NFT: Ca$h 4 Gold.com?
 

People will WILLINGLY send real gold through the mail and just TRUST the person on the other end to give an honest estimate and fair price? Wow. I guess some people are desperate enough to give it a try. I really HATE that commercial...we watch the national geographic channel a lot and this commercial runs about 5 times an hour it seems. OH, and another thing that makes this commercial so irritating is the actors who can barely speak english. Here is why I say this: how do YOU pronounce the word JEWELRY? 3 different people pronounce it 3 different ways: jew-ry, joo-ler-ry and whats proper to me jewel-ry. Rant over. Carry on. lol

Saw an article yesterday, and SURPRISE, they don't give a fair value. I was stunned to hear that.

Yeah? WHO KNEW??? lol, crooks.

consumerist.com has a lot of info about them being crooks..

I don't believe you guys.

MC Hammer told me it was legit.

Apparently "a safe transaction" is throwing your valuables into an envelope and mailing them to probably a random PO Box.

I was thinking about taking it to another level. Just throw all of your valuables -- jewelry, stereo, HD TVs, etc -- into your car*, and we'll take all of it to our 'processing center', and you'll get a check in 4-6 weeks.

*Please fill the car with gas first, because we'll just come by and take that, too. It'll save you a trip!

I'll just go hang out around Linwood and Troost. Much less time consuming that way.

uh yeah....too legit to QUIT!!!!

The ass clowns only give about 20% of what it is worth...

Which is probably about 100% more than the thieves sending shit to them paid for it.

Bob Dole is pretty sure their primary market is burglars.

Hmmm...didn't think of that. Wheels are turning. lol

Their Super Bowl ad with Ed McMahon was terrible. I couldn't tell if it was a SNL faux commercial or a real company...But there must be a lot of people willing to send their valuables for (a fraction of what they're worth in) cash since that ad cost $2.5 million...

Why risk getting caught pawning your take when you can just put it in an envelope and mail it off?

I think I'll get some gold paint and spray paint a bag of boar sperm and send it in.

Yeah, they're far from legit. Check this out. Good read.

http://www.complaintsboard.com/compl...ld-c87309.html

I am a former employee of Cash 4 Gold. I did not know much about the company before being hired. On my first day of being hired, I was taught the "Cash 4 Gold Scam" from beginning to end.
1. The "refiner's pack" that is used for you to put your jewelry is "insured for UP TO 100 dollars, " according to how much they feel your items are worth, NOT appraised at
2. We receive your "Refiner's Pack" within 3-4 days, but we are instructed to tell you that it takes "7-10 business days, for us to receive your pack, ALTHOUGH your package has already arrived.
3.Your jewlery gets appraised by hand/magnifying glasses/
a small weight pad, and a bottle of mystery fluid, which your items are then give a value for. Not million dollar equipment or specially trained jewelry experts.
4. Although the payment (check) for your item is dated within 24 hrs of testing your jewelry, we sometimes DO NOT actually send out the check until up to 3-4 days later.
5. We claim a 100% Satisfaction Guarantee or your jewelry returned, BUT THE CATCH IS, that the guarantee is contacting us within 10 DAYS from when your check is DATED. (This begins with the time it takes for the accounts payables dept. to issue the check and also including the transit time for you to receive your check in the mail. **** NOTATE THE COMMERCIALS THAT STATE U GET YOUR CHECK IN 24 HRS.***
5. IF you are lucky you will receive your check around the "7th-10th" bus iness day, AND more then 97% of the time Customers are outraged when they lay eyes on the amount of the check. Some Customer's even receive a check for 0.01 cents. (TRUTH) Thats including items of great value (Diamonds, Platinum/ Gold and Sterling)
6. They sometimes even receive your valuables and like them so much THAT we CLAIM to not have received the items just so the "TOP" people or even "FAVORED" people can get first dibs on your items. From which point we issued an INSURANCE CLAIM for UP TO 100 dollars. GOD FORBID your items are worth more then a 100 dollars, and when you call in to check on the status of your items, we tell you " YOU SHOULD"VE ADDED EXTRA INSURANCE ON YOUR ITEMS." We do not have an actual Insurance company, they use customer service reps as the claim department agents.
7. For those who receive there check within the 10 day frame, GOOD LUCK with trying to get in touch with a cust. srvc. rep before your 10 days are up. Which after your 10 days, your items are "ALREADY MELTED" or NO LONGER AVAILABLE FOR RETURN."
8. For the "LUCKY" people who do get in touch with us within the alloted time frame, we already know what you are calling about. Customers want their items returned, because there
check amount is so insultingly LOW. The first thing a Rep will ask you is "HOW MUCH WERE YOU EXPECTING TO GET BACK?" This way we can know how much to "BONUS" you.
Definition of a BONUS: We issue low checks just to have you call us back if you are smart enough to realized that you just got scammed. For the smart one's we are paid to offer u a bonus up to 3x the original amount of your check and you accept. For ex: Sally Smith receives a check for $27.86 for a rolex watch(which we dont issue value for), a class ring, a ring with diamond chips, a pair of earrings with emeralds, as well as a few sterling silver pieces, and maybe a few items that were really of no value. Now Sally Smith calls the cust srvc dept, where she speaks to a rep who seems so concerned and will see if she can do better with the amount by speaking to a "SUPERVISOR". We then place the caller on Mute, and speak to our neighbors or doodle on a sheet, or twiddle with our hair for about 45 seconds, while we are supposedly speaking to our supervisor about Ms. Smith's complaint. We then come back with an offer to "BUMP UP YOUR MELT DATE or any other lies the cust srvc reps can think of, and offer you a total amount of $53.20 which is a little under double the amount of your original check. In which case if you accept, the cust srvc rep makes a 15.00 bonus off of your transaction. If the cust srvc rep offers you under triple the amount of your orig check, she makes 10.oo in bonuses.
9. If you accept the offer, the deal is done, and you are told that the call is recorded(which most of the time, the record button does not work.)Just a way to make your feel binded by a verbal contract. IF you do not accept the deal, you have to return your check, and it takes sometimes up to a month to receive your items back after we receive the check.
10. If you only want the items that we do not find of any value back, you have to pay a 10.00 shipping and handling fee to have your own items returned, which varies depending on sales for that week. IF sales are good, there is no fee, when we are slow, you must pay.
Cash 4 Gold is definitely not a trustworthy or credible company to do business with. You are almost better off taking your items to a local pawn shop or shopping around for other companies. With the economony the way it is, Cash 4 Gold seems to be a way out of financial stress for some, but in actuality becomes a stress of its own. I would advice you to think twice before sending in valuables or items inherited and of sentimental value. Its not worth it. I am not doing this as a way of Bashing their money making process but more so to warn everyone.