How to Sell Gold and Where to Sell Gold Jewelry

Selling Gold is one of the biggest growth businesses today, and all because of the credit crunch the value of scrap gold and gold bullion has already tipped over $ 1000 once, and looks like it could do the same again. This is normal when the value of the dollar drops, the price of gold rises.

The one major issue with Selling Gold is: There are way too many wrong people out there who will naturally try and get your scrap gold for less than market value. Now when I say this, I don't say it light hearted due to the amount of bad publicity some dealers have received recently from all types of media.

Saying that, there are also many gold buyers out there who are respected for what they do.

In most cases where people need to sell gold it is because they need the money to make ends meet. This being the case, you need to make sure that you get exactly what you deserve. Selling gold is not something that you have to do every day so removes you from your comfort zone.

Having been in the scrap gold industry for 28 years I decided that it was time to leave the commodity behind me and become an advisory. I decided to retire from buying selling gold because I found that over the years things started to get worse as the internet began to grow, making lots of small gold dealers suddenly enter the market at grass roots level building a long and profitable online presence. You don't even have to walk a couple of blocks now to find pawn brokers and also gold buyers.

Here are some great tips when trying to Sell Gold
-One of the first things you need to express when selling gold is that you "don't need" to sell it and that you are just getting some idea of value. As soon as you drop your guard and they know that you have a need,and they jump in with a real low offer.
-Always make sure you get at least two prices from a couple of dealers. This also applies to the online traders/gold buyers who offer a collection and delivery service using one of the postal companies. But, If they don't offer a return service then "DO NOT" send your gold to them.
-With rings that have embedded stones, be aware that gold dealers only buy the precious metal and not the stone. Sometimes, the stone ends up having more value than the gold, so if you can get the stone removed it will prove more profitable as the allowance for stones is plucked from the air by most gold dealers.

Lastly, if you do end up sending gold jewelry through the post to a gold dealer, make sure that they are suitably covered by insurance prior to sending.