Vintage and Collectables Roadshow

Nebbit

Can anyone give any feedback on this firm which distributes brochures, advertising these roadshows where apparently they buy things for cash?

DullGreyGuy

Nebbit said:

Can anyone give any feedback on this firm which distributes brochures, advertising these roadshows where apparently they buy things for cash?

What feedback do you want? They'll pay the sorts of prices that antique dealers do for their stock and then resell it at the prices they retail at. 

You'll undoubtedly get more by selling the items yourself seperately but there is a convenience of being able to dump them in bulk and walk away with the monies. 

Pollycat

There are lots of similar companies.

I took some unwanted gold jewellery to one that appeared locally to me.

Unfortunately for them, I knew the exact weight (I have jewellery scales) and knew what a fairly local (12 miles away) jeweller paid for scrap 9 carat gold. They update their website daily.

After a miserly offer, I showed them the website and queried the price per gram they were offering.
They said they had to make a profit.
I said 'so does the jeweller'.
They pointed out the time and cost it would take to visit the jeweller.
I replied that I was retired so had all the time in the world and I had a bus pass so it would cost nothing.

They gradually improved their offer until it was probably not too far from the jeweller's.
But by that time, I was well and truly hacked off at their tactics and wouldn't sell to them on principle (I didn't need the money and still have the jewellery).

We parted ways somewhat acrimoniously.

I wouldn't take any jewellery to any of these places.

Grumpelstiltskin

One thing nowhere on the internet can you find an address for this company, can't find them on Companies House, a similar named company was struck off.

I can see on a review someone brought this up and they replied they could not give their address for security reasons, well if you believe that...................