How to liquidate 10,K 14K, 18K etc gold jewelry?
jmski52
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I have a friend who made it a practice to buy gold jewelry off ebay whenever she finds something that's ugly and seems worthwhile in terms of the gold grams in each piece. I think it's mostly rings, but there may be some necklaces etc.
My question is, what is her best option if she wants to sell some or all of it? Can you give me some suggestions, be it the names of some refineries, or any other reasonable buyer? I'm guessing that she should expect some discount to spot.
I'd like to let her know what some of her options might be. Thanks, jmski
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I believe there is a refiner that was mentioned on the forums many times before that paid 98% of melt!
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Midwest Refineries, Waterford, Michigan.
http://midwestrefineries.com/
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Thanks!! Any others??
Since I only transact in coins & bullion, I appreciate any input from experiences in the raw metal realm.
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To submit to midwest refiners, actually any refiner you are required to be a business. Also requires AML and Patriot Act paperwork. Can be a headache for small hobby scrappers to liquidate sometimes. I found this out when I first was doing the same thing. I was able to work a deal with local coin dealer that I now work for, where I would sell for 95% of the assayed amount once I had 5oz asw or more.
Actually they might have changed their requirements, found this on there.
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Effective immediately, all individual and general public customers must include their driver's license number, state of issuance, and date of birth within their shipment.
Does Kitco buy unrefined metal scrap? To make things a little more complicated, she's in Canada.
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why not just sell it on ebay
Time
Effort
Uncertainty
Stress
Kooky Buyers
Returns, etc.
Recall, the stuff is "ugly" but was a good deal ("worthwhile ")
Such items tend to be fun and easy to buy, and difficult and irritating to sell.
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ya but something tells me if gold was going up then they would get sold on ebay. Its funny how people only start nickle diming about 5% or 10% after they for some reason watched spot go way down while they did nothing
Yep, it's (naturally) more fun to sell on Ebay for a profit, after fees and time spent, than it is to give up because tired of waiting and Cut Losses and sell for less than paid, and have fees and hassles add to the angst.
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Could just have me melt it into a bar for a cool paper weight.
Midwest will accept from individuals. DO NOT have to be a business.
bob
Sell to refiner.
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That is where she bought it. Her luck may be worse than the seller's.
Try a coin show. Where does she live? Here in Atlanta there are usually two strong buyers at our monthly show.
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Refineries and last point sale points are out, because, they normally only buy from established dealers. There are a few places like this that do buy from public, but your going to get the public price, most likely at around 90-92% of melt.
Your other option is to find one of the places that pay stronger than typical pawn and gold buying shops to get close enough. For example : Pawn shops and gold buying shops around here pay anywhere from 50%-60% of melt, there are a few of them that will pay like 70-75% (but you have to know who they are.) We pay 78-80% over the counter to the public, but like up in Raleigh there are a few otc buyers at my level to even say 83%.
best thing is to know how to calculate it , and go try a few places in your area.
don't call, lots of places tell you good numbers on the phone, they stick it to you when you come in.
jim
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For my own stuff, I'd make the drive to Omaha. For her stuff, I think that US Customs and/or Canadian Customs might decide to give her a hard time either coming from Canada or going back.
Martin Armstrong had a recent blog post about the hunt for taxes that is worldwide. I mailed a $3.50 paperback book to her a few months ago, and the Customs fee was $16.00. Leads me to think Trump may have a point about tariffs.
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