Compare UK online gold buyers - get the best deal for your gold
We've compared major UK postal gold buyers on service, price and speed so you can get the best value for your unwanted gold.
Our recommended gold buyer
Speed of Response
Next day AM (fast)
Insurance
£750
Payment Methods
Cash, Cheque, Faster Payment Services, Bank Transfer
Comments
Our highest rated gold buyer because they offered the best price, a quick service and a trustworthy experience.
We received a nicely designed pack which had one letter to fill in to send back and another showing how payment should be made along with some trustmarks like their Trustpilot score and total customers paid to date. We also received a padded postal bag to put our gold items into and send back along with the letter. The letter was also pre-filled with our details which made sending back our gold quick and easy.
We received an offer from Postgoldforcash.com within a few hours of it arriving at their offices (they were second fastest) for £206.00 and we managed to haggle them up to a final total of £210.
We sold our gold and received a cheque within two days.
Speed of Response
Next day AM (fast)
Insurance
£750
Payment Methods
Cheque, Bank transfer, Paypal
Comments
Dealing with Gold Monkeys was very straight forward. They have a simple website and we received one simple letter to complete and send back. The selling pack itself was pretty basic and didn't ask how we prefer to be contacted but it was good to see a Whatsapp option (although we didn't use it).
Gold Monkeys were the first to contact us back, responding very early upon receiving the gold and made us a good offer of £186.15 plus a £10 'bonus' for sending the gold back quickly (despite us taking a week to return the gold).
We had two other calls from Gold Monkeys and eventually managed to increase their offer to a final total of £203.56.
We sold our gold and received our cheque within two days.
Speed of Response
Next day PM (slow)
Insurance
£500
Payment Methods
Cheque (£2 charge), Faster Payment Services, Bank Transfer
Comments
This was a horrible pack! We received one basic letter which mentioned nothing about them as a company and didn't talk about what they buy and why we should choose them. The letter and pack sent to us didn't match the website as the name and logo are different - we had to double check who we'd ordered a pack from.
To add to the lack of trust, the email received came from an address which didn't match either and we had to work things back to the original website by checking the phone number. When it comes to earning trust online, this company really didn't inspire us. The original offer was in line with the rest of the market (£179.13) but when asked if they could improve the offer, it was increased by a measly 87p to £180.00.
We sold our gold and received a cheque within two days.
Speed of Response
2 days (slowest)
Insurance
£750
Payment Methods
Bank Transfer
Comments
When you order a gold selling pack, it will come from a company called Gold Converter. Sadly, there is no mention of the website which makes things very confusing indeed! Who am I selling my gold to and can I trust them?
The letter received was very basic and looked like no time has been spent designing it, again making the service feel cheap and unprofessional. On the plus side, a bubble wrap bag was included to help protect the items sent.
We received our first offer a day after they received it (and after other gold buyers we tested) which came in at a disappointing £120.00. We declined this offer and spoke to them again a day later where the offer was upped to £142.00.
We declined their offer and had our gold sent back to us within two days.
Speed of Response
Next day midday (via email)
Insurance
£500
Payment Methods
Cash, Cheque, Bank Transfer
Comments
We received a generic letter with no personalisation which made completing the form that much longer compared to the other gold buyers. After sending off our gold, we weren't called and were only sent an email with a very small offer (only £89.14) which was significantly lower than all of the other gold buyers we contacted, almost 50% less!
They did then up their offer significantly on second contact to £127.34 (nearly 50% increase on their first one!) however, this was still a long way short of the others.
We decided to have our gold returned due to the low price offered and it arrived within 2 days of our request.
Get the best price for your gold – independent research into the postal gold buying market online
Welcome to Goldcomparison.co.uk – an independent postal gold buyer comparison site. We went undercover to compare UK postal gold buyers to ensure you’re getting the best value for your unwanted gold!
We’ve set up our website to provide people looking to sell gold online with the best information available when it comes to selling unwanted jewellery, rings, necklaces or anything else gold related. We want to provide those selling gold with the best information available, not only in terms of how much you will get for your gold, but how each postal gold buyer works, what to expect when selling gold and who we believe to be the best in the market.
We’ve outlined our gold selling research for everyone to read to understand how we conducted our gold selling analysis. We believe it is crucial for anyone looking to sell gold to know what to look for, understand how best to sell gold and who the best companies to sell to are.
We aim to update our gold selling table over time with additional postal gold sellers in the UK and will be doing so over the coming months and beyond so that we keep giving our website visitors the best gold selling information possible to get the best price and best deal for their gold, silver and jewellery.
Be aware that the price of gold changes all the time so our analysis was conducted at the same time across all gold buyers so we had the fairest assessment against the live gold price.
