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Selling Gold Online

By Louis Fabiano

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Published: 02Apr2010
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Selling gold online can be quite a chore for those not versed in the ways that gold is sold. There are many factors to take into account when trying to sell gold to websites. There are various sites that will buy your gold, but it is good to review some of the sites in order to make sure that they are legitimate and not looking to scam customers out of money.

There are several ways to sell your gold online. If you are interested in selling jewelry, there are sites that will appraise your jewelry for you and other sites that will actually buy the jewelry from you. However, some sites are only interested in providing you one or the other, and the results can be skewered at times.

In one example, a few months ago a man tested the results for a site that will not be named that had the premise of cutting a check for the amount of gold jewelry and other items sent in via envelope. The man decided to have the jewelry appraised beforehand by several people and then noticed that there was a significant difference from the company he was mailing the gold to. The company was blatantly ripping him off!

To avoid situations where you can get scammed out of your gold's true worth, you should research the company you are interested in sending your gold to in the first place. With some sites, you will be sent a special envelope that you can place the gold items into and then mail back to the company. These companies will likely both appraise and repay you for the gold.

In some cases, you may want to receive an outside appraisal for your gold items in case you cannot find any trustworthy reviews of the company. Sites that offer you straight cash for your gold exchanges may be avoiding a paper trail, or are renowned for trying to rip off customers, so they try to avoid setting up meets.

In order to alleviate your worries about who is buying your gold and how legitimate they are, follow these tips:

*Sell to sites that have good reviews or that friends personally recommend and trust.
*Do not sign any agreements with sites that have to do with return business or long term commitments.
*Don't take the company at face value. Check the Better Business Bureau's Web site for consumer complaints against a company. A quick check will show what online sites have been attributed with, for instance, another online gold buyer, Cash4gold.com, has 282 complaints registered against it.

*When checking gold prices online, remember that gold is weighed as gold price per troy ounce. This unit of measurement is for how high of a percentage the gold is in your actual jewelry that you intend to sell, as not all jewelry is pure gold.

To better understand how the gold economy currently is working, it is best to stay up to date with the stock market's share prices for pure gold. Many sites will claim prices, but will sometimes have their prices gauged for their own benefit, rather than those looking to sell gold in the first place.

A good tip for looking for online customers with gold is to first check with jewelers to have your gold appraised. The jewelers will give you a rough estimate of how much the gold is worth and will sometimes allow you to actually sell to them. Depending on the jeweler and their experience, they may price the gold differently, so it is best to go to multiple jewelers.

To find a jeweler's location, check your local phone book for precious metal buyers and sellers, as that will lead you to those who will be able to simultaneously buy and appraise your collection. After receiving appraisals, search online for various sites to receive estimated gold sales prices from and then pick which one you have reviewed and found to be the best.

Good tips to keep in mind when selling gold online is to wait to sell your gold until prices have reached a high fetching price. Although gold is currently at an all time record high for price per troy ounce, there is always room for more and more cash in the precious metals market. To review the current prices of precious metals, search sites such as the Better Business Bureau's for the jeweler or online company you plan on trying to sell to.

Author and publisher since 1999. Articles, stories and commentary have appeared in national magazines and are published on the internet. Mr. Fabiano has also been a featured speaker at online publishing and affiliate marketing conferences in the US, Canada and Europe. I author the following consumer finance related sites and communities: Payday Loans Credit Cards

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