I've gone to actual places that buy gold, never the mail in thing. You need to go in there with some knowledge about the karats, weight, and price of gold so you don't get lowballed. I was selling just straight up ounces of 24K gold so it was a lot easier to be all, hi, gimme t point to the paper where it said the price per ounce for gold
Monty: Whaddya mean she ain't my wife? Mal: She ain't your wife... cause she's married to me.
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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nora Deirdre - Jul 07, 2010 12:15:27 pm PDT #11075 of 30001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
Dana - Jul 07, 2010 12:16:15 pm PDT #11076 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."
I think a local place is probably better than a mail-in. Consumerist has been pretty scornful about the ones that advertise.
Tom Scola - Jul 07, 2010 12:16:16 pm PDT #11077 of 30001
hwæt
Typo Boy - Jul 07, 2010 12:16:37 pm PDT #11078 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I'm always suspcious when I hear about them that they are paying ultra-low prices.
I wonder if a local place could assay them for you - tell you how much gold they have of what quality and then you could do research to find the real value, and what kind of discount you have to give cause of selling jewlery, not bricks.
Hil R. - Jul 07, 2010 12:17:15 pm PDT #11079 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I've heard that a lot of the mail-in cash for gold places are scams.
Sue - Jul 07, 2010 12:18:10 pm PDT #11080 of 30001
hip deep in pie
People, stop sending the heat our way! We are not equipped. We have no pools or central air.
I just hope it cools down before the weekend. I am visiting my parents and they're place is already overheated.
Toddson - Jul 07, 2010 12:21:04 pm PDT #11081 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
A woman in my office took a bunch of things she had - jewelry her parents had bought her that she didn't like - and got a fair amount of money for it.
BUT ... I've heard about the scams and there was a thing on TV where they were checking out one of the parties (someone hosts, the company sends a rep who weighs the jewelry, assays it, and buys it) and they were giving something like 44% of its appraised value. They weren't clear as to whether the appraisers were giving the value of the gold or the value of the jewelry.
I have heard that if the jewelry is any good that you'd get more selling it as jewelry, rather than for the gold.
Tom Scola - Jul 07, 2010 12:28:33 pm PDT #11082 of 30001
hwæt
msbelle - Jul 07, 2010 12:32:02 pm PDT #11083 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
Erin - backflung.
Food report:
gave away a bag of baking M&Ms, dijon mustard, kalamata olives, sesame oil
mac finished off a bottle of syrup
Things we are now having to buy to get through the next week: lemonade, bread, tv dinners, and chips.
I had leftovers for lunch and will do the same for dinner, mac is having leftovers now and had a snack of chips and fruit. It is so hot, I cannot bring myself to bake, but I really should make a batch of muffins. Maybe I'll make pudding instead. Stove is less hot than oven.
Hil R. - Jul 07, 2010 12:39:14 pm PDT #11084 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Little girls giving away lemonade: what's wrong with America. [link]