The Gold Diaries. Why Do People Sell Gold Jewelry?
Posted by Charlie Moore on Mon, Nov 14, 2011 @ 03:38 PM
We like to help people. As gold buyers, we talk to a lot of people who want or need to sell their gold jewelry. There are happy stories and sad stories. Some are exciting and some are stories of plain old necessity. We have always been one of the highest paying cash for gold sites on the Internet and always help people out in our showroom in Atlanta. It always an exciting business and we wanted to share some of our stories with you-without sharing any identities of course.
The first client I remember who came into the store several years ago with a large jewelry box teeming with glittering gold jewelry was Annie, a woman of maturity, but seemingly quite healthy. Annie needed to sell her gold jewelry to raise money by necessity. We talked for a bit and got on well and Annie soon shared her story with me. A few years earlier Annie had been diagnosed with a case of terminal cancer. By the time she had received her diagnosis, the doctors only gave her a few months to live. Her case was terminal and she was told that there was no treatment that could save her. Imagine the emotions that she felt after hearing such terrible news! Hurt, anger, dismay, depression to just name a few. Before long though, Annie realized that with so little time to live, she'd better live it up and fast! She quit her job and just started having a great time enjoying life. What could be better when you knew that each day could be your last. You enjoy each minute to its fullest--and she did. After a month of good times, she decided to move from the Northeast to be closer to her daughter in Atlanta. After going through all of her savings buying fun things and lavishing farewell gifts upon her daughter, Annie noticed a funny thing. She wasn't getting any worse. In fact, she wasn't feeling so bad after all. A trip to an oncologist in Atlanta yielded some stange and unsettling news. She wasn't going to die after all. In fact, she didn't have cancer at all.
Annie was healthy, somewhat happy, and ALIVE! Unfortunately, however, her mis-diagnosis had led her on a spending spree that left her broke. She found a part time job and was now standing at our counter selling her gold jewelry to pay rent and expenses. She got thousands for selling her gold jewelry, but it didn't compare to her new lease on life. We were very excited to help her get back on her feet to get started on her new life. What a story!