| Selling scrap gold to a metal refiner, you first may | | | | likely your piece of jewelry is wrongly imprinted to |
| want to get prices from jewelry stores.. | | | | misrepresent the content for the seller to earn more |
| You have the choice to receive the greatest amount | | | | cash. |
| of cash for your scrap gold. For many people, a | | | | Retail Value Does Not Reflect the Scrap Metal Price |
| company like Cash4Gold is the optimal option because | | | | It's easy to assume that you sell to a gold refiner, you |
| they purchase jewelry and gold of any kind. Damaged | | | | will get paid slightly less than retail for your old jewelry. |
| necklaces, single earrings, dental gold, and anything with | | | | Gold buyers only buy the intrinsic value of the metal |
| gold and silver in it. | | | | within the jewelry, not its quality or appeal. |
| But if you have a piece of jewelry which is valued | | | | Jewelry stores work on very large margins, and can |
| much more than just the metal that makes it up? You | | | | mark up prices by three to twenty times their metal's |
| assume you can get more money from a jewelry | | | | worth. Even jewelry purchased on sale will still be a lot |
| store for selling your items. | | | | higher than the metal's value. The precedence is akin |
| But wait, here's what you have to know so there | | | | to buying a brand new car. As soon as you take it out |
| aren't any surprises! | | | | of the store, the value of the automobile falls |
| You Can't Trust Engraving | | | | dramatically. |
| Skilled jewelers and special equipment can tell exactly | | | | Jewelers Use Appraising as a Marketing Gimmick |
| what kind of gold makes up jewelry. Your piece of | | | | When you take your scrap gold and jewelry to a |
| jewelry might not be as valuable as you think. | | | | jewelry store for appraising, there is a likeliness that the |
| The engraving on jewelry marks its karat, or gold | | | | appraised price is for trade-in only. This means that |
| purity level. Some countries have no rules and laws | | | | you will not get cash for your gold. Jewelry stores |
| requiring that engraving be authentic, and some don't | | | | expect you to buy another piece that's marked up |
| require a 3rd party to verify jewelry's gold content. It's | | | | three to twenty times its metal value. |