How selling gold by post across Northumberland works
GoldPaid serves customers across Northumberland by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop. There is no GoldPaid branch anywhere in Northumberland, and there does not need to be: the service is built so the parcel does the travelling, not you, and so every decision is made by you at home.
Ask first. Post later, or not at all.
You can ask as much as you like before anything is sent. Photos on WhatsApp give us enough to offer a quick indicative figure on your gold or silver, and we will tell you straight if something is not worth posting. Nothing moves until you say so.
Selling with GoldPaid is done entirely by post, anywhere in the UK. There is no shop to find and no pressure at a counter, because there is no counter.
Northumberland: why selling by post suits it
Northumberland is England’s northernmost county, a sparse landscape of stone market towns, the Cheviot Hills and a castle-strewn coast. Towns here are far apart and the distances between them are large.
Distances in Northumberland are considerable and towns sit far apart; a tracked postal service is often the only practical way to reach a specialist buyer.
What happens, from first message to payment
- A photo and a question. Send photos of your gold or silver on WhatsApp. We reply with a quick indicative figure and answer whatever you want to know.
- A prepaid label, on request. Ask for the label when you are ready and we send a free, tracked, signed-for Royal Mail Special Delivery one, or a QR code for the counter.
- You post it. Any padded envelope is fine, posted whenever you choose.
- We assess and write it up. Calibrated weighing plus an XRF assay produce a written, itemised offer for you to read at home.
- Your decision. Accept for payment by Faster Payments, or decline for a free, tracked, insured return.
The 5 Northumberland towns GoldPaid covers by post
Every town below has its own page setting out the postal process, the postcode routing and the timings for that area. GoldPaid covers all of them on identical terms, with the same free insured label and the same written, XRF-confirmed offer.
Where the figure comes from
There is no guesswork in the offer. We confirm purity by XRF assay, weigh on calibrated scales, and price against the live market rate on the day. Every one of those numbers appears in the written breakdown you receive before deciding. The full method is on how we value gold.
Postage and cover
Royal Mail Special Delivery cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. The label we send is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed: tracked end to end, signed for on delivery, and arranged with that compensation cover per parcel. If you believe your items are worth more, message us before posting and we will arrange the right approach, whether that is additional cover or splitting items across more than one parcel. Full detail is on postage and insurance, and is it safe to post gold? walks through posting valuables safely.
Declining, made simple
A quick message is all it takes to decline, and you do not need to give a reason. Your items are then returned free of charge on a tracked, insured service, with no fee and no pressure to reconsider. What happens if I decline the offer covers it fully.
The payment step
Acceptance triggers payment: a direct bank transfer by Faster Payments, to the account you give us. Nothing to bank and nothing to chase.
What GoldPaid buys across Northumberland
Wherever you are in Northumberland, GoldPaid buys the same range of gold and silver, valued the same way: each item XRF-tested, weighed and written up before you decide. The most common items are:
- Broken and worn gold jewellery. Snapped chains, single earrings, bent rings; condition makes no difference, we pay for the metal.
- Inherited and probate jewellery. Pieces cleared after an estate, a downsize or sorting out a family home.
- Scrap gold. Odd, mixed-carat or unhallmarked pieces, each paid at its own measured carat.
- Gold sovereigns and coins. Flagged separately on the written offer if a coin carries collector value above its metal content.
- Silver. Hallmarked tableware, cutlery, coins and jewellery, weighed alongside any gold.
- Unwanted jewellery of any kind. Gifts never worn, pieces from a past relationship, anything sitting unused in a drawer.
Whatever you have, the first step is the same: a clear photo on WhatsApp and an honest indicative figure in reply, with no obligation to go further.
Built to be trusted, not just believed
- Owner-run, with a named founder accountable for the service
- Every item XRF-assayed, the result shown to you in writing
- Free insured postage both ways, so a valuation is genuinely no-obligation
- Honest about its limits, including when a specialist would suit you better
- No fabricated reviews and no invented numbers, anywhere on the site
Common questions
Which Northumberland towns does GoldPaid cover?
GoldPaid covers every town and address in Northumberland by post on identical terms. The 5 town pages on this hub are simply the most-requested areas; wherever you are in Northumberland, the service and the cover are the same.
How long does postage take from Northumberland?
Royal Mail Special Delivery normally reaches us the next working morning. We XRF-assay and weigh your items the day they arrive and email the written offer the same day; acceptance triggers a Faster Payments transfer.
How is my parcel insured?
The label we send is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, fully tracked and signed for. Royal Mail Special Delivery cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. If your items may be worth more, message us first and we will confirm the appropriate postal option before you post.
What happens if I do not accept the offer?
Your items are returned to you free of charge by tracked, signed-for Royal Mail post. There is no fee for declining, no pressure and no obligation to accept at any stage.