What Should I Ask a San Diego Gold Buyer?

San Diego Jewelry Buyers has announced the publication of a new education article appearing on their online Knowledge pages for consumers wanting to sell gold, fine jewelry, diamonds, and timepieces.

Titled "7 Quick Questions to Ask Your Gold Buyer," the article intends to help consumers avoid many of the pitfalls that have been recently documented by investigative news programs, where gold buyers and gold refineries have been engaging in dubious practices to buy gold from sellers for far less than what they deserve.

"Over the past year, there have been literally hundreds of new people and companies getting into the gold buying business," says Alan Blyler, a spokesperson for San Diego Jewelry Buyers.

According to Blyler, while some of these gold buyers are upstanding and follow industry accepted practices, many more, especially some of the big online outfits, are engaging in practices that long-time gold buyers do not support.

For example, some gold jewelry buyers immediately offer a customer a higher amount when he or she rejects the company's first buying offer; and then a higher cash amount again when that person rejects their second offer. "An upstanding gold buyer will give you their best buying offer right from the start. Period," says Blyler.

One sample from San Diego Jewelry Buyers "7 Quick Questions to Ask Your Gold Buyer" is the following:

How much are you paying per gram today for 14 karat gold (or 10K, or 18K, etc.)?

CORRECT ANSWER: According to today's market price of gold, we are paying ___ per gram for 14K gold (or 10K, or 18K, etc.).

REASON: Some gold buyers will use deceptive techniques in order to get you into their store. For example, they might say, "Today's gold price is ___ per gram." Then when you come in they will explain that the price they quoted you on the phone was what they sell gold for, not what they buy it for.

They do this in hopes of capturing a certain number of people who will still go through with the transaction despite the "misunderstanding."

To read the rest of SDJB's essential questions to ask a gold buyer, please visit 7 Questions For Gold Sellers.

For more information about the company, please visit or contact:

San Diego Jewelry Buyers 907 6th Ave San Diego, CA 92101 (619) 236-9603 - (619) 236-9603 www.sandiegojewelrybuyers.com