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What You Should Know About Your Gold

So you’ve decided to send your jewellery to Cash4Gold.  Here are a few things to keep in mind when setting expectations for payment:

1) Cash4Gold payments don’t reflect retail value.

•    The price paid for a piece of jewellery in a store does not equal the actual value of the gold it contains
•    Retailers mark up prices by 5, 10 and even 20 times their actual worth
•    Even the price of a piece of jewellery bought on sale from a retailer is usually far more than the intrinsic value of the metal
• Cash4Gold pays based on melt value, which refers to the actual amount of precious metal contained in an object.

2) Insurance appraisals are for “retail replacement value.”

•    An insurance appraisal of your jewellery does not equal the value of the gold
•    Insurance appraisals set the cost to replace a lost or stolen piece at retail value
•    The fine print of most insurance appraisals says, “Not an offer to buy”

3) Jewellers use appraisals as marketing tools.

•    Jewellers may offer more for your items, but that may be for trade-in only
•    You would be getting “more” for your jewellery, but only in exchange for another item marked up by the seller

Cash4Gold is not for everyone—but its combination of ease of use, speed, security and confidentiality make it the right choice for many.

We have conducted over 900,000 transactions worldwide, and we hope that you will be next customer to get cash for their gold. Simply fill out the form to the right to get your FREE Jewellery Return Pack.

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