Rough estimates where possible; your final offer follows inspection.
No obligation. Free tracked return if you decline. We aim to pay within one working hour of acceptance.
You can sell gold and silver in Leicester by post, including 22ct and pieces bought abroad. GoldPaid serves customers in Leicester by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop. Send photos on WhatsApp, request the free label, and decide only after reading a written offer based on an XRF test of each item.
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.
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Is GoldPaid on Belgrave Road?No. GoldPaid has no shop or counter in Leicester, and our staffed office in Bristol does not take drop-ins. GoldPaid serves customers in Leicester by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop.
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.
Before you post
The questions people ask before they send anything, answered here rather than at the end of the page.
Can I ask first?
Yes. WhatsApp a photo to 07944 014111, 8am to 9pm, every day, and we reply with an idea of what it is worth. Nothing is posted until you decide.
Is it safe to post?
Your parcel travels by Royal Mail Special Delivery, tracked and signed for. 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.
How is it tested?
Your parcel is signed for on arrival and opened at our Bristol office, where each item is weighed and tested with an XRF analyser, an X-ray test that reads the metal without marking it. Your written offer lists each piece with its weight, purity and figure.
What if I say no?
We return everything by Royal Mail Special Delivery at our cost. Saying no costs you nothing.
When am I paid?
Only if you accept the written offer. We aim for the money to reach your bank within 24 hours of posting. We use Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, test your items promptly on receipt, and aim to pay by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance. The 24-hour target is an aim, not a guarantee: it depends on posting before the local cut-off, the applicable working-day delivery service, prompt acceptance, completed identity checks and bank processing.
How long does an offer last?
Each written offer is dated and holds for a limited time, because metal prices move. If it lapses, we re-run it at that day’s rate.
Who am I dealing with?
GOLDPAID LTD, registered in England and Wales, run by founder Rocco Clayfield. Our office is at Unit 217, Bristol Business Centre, 179 Whiteladies Road, Clifton, Bristol BS8 2AG. We are postal only, so there is no counter to visit. Before we pay, we ask every seller for a photo of their passport or driving licence.
Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
22ct gold and pieces bought abroad
Gold that is 22ct is usually stamped 916, and a piece bought in India often carries a Bureau of Indian Standards mark or a maker’s stamp instead of a UK hallmark. Neither stops a sale. We confirm the carat by XRF and weigh each piece, and your offer reflects the weight and purity we measure and the live precious-metal market.
Kundan, polki and enamelled pieces take more care. Nothing is unset: stones and enamel are separated from the gold weight line by line on the written offer, and if a piece looks worth more to a specialist than for its metal, we say so before you decide.
An anchor on a piece bought in India can be genuine. Birmingham’s assay office has struck its hallmark through a subsidiary in India since 2016, and under a 2018 British Hallmarking Council decision pieces marked overseas carry an additional overseas mark. How GoldPaid values 22ct Indian gold.
Belgrave Road or the post?
Belgrave Road, known as the Golden Mile, is known for its jewellers, sari shops and Indian restaurants, and Leicester’s Diwali celebrations centre on it. If you already have a jeweller there you trust, ask them for a rough estimate.
If you would rather not take family pieces to a counter, or you want an itemised written offer to share with relatives before anyone decides, post them to us. A rough estimate from photos on WhatsApp gives you a number to compare either way.
A Belgrave Road jeweller or GoldPaid by post
At a counter
By post
Figure
On the day
Indicative from photos, then a written offer after XRF testing
Compare
Several shops in one trip
One written offer; decline it and your items come back free
Testing
Ask each shop
Each item XRF-tested, purity shown on the offer
Items
You carry them
Royal Mail Special Delivery, free prepaid label
Payment
Ask the shop
Faster Payments if you accept; we aim to pay within one working hour of acceptance
Deciding
In the shop
At home; the offer holds for a limited time
Stones
Ask how they are weighed out
Nothing unset; stones and enamel separated from the gold weight on the offer
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. Final offers depend on inspection, item weight, purity, hallmarks, stones, non-gold components, condition and the live precious-metal market.
Selling silver from Leicester
Hallmarked silver jewellery, cutlery and tableware can go in the same parcel as your gold. Silver is valued on the fineness the XRF test confirms, its weight and the live precious-metal market, and anything stamped EPNS is plate, not solid silver, so it is not paid as silver. How silver is valued.
Running a Leicester charity shop?
This page is for people selling their own gold and silver. Charity shops use a separate business service with its own terms: charity gold buying for Leicester shops.
How selling works here
Start on WhatsApp. A couple of clear photos of your gold or silver are enough for us to give you a rough estimate at no charge.
Claim your free postage. We issue a prepaid, tracked, signed-for Royal Mail Special Delivery label, or a QR code for the Post Office.
Post in your own time. Any padded envelope works, and there is no deadline to meet.
Get a written valuation. Each item is weighed and read by XRF spectrometry, and the itemised offer is sent to you in writing, usually on the working day your parcel arrives.
Accept or walk away. Acceptance means payment by Faster Payments; declining means a free, fully tracked return.
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.
What decides your offer
Every parcel is opened at our Bristol office and each piece is handled on its own. Nothing is averaged across the parcel.
Weight. Each item is weighed on scales. Stones, steel springs, non-gold clasps and cores are not paid as gold. The written breakdown explains the payable metal weight for each item, rather than treating everything on the scales as precious metal.
Purity. Each item is tested with an XRF analyser, which reads the metals at the points tested without marking the item. A surface reading alone cannot establish the composition of a plated or filled piece. Hallmarks, construction and different components all need to be considered alongside the test.
The market on the day. Gold and silver are priced against the live precious-metal market at the time your parcel is assessed, not at the time you posted.
Condition and intact value. Broken is fine and does not reduce a metal offer. Where a piece is worth more intact (a named maker, a collectable coin, a locket with provenance) we tell you before testing, so you can choose.
Anything that is not gold or silver. Plated, rolled-gold and base-metal items are listed on the offer at nothing and returned to you free. We never quietly keep them.
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.
Any Post Office counter in or around Leicester accepts the prepaid Royal Mail Special Delivery label, and a parcel from an LE-postcode address is handled the same way as one posted anywhere else in the UK. Check your branch’s opening hours on the Post Office branch finder, and keep the counter receipt: it carries the tracking number.
Why sell by post with GoldPaid
Three differences from a counter sale. You see a measured valuation in writing, not a verbal estimate. You decide at home, with nobody waiting. And if you decline, the return is free, tracked and signed for, so obtaining the valuation costs you nothing.
Common questions
Can I sell 22ct gold with no UK hallmark?
Yes. Each piece is XRF-tested, and your offer reflects the measured carat and weight and the live precious-metal market. Stones and enamel are separated from the gold weight on the written offer.
A wedding set is heavy. Can it go in one parcel?
Tell us the rough weight first. 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. A larger set can travel in more than one parcel, each with its own prepaid label and tracking number.
Do you buy silver in Leicester?
Yes, by post. Hallmarked silver is valued on its measured fineness, its weight and the live precious-metal market.
How long does it take from Leicester?
Royal Mail Special Delivery normally reaches our Bristol office the next working day. The parcel is signed for on arrival and opened there, each item is weighed and XRF-tested, and the written offer usually follows by email on the working day it arrives. If you accept, we aim to pay by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance.
What happens if I do not accept the offer?
Your items come back to you free of charge by Royal Mail Special Delivery, tracked and signed for. There is no fee for declining and no obligation to accept, and you can accept part of a parcel and decline the rest. The written offer is dated and holds for a limited time; if it lapses before you decide, it is re-run against the live precious-metal market at that time. What happens if you decline.
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.
