Comments on: Cash4Gold: How NOT To Sell Gold

By: thunderthighs

thunderthighs — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 16:18:56 +0000

I don’t think it’s a scam, you are indeed paying a hefty price for convenience, though. But that doesn’t mean it’s a smart idea.

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 20:31:06 +0000

This couldn’t sound anymore like a guy works for C4G. Nice PR guy.

By: john

john — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:00:31 +0000

Escobar probably works for one of these companies.

Your basically an idiot to use one of these gold for money companies. If your desperate for cash then take your jewelry to a pawn shop where you will receive probably double the amount. Gold has gone up drastically in recent years. Hold on to is an investment for the future. In harsh economic time these companies that buy gold are scams that prey on the naive and uneducated.

By: William Escobar

William Escobar — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 17:58:24 +0000

After reading about those CASH 4 GOLD scams, I was weary about selling my gold to those late-night TV commercials. I actually took the time to research various gold buying companies and after seeing the positive reviews that ABC & CNN gave U.S. Gold Buyers, Inc., I was convinced they were the best in the biz!

I shopped around for several days and their prices were always the best on the net. They are an extremely professional company and offered free shipping, price quotes and payments within 24 hrs of the receipt of my items!

Do your homework before selling your gold…if you do, you’ll realize that U.S. Gold Buyers are 100% official!

By: Muhammad

Muhammad — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:33:21 +0000

I am intersting in buy and sell gold, i am new commer and don’t know about this business. can any help me as i have some money of my friends for this business, they trust upon me and my honesty. hope someone will help me. Thanks

By: Doug M

Doug M — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 12:37:29 +0000

Hahaha! I appreciate any article that can work the word ‘schadenfreude’ in.

“Boy, those Germans have a word for everything.”

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 13:13:35 +0000

Fair enough, I had just seen it republished numerous times elsewhere but your point is still valid either way. I’ll edit it to summarize with a small inclusion rather than include the entire letter.

By: John

John — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 12:36:53 +0000

That’s doesn’t make it right.

What if I had a blog where I republished your entire posts word-for-word. Would it be okay as long as I link to you before each post? Of course not, that’s a splog.

Even though this is probably the first time you’ve done it, you’re still doing the exact same thing.

You should have summarized in your own words what was said and then linked to the site so people can go there if they want to read the original.

By: Jim

Jim — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 00:25:56 +0000

You mean from ComplaintsBoard? I link to it before I posted the text of the message.

By: John

John — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 23:51:48 +0000

Good article. Also good to know that you have no problem stealing HUGE blocks of content from other websites. If you look up the definition of “fair use” I’m sure it probably says “publish every single thing word-for-word”

By: jordan

jordan — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 07:54:11 +0000

Anyone that would even think about sending their gold in for money to this company is an idiot. Especially whenever they just give you any amount of money they want.. geez… I WAS A TELEMARKETER (asking for donations to the vets).. But this is bad..

Obama, you want to change something? Here’s your first chance. lol

STOP MONEY GRUBBING PRICKS!

By: Rob

Rob — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 03:08:49 +0000

Good post Jim. I can’t stand watching all those Cash4Gold commercials… there’s such a huge market out there for scrap gold… and C4G isn’t the way to go. Lots of people sell scrap gold as is on Ebay, and do far better. Pawnshops can work too.. and there are even some refineries that accept small lots. Midwest Refineries comes to mind – I used them once with good results.

By: thomas

thomas — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:40:33 +0000

The commercial was at least funny.

By: Jim

Jim — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 22:21:30 +0000

Looks like that's what USA Today discovered too: Cash4Gold snaps up a slot for Super Bowl XLIII ad : "The Cash4Gold ad puts a direct-response advertiser on stage with a lineup of top-tier marketers and may not have been NBC's first choice to fill one of the game's 67 ad slots. But after selling 85% of Super Bowl ad time by September, NBC has struggled to unload the rest as the economy, ad spending and consumer confidence spiraled down."

By: EffTee

EffTee — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:47:14 +0000

I read that NBC offered Cash4Gold or whatever it’s called the spot out of apparent desperation. The network was down to two spots that needed to be filled, and since no companies were forthcoming to take them, Cash4Gold got one of the spots. (Good description about feeling like we were watching an infomercial in the wee hours of the morning.)