I never write reviews. I felt like I needed to write this because my experience has been on my mind since I went there last month. I was selling some sterling silver pieces...candle holders, cups, platters...I had called around to some of the "We Buy Gold and Silver" places ahead of time and was told that they would buy Sterling for $25 an ounce. I decided to go to Earth Treasures instead of one those places because they seemed "shady" to me and Earth Treasures advertised that they would pay more than those places. When I went in, I signed in and waited about 15-20 mins for my name to be called. The woman who weighed our stuff wrote the order up and paid us in a really rushed fashion...never asked us if the price was acceptable to us. My own fault, I should have asked the price per ounce ahead of time. When I left and looked at the ticket, I noticed I was only paid $19 per ounce! I had also brought in some estate jewelery pieces that day and DID notice she added all 6 pieces on the ticket for $5!!! I told her "never mind" about the estate pieces because although they were costume pieces, they were from the 1930's and I knew I could sell them on my Etsy.com account for a lot more. She argued with me and told me I would never sell them online and made it like it was a big deal to change the ticket and take the $5 extra off of it! I have since sold 3 of the 6 pieces online for anywhere from $20-$75 EACH. Again, I know it's my own fault for not asking what they were paying per ounce ahead of time and ASSUMING they would pay more since they melt down silver and gold themselves. Oh...and I do know the prices of gold and silver change daily/hourly...I called two "We Buy Gold" places as soon as I left and they were still paying $25/ounce. What a rip off...I feel so stupid. PLEASE call around for prices before you go to Earth Treasures to sell your gold or silver!!!
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