Big Time Hunters

My aunt who’s into jewelry collection decided to sell old jewelry  in the name of charity. You see she has this knack for philanthropy. She needed something to make her feel better and she asked my opinion, as I am her favorite niece, if it would be a nice gesture on her part. I, of course, said yes. I told her this philanthropic activity is good for the soul and the fact she had to do an inventory an almost every time delayed inventory of her jewelry collection. Finally, we sat down one Saturday morning in her house and discovered that her jewelries are redundant. She bought a couple of jewelry with the same design and there were a number of them. So, it was not really hard to choose which to sell or not. The redundant pieces of jewelry should go.

We never thought selling jewelry would be this fun. But for this one particular company, as they appraised the price of the jewelry sold, I felt excited because they gave my aunt’s jewelry very good prices. They actually gave the right value for the jewelry. It felt good. My aunt was impressed how reliable they are and how good they were in appraising. We were able to get a really good deal all in the name of charity. My aunt was able to distribute a good deal of goods to poor communities around our area and it made us very happy. Selling something was never this fun and satisfying.

I have been selling old silver coins out of my store for years and have seen a rash lately of people who are willing to sell off their collections. I know that silver and gold are worth more right now, but I am only in the business of buying and selling coins, not buying them to just melt them down. Finding out just how much the people want when they are selling old silver coins is hard to deal with when they are just looking at them for the weight, instead of the actual value.

I have sent many who want to sell coins, to the local jewelry store and even the pawn shop down the street. I think that both of those places are buying by the pound but that is a whole other ball game that I am not willing to get into. Maybe if one of the other stores would offer to give me a cut of selling old silver coins to them, then I would consider working with them. So far, that has not happened and I am not willing to approach them first and tell them all about how people try and sell coins to me about fifty times a day.

I found a site online that says they will pay you thirty percent more than most other buyers of gold and diamonds. I was offered seven hundred dollars for some of my old gold rings and bracelets that I do not wear anymore, but thought it was too low, from a local jewelry store. Now, if I can get the seven hundred dollars and then thirty percent on top of that, it may be worth it to sell old jewelry to a company that I have never heard of before.

I am weary of people and companies that I do not know, so more checking into this place will have to be done before I can put all my jewelry into a bag and send it off to them. I suppose since it says they have been dealing with people who selling old jewelry for thirty years, I still need to be sure they are a legit company. I may just end up calling the jewelry store that made the prior offer and let them know that I have been offered thirty percent more to sell old jewelry and see if they can give me that much, or at least meet me in the middle.