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GoldPaid buys wedding rings, engagement rings, anniversary jewellery and unwanted gifts by post after a separation or divorce. There is no shop visit, no conversation in person and no question about why you are selling. Each piece is XRF-tested and weighed, the written offer usually follows on the working day the parcel arrives, and payment is by bank transfer only if you accept.
Send a photo on WhatsApp for a rough estimate where possible, or arrange to post your items for assessment. We confirm our purchase offer after inspection, and you decide whether to accept. Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
Please send us photos on WhatsApp, and we will help you.
Send photos of your items and any hallmarks. We give a rough estimate where possible; your final offer follows inspection. You do not need to arrange postage to ask us a question.
We arrange postage with you after our conversation.
The questions people ask before they send anything, answered here rather than at the end of the page.
Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
Selling gold after a separation is often as much about discretion as about money, and the postal route gives you both. We buy wedding rings, engagement rings, anniversary jewellery and unwanted gifts with no shop visit, no in-person conversation and no questions about your circumstances. A free prepaid Royal Mail label takes the items to us, the written offer usually follows on the working day they arrive, and you accept for payment by bank transfer or decline for a free return.
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. Your parcel is opened and tested at our Bristol office, which is not a shop and never needs a visit from you. 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 or palladium, both of which we also buy (send a photo first for a platinum or palladium band). The XRF test on arrival confirms the carat and the weight is taken to two decimal places. The written offer shows the figure for each band directly.
Engagement rings are different. The central stone, whether a diamond, sapphire, ruby or emerald, 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 the photo ID we ask every seller for. 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. We can set the payment reference to anything neutral you ask for, but the payer name on your statement will still show as GOLDPAID LTD. Tell us the reference you would like when you reply to the offer.
Some people post the parcel, receive the written offer, and then sit with the figure for several days before deciding. That is fine: the parcel is held intact, and nothing is melted, while you think. The written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move; if it lapses before you reply, it is re-run against the current market and nobody chases you for an answer.
If the gold market moves materially during that window we issue a refreshed offer (up or down) with the new figure explicit, so the figure on the page always reflects the current gold market 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.
Your parcel is signed for on arrival and opened at our Bristol office, where each item is weighed and XRF-tested before the written offer is prepared.
Your items travel on Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, fully tracked and signed for on delivery. Royal Mail cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. GoldPaid can confirm the appropriate postal option before you post. If your items may be worth more, message us first and we can split them across more than one prepaid label at no charge. See postage and cover for the full picture. If a parcel is lost on its way to us, the compensation claim goes to Royal Mail from you, the sender, using your Post Office receipt, and we give you our tracking records and help you make it. Lost parcels, step by step.
Then nothing happens except a free return. We send your items back by tracked, signed-for post at our cost, with no fee for declining and no follow-up. A valuation is only worth having if you can turn it down freely, so you can. See what happens if I decline the offer.
The written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move. If it lapses before you decide, we re-run it against the live precious-metal market on the day, at no charge. You can also accept part of a parcel and decline the rest, with no minimum and no penalty for splitting it.
If you accept, we aim to pay by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance, directly to your bank account. It is the last step, and a simple one.
GoldPaid is a small, owner-run UK business built on one promise: show the working. Every item is weighed and XRF-assayed, and every offer is itemised in writing. Postage is free and tracked both ways, and there is never a countdown or a hard sell. If something is worth more to a specialist than to us, we say so.
Every parcel is opened at our Bristol office and each piece is handled on its own. Nothing is averaged across the parcel.
Why we do not publish a per-gram price list. A single printed rate hides the things that change the figure: hollow versus solid, stones, mixed carats in one bag, a mark that does not match the metal. We would rather show you the weight, the tested purity and the figure for each item, in writing, and let you decide. Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
What you see before you decide. A written, itemised offer by WhatsApp or email: every item, its weight, its tested purity, and its figure. Accept and we aim to pay by bank transfer within one working hour. Decline and the whole parcel comes back by Royal Mail Special Delivery at our cost. No fee, no deduction, no questions.
Partly. We can set the payment reference to whatever you ask for, but the payer name on your statement will still show as GOLDPAID LTD. Tell us the reference you would like when you accept the offer.
That is a matter for your bank and your account access, not ours. Many people use a personal account in their sole name for the transfer; we can pay to whichever UK account you provide.
Yes. If you would like to keep the stone, we can remove it before melt and return it to you with the bank transfer. Note this on your acceptance reply.
The written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move. If it lapses before you decide, ask and the figure is re-run against the current market. Nobody chases you in the meantime.
No, beyond the photo ID GoldPaid asks every seller for. We do not share data with marketers, third parties or any other buyer.
Not the question you had? The full GoldPaid FAQ covers the rest, from postal cover and ID checks to what happens if you decline the offer.
Please send us photos on WhatsApp, and we will help you. We give a rough estimate where possible and arrange postage with you after our conversation. Your final offer follows inspection.
Message us with a clear photo of your items on WhatsApp, or call. There is no obligation at any stage and the only commitment is your decision to accept a written offer once you have seen it.
We give rough estimates where possible; your final offer follows inspection. We arrange postage with you after our conversation.
No obligation. Free tracked return if you decline. We aim to pay within one working hour of acceptance.