The business of Throw Away Gold

I’m confident you’ve seen the ads all over tv, the “Cash 4 Gold” ads where the corporation offers you money for used or unwanted gold "trash".

In reality, you’re receiving pennies on the dollar for what was paid for the gold because the throw away value for the gold is insignificant, then the buyer takes his part from what he pays you.

Whatever the actuality of selling gold for throw away prices, the game is booming and many jewelry stores are cashing in on the fad. The trend has caused increased competition in the field and since gold has reached and hovered around $1000 an ounce, it has become a very profitable business for gold buyers.

It has become so popular that some jewelry stores have been holding gold selling parties and certain websites are able to broadcast at the time of the Superbowl.

One vendor, Richard Stalter, has owned a jeweler, South Side Jewelers & More, for 19 years and at the moment there is new competition for him also.

“I once used to be the only one down here that did that,” said Stalter, whose business model has always been for the most part based on generating most of its revenue from purchasing gold to sell for scrap. “Now, I have three rivals.”

Peddling any gold that you may have in your house could be a potentially catastrophic situation. I personally don’t trust anyone that I have to mail my loot to then expect them to send me a check. That is too much trust in a company or person that I don’t know. I would rather go to a jewelry store to sell any unwanted jewelry.

I don’t believe I’m on your own in that.

I have started to notice a huge leap in the amount of ads for gold buyers and jewelry establishments that are taking gold from customers as scrap. I know the jump in price is a huge encouragement for more and more people to get out there and try to put up for sale their gold, but I would think that more people would have some sort of sentimental value associated with their jewelry than what the scrappers are prepared to give them for it.

However, I do suppose if times are tough enough then most individuals will do whatever they have to to keep food on the table, and there’s nothing wrong with that, but if you are at the point where you are going to sell your treasure, please do some investigation first.

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