Scrap Gold...

[guest002]

Just wanted to share that I was organizing my jewelry and I had some broken gold and some other gold jewelry that I would never wear (given to me almost 2 decades ago from high school boyfriends, LOL). I got $154! It was hardly anything really.

I'm glad y'all were talking about it a few weeks ago. This was def. worth looking into and doing.

So I purged/decluttered and made a bit of cash.

And BTW, I did find out that a necklace/pendant that was passed down to me from my Grandma was real. It was a shocker because 1/2 of what was given to me wasn't. So I'm the proud owner of a .18 carat diamond pendant.

[Dancing Lotus]

I have thought of doing this but I don't think I have enough to bother with.

[Neeley]

Paula,

Did you take to a place here in our town or did you use an internet company to sell it? I have a few pieces I want to get rid of but was not sure about where to take it.

Thanks,

Leigh

[FrugalMomof3]

Wow that's awesome, I sold my gold a while ago and got a pretty penny, I used to it pay the car insurance and put some into the EF.

[suki]

Good deal!

I forgot to update on my experience. I got a check for $384 a week after I mailed my gold off to the refinery I chose. I was very pleased.

[tbs727]

Would you girls mind giving more information? Where could I go to do this?

[suki]

I used Midwest Refineries. You can "Google" them. All the details are on the site, except they don't explain that they don't do stone recovery... so remove any stones before mailing.

[kaykwilts]

Wow! Time to raid the jewelry box.

[tbs727]

I'd love to get enough out of my scraps to repair the few pieces that need it.

[Pemberleyan]

This is interesting. I have a nugget and a small length of heavy chain. It always seemed to me that any mail going to one of those places would be subject to theft. I am going to look into it. Thanks.

[suki]

I sent it insured for $500, the cost was negligible for the insurance and notification of receipt.

[suki]

I just checked gold prices for today's close and it's at $915.something an ounce, but it fell $27.70 today.

[guest002]

For Leigh (or other Montgomery, AL folks)

Jewel Bank
6536 Atlanta Hwy.
Montgomery, AL 36117
(Across from Super Wal-mart)
334-270-2257

Approx. $7 oz. for 14K
Approx. $5 oz. for 10K

Take out any diamonds or other jewels if they'd be worth keeping if you are selling for scrap.

I took a ring to Ray Boone Jeweler and he took out the diamonds and rubies and then let me sell the gold setting to him for scrap. He gave me $7/oz. He even put the re-usable stones in a bag sep. from the damaged rubies for me. He was really nice.

Ray Boone Jeweler
7788 Atlanta Hwy.
Montgomery, AL 36117
(The Shops @ Sommerset)
334-272-4300

[Athena31]

Time to clean out the old jewlery box sounds like!

[C@rol]

Thanks, I have a few broken pieces that I would
like to get rid of.