The difference is that if you’re not careful, instead of wasting £30 on something you don’t want or need to show support for your friend hosting the party, you could end up losing hundreds of pounds.

As you’ve no doubt heard from all the adverts on TV, the price of gold really is quite high at the moment, in fact it has doubled over the last 4 years.

What this means is that the Gold Party valuer can offer you 50% of the actual value of your gold, and you may still think you are getting a great deal.

So before you go to a Gold Party make sure do the following.

1) Know what you are selling.
Don’t take antique jewellery, designer jewellery, or anything containing expensive stones. The gold that you sell is being bought for scrap (to be melted down). Anything that is not gold will be removed before weighing, and most gold buyers have no interest in the stones/gems. Similarly antique and designer jewellery may be worth more to a collector than the scrap metal value alone.

The gold valuer will test your jewellery for purity, but it doesn’t hurt to check for hallmarks before you go – the difference in price between 9 carat and 24 carat gold is huge.

2) Know the real value.
If you know what your gold is worth at todays prices, you are less likely to fall victim to the wow! factor when the valuer gives you a price. Separate your scrap jewellery into 9ct, 18ct, etc, piles and weigh it on the most accurate scales you have.

We update the latest gold prices twice daily in grammes, imperial ounces and troy ounces so you can work out the real value of your gold.

3) Be Fair.
There are many places that will buy your scrap gold from you for 8-10% below spot (the price we list on our site). However if you’re at a gold party held at someone’s home you may need to accept a little less to cover the cost of having the valuer in attendance, they need to cover their costs and make a profit (and let’s not forget the party hostess gets a hefty 10-12.5% commission too).

4) Tell your friends.
There can be a lot of pressure to participate at these types of parties. Avoid any social awkwardness by making sure you’re not the only one objecting if the price offered is insultingly low.
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or at the very least make a note of the latest scrap gold prices and take them with you to the party.

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As a traded commodity the price of gold fluctuates constantly, however all the gold buyers that we’ve come across so far base their price on the London Gold Fixing.

For our purposes we will update the price as published by the London Bullion Market Association, in Pound Sterling per Troy Ounce, and the equivalent values of the lesser carats based on that price.

Current Price of Gold – 16th March 2010

If you have weighed your gold in either grammes or imperial ounces (for example on the kitchen scales) you can find the equivalent prices broken down on the following pages:
Gold Price Per Gram
Gold Price Per Ounce

Remember these prices are equivalent to the prices gold bullion is traded for on the markets and represents the maximum value of your gold.

This doesn’t take into account the cost of turning your scrap gold into bullion or the profits of the gold buyers. 80-90% of this value is realistically the most you can expect to receive and personally I would view with suspicion any scrap gold buyer offering this value and higher (unless of course their website simply hasn’t been updated following a significant price change).

For help calculating the value of your gold, refer to our guide: “How much is my gold worth”

For an idea of which scrap gold buyers pay the most, we’re trying to keep track on our appropriately titled scrap gold buyers page, but obviously they all update their pages at different rates and some of their claims seem a little ‘unrealistic’ to say the least. Please always check for yourself before picking a scrap gold buyer. We’ll try to provide as much helpful information as we can from an independent perspective, but advise that you always conduct your own due diligence before sticking your belongings in the post.

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The object of this guide is to provide an update to date list of all the scrap gold buyers around as well as the prices they offer for your gold.

Obviously some sites update their prices more often than others, and some make claims that are frankly very unlikely (to be polite). Sadly we’re not currently in a position to perform continual tests by actually sending gold ourselves, so for the time being we can only report on the claims made on their websites, starting with the prices they claim to offer. Over time we hope to add a page for each scrap gold buyer highlighting the “need to know” terms and conditions as well as any comments (good or bad) we find on other blogs, forums and discussion boards.

Scrap Gold Buyers That Publish Their Prices
(Prices per gram of 9ct gold unless otherwise stated)
Note: For your reference the published London Fix price at the time of checking was £8.56 per gram

howcashforgold.co.uk £8.20
GrantsofCornwall.com £8.31
CashForYourGold.co.uk £8.20
cash4mygold.co.uk £8.25
gotgoldgetcash.co.uk £5.20
falkosgold.co.uk £7.46
bestpriceforgold.co.uk £7.90
scrapgolduk.co.uk £8.49 (less 8% refining charge) so…£7.81
sellgoldonline.co.uk £8.10

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Scrap Gold Buyers That Don’t Publish Their Prices
www.gold2pounds.com
www.goldbuyerman.com
www.Money4Gold.co.uk
www.postgoldforcash.com
www.cashforgold.co.uk
www.goldrefiners.tv
uk.cash4gold.com
www.cashmygold.co.uk
www.jewelleryscrap.co.uk
www.postgoldgetcash.co.uk
www.mygoldmine.co.uk
www.ounces2pounds.co.uk

Please be sure to read our guide to selling gold before you consider selling your gold jewellery or similar.

