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Just when I thought I had heard every scam there is in the gold business, I just heard a new one. I pass it along here in the interest of public awareness in the hope that someone else will avoid being victimized. In this case the victim was approached by a legitimate seeming business person [...]

Group selling events, also known as , can be the best way to maximize your return when you sell old gold.  There are cost efficiencies that can translate into more money for you and your guests, but there are also some cautions to be aware of. When you host a Gold Party with 6 or [...]

We often hear that gold is a “safe haven” investment in times of crisis, and yet in the recent crisis in Japan the price of gold dropped sharply, along with every other type of investment and most of the world’s currencies aside from the Yen and the US dollar. So is gold really a safe [...]

GoldSmart will be at the Jewel FM Ladies Getaway Weekend at the Chateau Cartier April 1,2 and 3 and is offering the exclusive GoldSmart Gold Party service throughout the Ottawa area. Jewel FM recently interviewed Angela Best, Partner in The GoldSmart Network, on both subjects. Click here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] to [...]

There’s an old saying that says if something sounds too good to be true it probably is, and it was never so true as in the gold business.  Over the course of my thirty years in this industry I think I may have heard them all, from schemes to recover gold from sea water to [...]

If you have ever tried to sell a gold bar or coin on eBay, you know that the listing fees and final valuation fees make it all but impossible to make any money yourself. In response, GoldSmart has established The GoldSmart Exchange at www.GoldSmartX.com as a peer-to-peer auction site with no listing fees and no [...]

If you follow GoldSmart on Twitter you will be pleased to know that updates to the GoldSmart Knowledgebase are linked automatically to our Twitter feed. We work constantly to add fresh material to the Knowledgebase of interest to everyone buying or selling gold, silver, platinum or palladium. We also prowl the online Q&A sites looking [...]

If you are following GoldSmart on Facebook you will be glad to know that additions to The GoldSmart Knowledgebase are now linked automatically to the GoldSmart Facebook page. We strive to constantly update this Knowledgebase with information useful to anyone selling or buying gold, silver, platinum or palladium as jewellery or in bar and coin [...]

The GoldSmart Network publishes it’s prices daily.  Click to see today’s markets.  We pay the same prices at Gold Parties, at the GoldSmart Agent’s counter, at GoldSmart’s Individual Consultations or by Direct Mail-in.  Our published prices are the same regardless of how you deal with our company. Any business that buys old gold has costs.  [...]

The short answer is “no” but it is worthwhile understanding why and how to be sure you are getting the most for your old gold. The first thing to understand is that there are only a handful of actual refiners in the whole world.  Gold refining is a complex process involving a huge amount of [...]