How to Sell Scrap Jewelry
Sometimes your taste changes, your money may be short or perhaps you are saving for a vacation. You have decided to sell your scrap jewelry. Your jewelry may be gold, gold plated, silver, platinum or diamonds. Whatever your reasons for doing so, there are several venues where you can sell you jewelry. Some may be more time consuming but you will get more money for your jewelry, while others are quicker and you will see your cash or your payment more quickly.
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Things You'll Need
- Access to the Internet
- eBay seller's account
- Digital camera
- Fair value appraisal
Instructions
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Determine what jewelry you want to sell. Get an appraisal to ascertain the fair value of the jewelry. Without this appraisal, you may have problems assuring buyers that your jewelry is worth what you say. There are a couple of ways you can get an appraisal to find what your jewelry is worth.
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Take the jewelry to a professional jeweler to get a fair appraisal. This appraisal will help you get a fair price for your jewelry. There may be a small fee, but you will have an accurate estimate on what your jewelry is worth. The jeweler may even offer to purchase the jewelry from you.
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Take the jewelry to a pawn shop to get a free appraisal. The estimate may not be as accurate as a jeweler's appraisal, but it will be free and they may offer to purchase the piece. You may want to try a couple of pawn shops to get different prices. Each specialize in different sales and a shop not wanting to sell jewelry may give you a lower price if the owner doesn't want to sell the piece.
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Set up an eBay seller's account by logging on to eBay.com. This auction website sells everything from pillows to shoes. You will need to take a picture of the piece. You may want to attach a picture of the appraisal to your selling page so potential buyers can see the true value of this piece of jewelry.
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Contact a bulk scrap jewelry buyer if you want to get rid of the jewelry fast. You may not get as much money as you think the piece is worth, but the payment for the item will be immediate. There are several companies that offer this service. Websites such as goldpaq.com, usgoldbuyers.com and gemgate.com will offer you various scrap jewelry services. They will insure the shipping, wire you the money in one day and work with sellers from across the nation.
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Tips & Warnings
If you have time, try evaluating all the options to get the most out of your jewelry.
Be wary of sending your jewelry uninsured in the mail to a scrap jewelry buyer in another state. The appraisal will come in handy when you want to mail this piece.
