Comments on: Don’t get ripped off selling your gold! http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Candy http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-120071 Candy Fri, 10 Jun 2011 04:20:18 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-120071 I had a gold ring 14 kt with small diamond , 3 small gold charms 14kt from the 70′s. 2 gold pendants 14kt ,broken piece of a chain 14kt, a baby ring 10kt, and few pieces of silver , pendant,ring, and bracelet( the silver items never worn). All pieces have been sitting in a box in my closet from years. I just sold all of my item listed above for $873.43 to Gold Fellow. I found them in my home town, they are also online. I think the amount was more than fair. I had a gold ring 14 kt with small diamond , 3 small gold charms 14kt from the 70′s. 2 gold pendants 14kt ,broken piece of a chain 14kt, a baby ring 10kt, and few pieces of silver , pendant,ring, and bracelet( the silver items never worn). All pieces have been sitting in a box in my closet from years. I just sold all of my item listed above for $873.43 to Gold Fellow. I found them in my home town, they are also online.
I think the amount was more than fair.

]]> By: Bill http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-105545 Bill Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:58:37 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-105545 Send nothing to Augustus Gold and Silver, they have owed me money for over a year. Ray Holley and Jerry Nelson are the co-owners of this company. They do not answer the phone, emails or return calls. They are attempting to change the name of the company to Precious Metals Exchange. The Better Business Rating for Augustus Gold and Silver is "F". Expect 300% of nothing if you send anything to this band of pirates..... Send nothing to Augustus Gold and Silver, they have owed me money for over a year. Ray Holley and Jerry Nelson are the co-owners of this company. They do not answer the phone, emails or return calls. They are attempting to change the name of the company to Precious Metals Exchange. The Better Business Rating for Augustus Gold and Silver is “F”. Expect 300% of nothing if you send anything to this band of pirates…..

]]> By: Heather B http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-37910 Heather B Wed, 12 May 2010 17:32:56 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-37910 I also got totally ripped off by Augustus Gold. They are just thieves who are getting away with it because it's all done via the internet. These guys might as well have walked in my house and stolen all of my gold jewelry - that's what they are - thieves and scam artists. I intend to do all I can to make sure they are stopped! I also got totally ripped off by Augustus Gold. They are just thieves who are getting away with it because it’s all done via the internet. These guys might as well have walked in my house and stolen all of my gold jewelry – that’s what they are – thieves and scam artists. I intend to do all I can to make sure they are stopped!

]]> By: Chey http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-35968 Chey Tue, 04 May 2010 22:22:57 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-35968 I got totally ripped off on Cash4Gold and the gold kit place. Even the local jewelry stores in my neighborhood had a tremendous difference in quoting me prices. I don't know who to trust anymore, but I won't be mailing in anything else. Maybe it would be best to try and sell my jewelry on line or at a yard sale. It's sad there's no reputable or trustworthy company to do business with. I feel especially sad for those who sold heirloom pieces and got next to nothing for them - maybe sometimes it is better to leave your jewels in a safebox and just wait. I got totally ripped off on Cash4Gold and the gold kit place. Even the local jewelry stores in my neighborhood had a tremendous difference in quoting me prices. I don’t know who to trust anymore, but I won’t be mailing in anything else. Maybe it would be best to try and sell my jewelry on line or at a yard sale. It’s sad there’s no reputable or trustworthy company to do business with. I feel especially sad for those who sold heirloom pieces and got next to nothing for them – maybe sometimes it is better to leave your jewels in a safebox and just wait.

]]> By: Holly http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-29889 Holly Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:59:09 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-29889 Yeah, like I said, "Jason Bateman" was actually someone working for Augustus Gold. Click on his name and you will be taken to the Augustus Gold website. Yeah, like I said, “Jason Bateman” was actually someone working for Augustus Gold. Click on his name and you will be taken to the Augustus Gold website.

]]> By: Holly http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-29786 Holly Thu, 08 Apr 2010 17:44:21 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-29786 I guarantee you that this guy above me "Jason Bateman" (COME ON!) is just planted there by Augustus Gold to scam more people into sending in their jewelry. I sent in jewelry in March and have not heard ONE WORD from this company. I am considering my pieces stolen and have filed a complaint with the FBI's internet crime website. Don't use these people. Its a SCAM! I guarantee you that this guy above me “Jason Bateman” (COME ON!) is just planted there by Augustus Gold to scam more people into sending in their jewelry. I sent in jewelry in March and have not heard ONE WORD from this company. I am considering my pieces stolen and have filed a complaint with the FBI’s internet crime website. Don’t use these people. Its a SCAM!

