Sell gold jewellery after a divorce — discreet postal service

Selling gold after a separation is not the same transaction as selling unwanted jewellery on a casual basis. There may be emotional weight to the piece, there may be questions of timing, finalising things before a court date, freeing up cash during a difficult month, and there is almost always a preference for keeping the whole process private rather than walking into a high-street gold buyer on a Saturday afternoon.

The postal route addresses all three. The valuation happens entirely off-site in a workshop you never have to visit. There is no in-person conversation, no questions on the doorstep, no audit trail of you walking into a shop. The only people who know the transaction took place are you, your bank statement and us.

Wedding bands are usually 9ct or 18ct gold; some are platinum (which we also buy, valued separately). The XRF on arrival confirms the carat and the calibrated scale gives the weight to two decimal places. The written offer shows the gold figure (or platinum figure) directly.

Engagement rings are different. The diamond, or sapphire, ruby, emerald, sitting on the ring usually accounts for far more of the value than the gold itself. If the central stone is a diamond above 0.30ct, the most realistic route is often a specialist diamond resale service, not a precious-metal buyer, and we will say so openly on the written offer if it applies to your piece. For costume diamonds, smaller stones, or stones whose value sits well below the gold value, the gold-only valuation is usually the cleaner sale.

Engraved wedding bands and personalised inscriptions are not removed before melt. Once you accept the offer, the piece is melted into stock; there is no possibility of recovering the engraving. That cut-off is the moment to be sure, and the no-obligation route exists precisely so you can look at the figure first and decide separately whether to proceed.

The only personal data we hold against a transaction is the name, address, bank-transfer details and proof of ID required by UK precious-metal-purchase law. There is no record of why you are selling, no questionnaire about your circumstances, no link in our internal records to a divorce, a separation or a relationship change.

The Royal Mail label is generated against your address; the parcel arrives at a neutral business address. The XRF certificate, written offer, weight log and bank-transfer receipt are issued in your name only and are not shared with any third party. If you would like the bank-transfer reference to read something neutral (not "GoldPaid" or anything jewellery-related), tell us when you reply to the offer and we will set the reference accordingly.

Some people post the parcel, receive the written offer, and then sit with the figure for several days before deciding. That is allowed, and it is a route we routinely accommodate. The parcel sits in the safe; the offer stays open at the rate it was struck at; you reply when you are ready.

If the gold market moves materially during that window we issue a refreshed offer (up or down) with the new rate explicit, so the figure on the page always reflects today's gold value rather than a stale one. If at any point you decide to keep the piece, you say so and the parcel comes back fully tracked at our cost. There is no fee for the time taken to think it through.