Because I’m a pretty random and impulsive person who really enjoys watching late night TV infomercials (which, luckily for me, sucky for everyone else are now on during the day a whole lot more often thanks to advertisers bailing) I can honestly say that everything I’ve bought from TV infomercial pressure has turned out pretty OK. If you don’t have a ShamWow!, then go out and buy one- and I also recently acquired a BumpIt, which has revolutionized my hairdos.
I decided that it was just about time that I tested out a TV infomercial service. Since I haven’t committed a crime to be able to call the Bernsteins or Cellino and Barnes, I decided my best bet was Dollars4Gold. After reading a bunch of overly positive reviews online (like Aunt Edna who I think is someone from Dollars4Gold posing as Aunt Edna, or this one at the interestingly titled “Cash For Gold Full Reviews“) I found that there was a lot of bad press about it. Like this Consumerist report from an alleged ex-employee, or Cockeyed’s story. More bad reviews continued with reviews like this one, where she got $1.59 or this one where people have seen cheques for $0.02!
I chose to try Dollars4Gold because I’ve seen the commercials for EVER and I just happened to have come across a hideous ring that I had forgotten I owned that I no longer wanted. Said ugly old ring doesn’t fit me anymore that *I believe* is 24KT gold that I received years and years ago as a gift. No further details provided in case I reveal the description of the ring and the purchaser reads said blog (which I believe to be VERY improbable… and no, it’s not an ex-boyfriend, parent, spouse, sibling, friend or result of a one night stand) Now you’re probably really wondering who I got it from… Hmm… Oh well, I like a little drama.
Last week, I requested a G-Pak (the package to send your gold) from Dollars4Gold and received it yesterday. After itemizing my envelope, I dropped it off at the mailbox this morning. I weighed and photographed the ring prior to sending it in as proof. The important thing to note in this experiment is that I am just happy the ring is out of my house, so any actual “cash” I receive for the ring would be a bonus. I would never actually send something I actually assigned a value to based on the terrible reviews the site has gotten, although I am trying to be non-biased here for journalistic research.
I will keep you updated on the process- it’s supposed to be a week before they receive my package, and yet another week before they send me my cheque. If I make enough cash to pay for one of the Diptyque candles I was talking about yesterday, I’ll be happy.
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I would recommend to anyone that you do sue diligence before sending in gold or silver to anyone. I did a lot of research… online and offline… before selling and I am glad I did. I checked pawn shops, jewelers, a gold party, two hotel “buying events” and checked out all the online places I could find. All the in-person places offered an insultingly low amount. Most of the online places refused to tell me what they would pay per gram, so I had no interest in sending my stuff in with no clue. Finally I found the Silver and Gold Exchange. Not only did they pay MUCH more than the other prices I was quoted, but they have a live price chart showing what they pay for various forms of gold and silver on their website at http://SilverAndGoldExchange.com They also have a clean Better Business Bureau report and no complaints anywhere that I could find.
^^^^^ I love people who fail at discrete plugs. SCAMS, all of them!