from her mistake.
The Rensselaer woman mailed 52 pieces of jewelry, including four rings she knew to be 14-karat gold, and another dozen or so of lesser gold content, to a California outfit called Cash Your Gold Now in October. The rest of the items she classified as "mystery metal," perhaps containing some gold but probably not a lot.
She hoped, based on a previous sale of gold pieces to a local jeweler and on what she had heard about current gold prices, to get a check back for something in the neighborhood of $300, though she wouldn't have been entirely surprised if it was less -- say, $250 or even $200.
So, you can imagine what she thought when she opened the envelope a few days later and found a check for $7.02.
"I looked at it, and I said 'You've got to be kidding,' and I got on the phone and I called them. I said, 'This is not acceptable.' I said, 'I want my gold sent back,'" Delaney recalls.
She wanted to act fast, she said, because the company had cautioned in its information packet that there was an eight-day window from the date on the check (not the day she received it) to return the check and have her items returned.
The representative agreed to reappraise the items and made a new offer of $80. Delaney, again, said no dice. She'd already put the old check in the mail, and she again demanded the return of her jewelry.
Luckily, she got it back -- though she believes one earring is missing. A note on the bag indicated 9.4 grams of gold was enclosed, but she has not verified that. "I had no idea how much gold I sent them," she said.
Take your stuff to a local jeweler that you trust and have it appraised before you sell to anyone. Have them check it and make sure to get it in writing. Then go to somewhere else and have them do the same. Compare your slips and then go to a reputable place to sell it. Or, like as said before, have it made into something new. Also, if you choose to sell just the gold, have all the stones removed. They wont give you a decent price for them because they will remove them and use them for themselves.
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