Empire Gold Buyers Review
| by Zachary Callahan
*These reviews are based on our personal experiences with the individual cash for gold companies and our rating reflects our feelings regarding our transactions with them. Your experience with the gold refiner/dealer may fare better or worse. But we always try to give the most accurate representation of what you are likely to find.
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It is always a good idea to do your own research and find the company that works for you. We do these reviews because it is important for anyone looking to sell their gold to understand that very few online gold buyers will actually give you what your gold is worth. You would be surprised how many cash for gold businesses payout less than half the current price of gold. And not everyone has the time to properly look through and research the hundreds of gold buyers that are out there today. We hope these reviews will give you an idea of what to expect and will help you to make a wise decision.
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With an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, Empire Gold Buyers have one of the best reputations of all the online gold buyers. They have had no complaints in their history with the BBB. We have only recently started using them but they have turned into one of our favorites.
For us, one of the biggest reasons to use Empire Gold Buyers is that they have free FedEx shipping with insurance available up to $25,000. Many refiners online don’t even offer insurance, let alone that much.
And because they use FedEx overnight shipping their turnaround time is very quick. In fact the same day they process your shipment, they send you a quote. Also if you decline you can get your gold back in a matter of days rather than weeks with some dealers.
Of course what is also very important is their pay scale. It starts at 96% of current gold price for transactions over a troy ounce (see our post on calculating your gold’s value if your not sure how much your gold weighs). Their payout also goes up to 98.5% for very large volume orders – which we love to take advantage of.
There are a few other refiners that we still use for various reasons but Empire Gold Buyers has become our gold refiner of choice and we encourage you to check them out at the very least.
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