I made a post recently about buying some rather sketchy scrap gold on eBay. I have their protections on my side so I'm not worried as far as that goes. I got to thinking and found myself wondering where I'd sell such an odd piece- a lump of 9k gold if it checks out to be authentic by some miracle.
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but have any of you had any experience with any refining companies or others that would buy gold in such a form? My research turned up midwest refineries and prospectors gold and gems, but I thought I'd ask you kind people.
I ask this because I realize that my lcs may be weary buying gold in blob form if it can't be 100% authenticated. I just don't want to be unprepared when the package shows up as if it is fake, eBay needs to know within a certain amount of time so that I would get my money back.
I can remove this tomorrow if when I talk to my lcs they state that they'd buy it given the chance to authenticate it, as they pay out good prices from my experiences. Just wondering if there's any refineries that are worth my time since they could probably assay the sample better than the coin shop.
Tl;Dr: Where can I send my sketchy gold (if its real) if my coin shop won't buy it or lowballs me?
Thank you!
I don't want to get ahead of myself, but have any of you had any experience with any refining companies or others that would buy gold in such a form? My research turned up midwest refineries and prospectors gold and gems, but I thought I'd ask you kind people.
I ask this because I realize that my lcs may be weary buying gold in blob form if it can't be 100% authenticated. I just don't want to be unprepared when the package shows up as if it is fake, eBay needs to know within a certain amount of time so that I would get my money back.
I can remove this tomorrow if when I talk to my lcs they state that they'd buy it given the chance to authenticate it, as they pay out good prices from my experiences. Just wondering if there's any refineries that are worth my time since they could probably assay the sample better than the coin shop.
Tl;Dr: Where can I send my sketchy gold (if its real) if my coin shop won't buy it or lowballs me?
Thank you!