]]> By: Jason Bateman http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-19987 Jason Bateman Sat, 16 Jan 2010 06:45:14 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-19987 Personally, I am a buyer right now- of gold, but even more so, I like silver. Some call me a doomsdayer, but I really believe we're headed for the worst economic times our country has ever seen. So I buy bullion every chance I get. But even though I am a buyer of bullion, I found myself in a position back in November when I realized I had a lot of gold jewelry I needed to sell because I had been buying it on eBay for a period of about 3yrs, and I realized that it was not going to help me when the economy goes to hell unless I could get it in the form of bullion, which is recognized universally, and tradable when times get hard. I did a lot of research on the online buyers before I made my choice, and after reading their website, I decided to try AugustusGold.com because they promised they paid 3x more than the "Guys on TV" they called them (everybody knows they're talking about Cash4Gold), and honestly, I don't have a lot of patience, and their website allowed me to print off my FedEx label right then so I could drop it in the mail on the way to work the next day. Now normally I would not go to the trouble to write about an experience I had with a company, but I'll tell you what made this experience different... A few days after I mailed in my package, a guy named Jerry called me to tell me that they had processed my package, and had my offer ready. I tried to prepare myself mentally for a little bit of a disappointment because I remembered that after I found this company's website, I didn't look at any others. They did publish their current prices on the site, though, and that blew me away after looking at a half dozen huge companies that just wouldn't even speculate on how much they would pay. He told me my package was worth $2,293 to them, and you could have knocked me over with a feather! The "spot price" of gold had gone up a lot since the day I put it in the mail, but I had kept track of how much I had paid for all that stuff over the last few years, and it was only about $977 plus some shipping charges. I was impressed! So I talked to this guy, Jerry, for about 10 minutes, and told him I was an investor in precious metals, but that I really needed to get the scrap materials I had into bullion form. He said that he, too, was an investor in bullion, (as is his company, as you might imagine), and he said he would be glad to send me my payment in the form of silver bullion with almost no premium over the spot price. This, my friends, is customer service at its finest! Read their FAQ and their bios on the website, and I think you'll understand why I gave them the chance I did... I will always be a fan! Jason B. Ohio Personally, I am a buyer right now- of gold, but even more so, I like silver. Some call me a doomsdayer, but I really believe we’re headed for the worst economic times our country has ever seen. So I buy bullion every chance I get. But even though I am a buyer of bullion, I found myself in a position back in November when I realized I had a lot of gold jewelry I needed to sell because I had been buying it on eBay for a period of about 3yrs, and I realized that it was not going to help me when the economy goes to hell unless I could get it in the form of bullion, which is recognized universally, and tradable when times get hard.

I did a lot of research on the online buyers before I made my choice, and after reading their website, I decided to try AugustusGold.com because they promised they paid 3x more than the “Guys on TV” they called them (everybody knows they’re talking about Cash4Gold), and honestly, I don’t have a lot of patience, and their website allowed me to print off my FedEx label right then so I could drop it in the mail on the way to work the next day.

Now normally I would not go to the trouble to write about an experience I had with a company, but I’ll tell you what made this experience different… A few days after I mailed in my package, a guy named Jerry called me to tell me that they had processed my package, and had my offer ready. I tried to prepare myself mentally for a little bit of a disappointment because I remembered that after I found this company’s website, I didn’t look at any others. They did publish their current prices on the site, though, and that blew me away after looking at a half dozen huge companies that just wouldn’t even speculate on how much they would pay. He told me my package was worth $2,293 to them, and you could have knocked me over with a feather! The “spot price” of gold had gone up a lot since the day I put it in the mail, but I had kept track of how much I had paid for all that stuff over the last few years, and it was only about $977 plus some shipping charges. I was impressed!

So I talked to this guy, Jerry, for about 10 minutes, and told him I was an investor in precious metals, but that I really needed to get the scrap materials I had into bullion form. He said that he, too, was an investor in bullion, (as is his company, as you might imagine), and he said he would be glad to send me my payment in the form of silver bullion with almost no premium over the spot price. This, my friends, is customer service at its finest!

Read their FAQ and their bios on the website, and I think you’ll understand why I gave them the chance I did… I will always be a fan!

Jason B.
Ohio

]]> By: Megan http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-14171 Megan Tue, 28 Jul 2009 11:54:35 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-14171 If you are planning to sell your old gold, do it the old-fashioned way and sell it to a gold merchant. You will get a good price and avoid getting scammed. If you are planning to sell your old gold, do it the old-fashioned way and sell it to a gold merchant. You will get a good price and avoid getting scammed.

]]> By: AJ http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-14166 AJ Tue, 28 Jul 2009 00:21:03 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-14166 I sold some gold recently. I hate gold. I think it is tawdry looking. I am a silver person. I sold some gold recently. I hate gold. I think it is tawdry looking. I am a silver person.

]]> By: mbhunter http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/comment-page-1/#comment-14162 mbhunter Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:45:18 +0000 http://christianpf.com/selling-your-gold-rip-off/#comment-14162 I'm buying now. ;) I’m buying now. ;)

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