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GoldPaid buys gold and silver from Thirsk by post, with no shop to visit. There is no counter to attend from Thirsk. You message on WhatsApp first, send a photo, post with a free tracked Royal Mail label at the time that suits you, and the written offer waits for your decision.
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.
GoldPaid serves customers in Thirsk by post using a prepaid Royal Mail label. You do not need to visit a shop. We are not a Thirsk business with a Thirsk address; we are a UK-wide postal buyer, and the postal route is built so you stay in control at every step.
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Why we do not publish a per-gram price list.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.
The first step is a conversation, not a commitment. Send a photo of your gold or silver on WhatsApp, or call, and you will get a rough estimate and a straight answer to anything you want to ask. You decide what happens next.
Because GoldPaid works entirely by post across the UK, you do all of this from home, in your own time. No shop, no queue, and nobody watching over your shoulder while you think.
Thirsk is a North Yorkshire market town with a cobbled market place, set between the Hambleton Hills and the Vale of York. It is a steady working market town serving a broad farming district. People in Thirsk sell gold and silver by post, anywhere in the UK, with no shop visit needed.
Start with a photograph on WhatsApp. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing, and it gets you an informed view of what you have while the items stay in your own house.
Sell gold by post from North Yorkshire lists the North Yorkshire town pages GoldPaid publishes. The nearest other GoldPaid county pages are Cumbria, Lincolnshire and Derbyshire, on the same postal-first process.
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.
A clear set of photos of your gold or silver is enough for a useful first look. Lay items flat in good light and get close to any small stamps.
The offer is measured rather than assumed: confirmed purity, accurate weight, and the live precious-metal market on the day we test, with our margin already inside the figure. You read every figure in a written, itemised breakdown before you commit to anything. See how we value gold for the detail.
One parcel gets one written figure, itemised piece by piece. Your offer reflects the weight and purity we measure and the live precious-metal market on the day, with our margin already inside the figure, so nothing further is taken off. For coins, watches and signed or collectable pieces, send a photo on WhatsApp first and we will tell you how we would value them before you post anything.
Thirsk and the wider part of North Yorkshire around it use the Royal Mail YO postcode area. Sent by Special Delivery, a parcel normally reaches our address the next working morning.
A parcel holding a small mixed collection is handled no differently from one holding a single piece. Each item is XRF-assayed for purity and weighed separately, so nothing is averaged out and nothing is valued by guesswork.
Ask the counter clerk for the receipt and keep it safe. Its thirteen-character tracking reference is what you would quote to Royal Mail, and a quick phone photo of it covers you until we email to say the parcel is here.
We email you a Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed label, usually within 30 minutes between 8am and 9pm: tracked end to end 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. Print the label at home, or ask for a QR code and the Post Office counter prints it for you. If your items are worth more, message us before posting and we split them across more than one prepaid label. There is more on postage and cover. 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.
Accept the offer and we aim to send the money by Faster Payments within one working hour of your acceptance, straight to the bank account you provide. There are no cheques and no strings.
From Thirsk, these are the situations GoldPaid is set up to handle. None needs sorting or identifying first; the assay confirms everything on arrival.
Not sure which fits? Send a photo on WhatsApp and we will tell you what you have, with no obligation to go further.
GoldPaid makes no price-beating claims. You get the XRF reading, the weight and the figure for every piece in writing, and you decide at home.
Absolutely. A WhatsApp photo is the first step we recommend for anyone in Thirsk. It lets us talk you through the items and the process before a label is ever issued, with nothing leaving your home.
From Thirsk, Special Delivery normally reaches us the next working morning. The assay, the weighing and the written offer normally all happen on the day of arrival, and if you accept the figure we aim to send your bank transfer by Faster Payments within one working hour of acceptance.
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.
The postage is Royal Mail Special Delivery Guaranteed, tracked the whole way and signed for. Your parcel travels on Royal Mail Special Delivery, and Royal Mail 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.
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.
Lay each item flat on a plain surface in good daylight, then take one clear overall photo and a close-up of any hallmark or carat stamp. Photographing items next to a coin or a ruler helps show their size. From those photos we can usually read hallmarks, spot carat stamps and tell whether something looks solid or plated, which is enough for a rough estimate on WhatsApp.
No. Please send items as they are. Value comes from the weight and purity of the precious metal, not the shine, and gentle wear, tarnish or small repairs make no difference to a postal valuation. There is no need to remove stones or dismantle anything either; set stones and non-gold parts are simply accounted for separately.
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.
A photo on WhatsApp, or a phone call, whichever suits you. From Thirsk or anywhere else in the UK, the process moves at your pace and stops the moment you choose to stop 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.