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Selling your Samsung U600 Mobile phone to one of the numerous internet mobile phone buying sites you will expect to get up to £14.50.

The Samsung U600 is 10.9mm in depth making it one of the thinest phones available. It has a 3.2 Megapixel camera with 4x digital zoom, LED flash and enhanced auto focus. Video recorder with simultaneous voice recording. TV-out will display your content on any TV monitor.

A simple buy todays standards, but still a very capable and great looking phone will certain sell for a small sum. As always compare the different mobile phone buying and recycling shops and sites to get the best deal.

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To sell your Samsung U900 Soul Mobile phone you can expect to get up to £32.00 from one of the numerous internet mobile phone buying sites.

The U900 has a full metal body and is just 12.9 millimetres in depth. It has a touch navigation keypad that changes icons according to menu selections. 5MP camera Capture the faces you want to remember with face detection AF, FM Radio, and surf the Internet with HSDPA 7.2Mbps. When it first came out the Samsung U900 Soul was a must have phone.

Now it has been around for a while it won’t make you megabucks but certainly enough for a meal for two. As always compare the different mobile phone buying and recycling shops and sites to get the best deal.

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Traditionally all precious metals are weighed in troy ounces, and the Gold Price per Ounce you see advertised everywhere is also talking about a troy ounce.

So what’s the difference? The simple answer is about 10%
Officially 1oz of gold weighed on your kitchen scales equals 0.911458333 of a troy ounce.

To demonstrate the difference (and also to assist those of us without jewellers’ scales in calculating the value of our gold) we’ll present the latest gold prices twice daily below in both troy and imperial ounces.

Gold Price per Troy Ounce 16th March 2010

Gold Price per Imperial Ounce 16th March 2010

Remember, these prices are based on the London Fixed Daily prices as explained on our Current Gold Prices page. The prices are intended as a guide in the trading of gold on the commodities markets. You’re unlikely to reach these prices from gold buyers as they will obviously have to factor in a percentage for their profit and smelting costs.

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The price is published twice a day and is quoted per troy ounce.
For your reference we will list the price here converted into grammes and show the equivalent price for the common purities of gold.

Gold Price per Gram 16th March 2010

For the record there are 31.1034768 grammes in 1 Troy Ounce.

Remember the prices quoted above are for shiny new bullion bars as traded on the commodity exchanges. This represents the absolute maximum your gold is worth, anyone buying your gold should offer you less than this to cover the costs involved in recycling your gold, as well as their profit margin.

Please check out this page for the Price of Gold Today per Ounce

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As a traded commodity the price of gold fluctuates constantly, however all the gold buyers that we’ve come across so far base their price on the London Gold Fixing.

London gold prices are fixed twice a day at 1030am and 3pm London time by five members of the London Bullion Market Association. You can read more about the London Fixing over at Wikipedia.

For our purposes we will display the price in Pound Sterling per Troy Ounce as published by the London Bullion Market Association, and the equivalent values of the lesser carats based on that price.

Current Price of Gold – 16th March 2010

Remember these prices are equivalent to the prices gold bullion is traded for on the markets and represents the maximum value of your gold.

This doesn’t take into account the cost of turning your scrap gold into bullion or the profits of the gold buyers. 80-90% of this value is realistically the most you can expect to receive and personally I would view with suspicion any goldbuyer offering this value and higher (unless of course their website simply hasn’t been updated following a significant price change).

For help calculating the value of your gold, refer to our guide: “How much is my gold worth”

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Selling your Nokia 6300 Mobile today you can expect to get up to £39.00 depending on the condition of the phone.

The Nokia 6300 has is a compact modern design little phone, with a 2 megapixel camera and 8x digital zoom, music player, FM stereo radio, and video player. Screen resolution 240 x 320. Stores music, videos and photos with up to 2GB expandable memory.

Check the various mobile buying and recycling shops and sites to get the best deal. Compared to new mobile phones now, the Nokia 6300 is relatively simple but still will sell and give you a nice lump of cash in your pocket.

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If you are looking to sell your Nokia 5800 Xpress Music Mobile you can currently expect to get up to £125.00 depending on its condition.

This phone is a one stop music player. It has superior sounds 8GB expandable to 16GB. You can browse albums, artists etc by 1 touch. Access to Nokia music store. 3.2″ touchscreen screen, 640 x 360, integrated speakers, 3.2 megapixel camera, carl Zeiss lens, dual led, 30fps video recording.

Make sure you shop around to get the best deal, the mobile phone buying sites are constantly changing their prices due to demand and popularity.

Although this phone is relatively new hence the price you can achieve, it will soon become dated by new Nokia models. Selling while the 5800 Xpress mobile is still popular will get you a better price.

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