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The significant difference is that today, relenquishing gold is not compulsory (though one might argue that the government is largely responsible for the economic duress [unemployment, etc.] driving people to sell off their assets).
Interestingly, they offered prices by the pennyweight. I doubt many people know what the going rate for 100 pennyweight in gold is today! So while my friend and the salesperson were talking, I pulled out a calculator and did all the coversions to see what they were actually offering. It came out to 30% of that days spot price for gold. When I brought this up, they became very nice and doubled the offer! Since my friend wanted to be rid of the jewlery, she took the offer.
The "cash for gold" – or “cash 4 gold” if you prefer – business has been booming in recent years, but such ventures operating in America are facing the prospect of tighter regulation. This may include requirements to register clients' personal data and forward them to local police.
Currently no federal regulations require these stores to register clients' data. Advocates of the registration process argue that those who sell gold in the future will have to at least identify themselves with a valid driver's licence. Their personal data will then be directly transferred to federal officials through a computer system controlled by local law enforcement.
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The U.S. banking crisis and rising gold prices are prompting consumers to cash in on their unwanted and broken gold jewelry, and this trend will only continue to grow, according to one gemologist.
In an interview with Kitco News, Tobina Kahn, president of House of Kahn Estate Jewelers based in Chicago, said that her firm saw unprecedented traffic Thursday and Friday from customers looking to sell their gold jewelry, taking advantage of a 12-month high in prices.
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Going rate then was $20.67(I think the going rate for gold back then was about $15/oz; however later the govy doubled the price after people turned in their gold for 15/oz).
I went into one of those places once. However, I was trying to buy gold from them. I figured if they were low balling people when buying, they might be willing to sell for spot or just a little higher, and make a nice profit.A friend of mine wanted to sell some old gold jewlery. SHe wanted to go to a local walk in version of Cash4Gold (WeBuyGold I think). I decided to tag along just to see what they offered.