How selling gold by post across the Cotswolds works
GoldPaid serves customers across the Cotswolds by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop. There is no GoldPaid branch anywhere in the Cotswolds, 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.
You stay in control
Posting valuables should never feel like a leap of faith, so here it does not start as one. Ask your questions first and send photos of your gold or silver on WhatsApp for a no-charge quick indicative figure. Only when you are comfortable do you request a label.
This is a UK-wide postal service with no branches anywhere. Wherever you live, it works the same way: a free insured label in, a written offer back, and a free return if you decline.
the Cotswolds: why selling by post suits it
The Cotswolds and the Severn Vale run through Gloucestershire and Worcestershire, a region of honey-stone wool towns and a long, comfortable domestic legacy of inherited gold and silver.
Cotswold towns are small and the lanes are slow; a postal valuation removes the drive to a city jeweller.
The process, step by step
- Get in touch and show us. A WhatsApp photo of your gold or silver is all we need to give you an honest quick indicative figure before anything is posted.
- Get your free label. We send a prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery label, fully tracked. If you have no printer, a QR code for the counter does the same job.
- Send it at your own pace. Wrap it in any padded envelope and hand it in at a Post Office whenever it suits you.
- See the written offer. We weigh and XRF-assay every item, then send an itemised breakdown showing exactly how the figure was reached.
- Decide. Say yes and the money is sent by Faster Payments. Say no and your items come straight back, free and insured.
The 8 the Cotswolds 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.
The valuation, in plain terms
We do not eyeball a figure. Each item is XRF-assayed for purity and weighed on calibrated scales, then valued against the live market rate, and you see the working in writing before you decide. The method is set out in full on how we value gold.
How your parcel is protected
Royal Mail Special Delivery cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. Your items travel on Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed: fully tracked, needs a signature on delivery, arranged with that compensation cover per parcel. Worth more than that? Tell us before you post, and we will either arrange extra cover or suggest splitting the items across separate parcels. See postage and insurance for the full picture.
If you decide not to sell
There is never any obligation to accept. If the offer is not for you, simply decline, and we return everything free of charge by tracked, insured post, with no fee and no follow-up pressure. The full return process is on what happens if I decline the offer.
Being paid
If you accept, payment follows by Faster Payments, transferred directly to your bank account. It is the last step, and a simple one.
What GoldPaid buys across the Cotswolds
Wherever you are in the Cotswolds, 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.
Why sellers choose GoldPaid
GoldPaid is a small, owner-run UK business built on one promise: show the working. Every item is XRF-assayed and weighed on calibrated scales, every offer is itemised in writing, postage is free and insured 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.
Common questions
Which the Cotswolds towns does GoldPaid cover?
GoldPaid covers every town and address in the Cotswolds by post on identical terms. The 8 town pages on this hub are simply the most-requested areas; wherever you are in the Cotswolds, the service and the cover are the same.
How long does postage take from the Cotswolds?
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.