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Thinking Of Selling Your Scrap Gold

By Craig Ellyard

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Published: 01Jul2009
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Selling unwanted or scrap gold and jewellery is becoming an increasingly popular way of quickly raising some spare cash for a great many people.

The gold buying business is booming in the United States and that boom has now made across the Atlantic and into the UK. Newspaper and television ads regularly appear in the media and many high street money shops now offer a scrap gold buying service.

There are two main reasons why selling scrap gold is on the increase. Firstly, with the current economic climate more of us need to raise extra cash and can no longer afford to have unused gold or jewellery just stuck in a drawer gathering dust.

Secondly, the price of gold seems to be rising all the time so the demand from buyers is high which of course means the sellers, ie the public, will get a much higher price than normal for their gold. Unfortunately, because the market is so vibrant at the moment, there are a lot of companies jumping on the gold buying bandwagon and some sellers have been less than pleased with the payment they have received.

It has to be said that most of the complaints about receiving low payments have happened in the United States but if you are planning on selling your scrap gold and old jewellery in the UK than there are some sensible safeguards you can put in place.

The first is pretty obvious. Only deal with reputable and established companies. This is particularly relevant if you are using a postal service whereby you send the company your gold and they send a cheque in return. There are obvious concerns with this method but the reputable companies will have a gold calculator on their websites so you will know in advance the figure you are likely to receive and, more importantly, the best gold buying companies will offer a price guarantee.

Like any thing shopping around and comparing services is the best way to ensure you receive the best possible amount for your gold or jewellery with the least amount of hassle. Don’t just rely on adverts in the local press, the Internet is a great way to find the best companies and the national companies will offer the best prices.

By entering ‘gold buying centres’ or ‘gold buying shops’ into a search engine you should be able to find a gold buying company that meets your needs though be very careful to check the websites terms and conditions and always choose a company that offers a gold calculator on their site.

Hull cheque cashing company Xtra Finance charge a low 3% fee for their cheque cashing transactions. As well as their cheque cashing service Xtra Finance also offer payday advances, unsecured loans and a gold buying service.

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