Comparison: Top Gold-Buying Sites
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All American Gold Buyers advertises themselves as being “America’s #1 Gold Buyer” (which is the same claim made by Cash 4 Gold). We found no indication of them being BBB accredited from their website.
Here’s their contact information:
By Mail: All-American Gold Buyers, 377 Broadway, Bayonne, NJ 07002
By Phone: (201) 437-2274
Site: www.allamericangoldbuyers.com
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47st Buyers is a New York-based gold buying company. Here’s some information that they wrote about themselves:
Conveniently located in Manhattans Diamond District we pay the best and highest price for your unwanted gold.
Any Conditions (Broken, New, Used, Tangled, Antique, Old)
Any & All Karat (9K, 10K, 12K, 14K, 18K, 22K, 24K)Gold Coins, Class Rings, Wedding Bands, Bent & Scrap Jewelry/Tangled Chains/Gold Watches, Earrings/Medals/Gold Pins & Brooches/Scrap Dental Gold/Gold Bracelets, Gold Necklaces, Lockets & Other Gold Jewelry
They appear to be new to advertising online so we have little to no information on them.
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My Gold Party is being marketed as “modern Tupperware parties.” At the time of this post, gold was priced at $1150.90 per ounce. This high price has proved lucrative to both sellers and buyers.
Here’s how MyGoldParty describes their business:
Everyone loves parties and now you have a fun way to enjoy an evening with friends letting them leave with some extra spending money, while making money of your own for hosting the event….
They have a few other options on their website: Host A Party, Become A Rep and Sell Gold.
Site: www.mygoldparty.com
Gold Pawn Shop (aka The Gold Superstore) is an online company that buys gold. Typically, their customers own jewelry that contain gold that they’ll send in in exchange for a check from Gold Pawn Shop. Additionally, they are BBB accredited.
Names: Gold PawnShop, TheGoldSuperstore
Sites: www.goldpawnshop.com, www.thegoldsuperstore.com
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Joe Buys Gold is a company in the precious metal buying industry. Here’s a sample of the items they buy:
JEWELRY
New, damaged, broken, melted, unpaired and tangled chains, earrings, clasps, rings, pendants, charms, bracelets, anklets, pins, brooches, watches, belt buckles, tiaras, cuff-links, and money clips.
FLATWARE
Forks, knives, spoons, serving pieces, frames, trays, cups, tea sets, clocks, and desk accessories.
INDUSTRIAL and SCIENTIFIC
Wire, contacts, scraps, buttons, crucibles, lab ware, rods, and plates.
COINS
US & Foreign Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Palladium.
BULLION and INGOTS
All types of precious metals are accepted.
To determine if your items are Gold, Silver, or Platinum look for a hallmark.
For example, Gold is commonly marked by it’s karat value ranging from 8K up to 24K. It can also be designated by it’s assay value such as 417, 583 or 585, 750, 875, 900, 916, or 999.Silver can be marked as .500, .800, .830, .835,.900, 925, .935 and 950 or may also be designated as sterling, coin silver, AG, argent or argentum
Site: www.JoeBuysGold.com
National Gold And Jewelry Buyers has recently started advertising their service online. In order to prove their credibility they should link to their Better Business Bureau profile if they have one. Here’s an excerpt from their site:
We’ll take a photo of your items on our scale & email it to you. We’ll compute the amount to pay to you, then we send you a confirmation e-mail… you have 72 hours to accept the offer by calling or e-mailing us. We will then send a check to you or deposit that amount to your PayPal acount or return your items to you.
Contact information for National Gold & Jewelry Buyers:
101 Mystic Avenue
Medford, MA 02155
Phone: 781-396-1616
Email: info@nationalgoldandjewelrybuyers.com
Site: www.NationalGoldAndJewelryBuyers.com
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Site: www.aaacashforgold.com, aaagoldexchange.com, aaacashforgold.reachlocal.net
AAA Cash for Gold appears to be a newer company. According to the public records on domain names, AAACashforGold.com was registered: 27-aug-2009.
Also, their website is BBB accredited. If you are interested in using this company, you should be aware of the very lengthy terms and conditions listed on their website.
Here are a few items, they claim they accept:
Also, their mailing address:
AAA Gold Exchange, LLC
30262 Crown Valley Pkwy #B313
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Site: www.cashforgoldswap.com
Cash for Gold Swap is a gold and jewelry buying company. We did not find any information on them being BBB accredited.
They insure items up to $100 and their address is PO Box 3656, Salt Lake City, UT 84101.
Here are a few of the items their website says they accept:
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Sites: www.kayjewelersgoldexchange.com, www.kay.com
Even Kay Jewelers has jumped into the cash for gold industry. The website, Kay Jewelers Gold Exchange, is new according to the WhoIs records:
Domain Name: kayjewelersgoldexchange.com Created on..............: Mon Mar 30 2009 Expires on..............: Tue Mar 30 2010 Record last updated on..: Fri May 08 2009 Administrative Contact: Sterling Jewelers Inc. Hostmaster Domain 375 Ghent Road Akron OH 44333 US Phone: 1.3306685890 Email: lgradisher@jewels.com
They do state the amount they pay on their website and are BBB accredited.
Site: www.GetGoldCash.com
Names: Get Gold Cash, GCC
Phone: 877-909-GOLD
Get Gold Cash has been endorsed by Mark Spitz. They are also BBB members.
ABC did a report of Get Gold Cash as well as Dollars 4 Gold and Cash 4 Gold. It was found that Get Gold Cash did pay the most. However, read the following quote from ABC:
Get Gold Cash sent a check for $206, and later raised its offer to $275.
If you do decide to go with this company, we recommend that you call the company and reject their first offer. They’ll likely increase their original offer.
Here’s a list of the items GetGoldCash.com says they accept:
Get Gold Cash Commercial:
