How selling gold from Tetbury by post works
GoldPaid serves customers in Tetbury by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop. Nothing about the service depends on a branch in Tetbury; it is built so you never travel, never feel rushed, and never accept anything before you have read it in writing.
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.
Who sells gold and silver from Tetbury, and what do they send?
Tetbury is a Cotswold wool town in Gloucestershire, with a pillared seventeenth-century market house and streets of honey-coloured stone.
Cotswold parcels tend to be inherited family gold and silver, the accumulated jewellery of long-established stone-town households.
Four moving parts, all visible
- You ask, we steer. WhatsApp us photos of your gold or silver; you get an honest indicative figure and no pressure to go further.
- We send the label. A free Royal Mail Special Delivery label arrives, tracked and signed for, with a QR-code option if you cannot print.
- You post when ready. No countdown. Use whatever padded packaging you already have.
- We test, you decide. Items are weighed and XRF-assayed, the written offer is sent, and you either accept for a Faster Payments transfer or decline for a free insured return.
Valued on fact, not estimate
Your valuation rests on what can actually be measured: the purity an XRF assay confirms, the weight a calibrated scale records, and the live precious-metal rate at the time of assessment. It is all shown to you in writing first. XRF testing explained covers how the assay works.
How does a parcel travel from Tetbury to GoldPaid?
Tetbury and the wider part of Gloucestershire around it use the Royal Mail GL postcode area. Sent by Special Delivery, a parcel normally reaches our address the next working morning.
A typical parcel is a small mixed collection rather than a single piece. Each item is logged on arrival, XRF-assayed for purity and weighed separately, so nothing is averaged out and nothing is valued by guesswork.
The Post Office counter receipt carries a thirteen-character Royal Mail tracking reference. A photograph of it taken at the counter is, in practical terms, the single document that protects you between the parcel leaving your hand and our written offer arriving in your inbox.
Postage, tracking and cover
Royal Mail Special Delivery cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used. Every parcel uses Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, tracked from the counter to our door, signed for on arrival, and arranged with that compensation cover. For anything you think exceeds it, contact us first; we will arrange a suitable approach rather than leave a parcel underprotected. The detail sits on postage and insurance and is it safe to post gold?.
No obligation, ever
You are free to walk away at any point before you accept. Decline the offer and everything is repacked and returned to you free of charge, fully tracked and insured. There is no assessment fee and no sales pressure afterwards. The detail is on what happens if I decline the offer.
Getting paid
Once you accept your written offer, payment is made by bank transfer using Faster Payments, directly to your account. No cheques to wait on, no conditions attached.
What we buy, and who tends to sell it from Tetbury
Most enquiries from Tetbury fall into a few familiar groups. Whatever you have, it is valued the same way: each item XRF-tested, weighed, and written up before you decide anything.
- Broken and worn gold jewellery. Snapped chains, single earrings, bent rings, tangled or clasp-less pieces. Condition makes no difference; we pay for the metal.
- Inherited and probate jewellery. Pieces being 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 rather than as a lump.
- 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 and valued alongside any gold.
- Unwanted jewellery of any kind. Gifts that were never worn, pieces from a past relationship, anything simply sitting unused in a drawer.
Not sure which fits? Send a photo on WhatsApp and we will tell you what you have, with no obligation to go further.
What backs the offer up
- XRF spectrometry on every item, not a counter estimate
- A written, itemised breakdown before you decide anything
- Free insured postage in, free tracked return out
- No countdowns, no pressure, no fabricated reviews
- An owner-run business with a named founder who answers honestly
Common questions
Can I send photos before I post anything from Tetbury?
Absolutely. A WhatsApp photo is the first step we recommend for anyone in Tetbury. It lets us talk you through the items and the process before a label is ever issued, with nothing leaving your home.
How long does a parcel from Tetbury take to reach you?
From Tetbury, Special Delivery normally reaches us the next working morning. The assay, the weighing and the written offer all happen on the day of arrival, and your bank transfer is sent by Faster Payments as soon as you accept the figure.
Can I ask questions before I post anything?
Of course. The first step is a question, not a parcel. Send a WhatsApp message or call with any concern, and post only once you have the answers you want.
How is the Royal Mail cover arranged?
The postage is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, tracked the whole way and signed for. Royal Mail Special Delivery cover may be available up to £2,500 depending on the postal method and cover level used; flag higher-value items in WhatsApp before you post and we will confirm the right option.
What happens if I do not accept the offer?
Nothing happens to your items if you decline. They are posted straight back, free of charge, by tracked and signed-for Royal Mail. No fee, no pressure, no obligation and no follow-up.