A1j
The Business Manager (Mrs P) has been hoarding her little paper bag with its a jumble of bits and pieces of scrap gold for as long as I can remember. You know the kind of thing. There's odd bits of chain from long-forgotten necklaces; single earrings, the pair to which went the way of the world years ago; my late father's signet ring, the shank of which was worn so thin that 22ct gold price today it snapped -- none of it worth repairing and therefore useless, at least to us.
For a few weeks now she's been on at me to let her cash in her little hoard. It seems like every time we sit down to watch the television, there's an advert from some bullion dealer or other offering instant cash for scrap gold and it didn't take long for her to suss out that the man sitting at a trestle table in the shopping mall was buying, not selling. The ultra sensitive electronic set of scales he had with him was a dead giveaway as far as I was concerned.
However, with the melt value of gold at an all-time high 22ct gold price (at the time of writing) I suspect she'll be having her way. How the cash is split remains to be seen...
The process does trouble me, though. No one, least of all me, has a problem with traders making a profit from their labours. They are not charities and, like all of us, they have mortgages and children to feed. But when it comes down to it, you are at the mercy of the dealer when offered a price for the scrap gold you're selling.
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