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Top Gold Price

Compare Gold Price continually identifies the top gold price being paid by UK gold buyers. Our mystery shoppers send gold buyers identical (weight and carat) packs of gold and record all the transaction details to uncover the following:

· the actual time it takes to receive the ‘Gold Pack’ from each gold buyer

· the actual time it takes for the gold buyer to make contact with an offer

· the exact verified offers made by each gold buyer for the pack of gold

· the actual time it takes each gold buyer to return the gold

Review the results of our previous mystery shopper investigations below:

Gold Buyer

Gold pack requested

Gold pack received

Our gold items

Gold pack posted

Gold buyers contact

Gold buyer initial offer

Gold pack returned

Comments

22/04/2013

23/04/2013

4.9g/18ct

8.9g/9ct

24/04/2013

25/04/2013

£208.57

29/04/2013

GoldRefiners.co.uk sent the pack the next day and made the top offer of £208.57 within 24 hours. They were polite & professional and sent the gold back in 3 days.

22/04/2013

24/04/2013

4.9g/18ct

8.9g/9ct

24/04/2013

26/04/2013

£130.82

04/05/2013

BritishGoldRefinery were quick to make an initial offer of £130.82. They made a second improved offer of £150 and took 8 days to return the gold.

22/04/2013

23/04/2013

4.9g/18ct

8.9g/9ct

24/04/2013

26/04/2013

£35.00

06/05/2013

PostalGoldForCash sent the pack the next day and quickly made contact with an offer of £35. They increased their offer to £50 & £85 and took nine days to return the gold.

22/04/2013

24/04/2013

4.9g/18ct

8.9g/9ct

24/04/2013

30/04/2013

£32.82

06/05/2013

PostalGold took a couple of days to send the gold pack and 4 days to make their offer of £32.82. They took 5 days to return the gold.

Gold Buyer	Gold pack requested	Gold pack received	Our gold items	Gold pack posted	Gold buyers contact	Gold buyer initial offer	Gold pack returned	Comments
	07/01/2013	08/01/2013	13.2g/9ct & 14.8g/18ct	11/01/2013	12/01/2013	£395.00	15/01/2013	GoldRefiners.co.uk made contact the next day with the highest offer of £395. They were polite, friendly and the gold was returned in 3 days.
	07/01/2013	09/01/2013	13.2g/9ct & 14.8g/18ct	11/01/2013	15/01/2013	£251.00	05/02/2013	BritishGoldRefinery responded in 3 days with an offer of £251. They did take over 3 weeks to return the gold.
	07/01/2013	09/01/2013	13.2g/9ct & 14.8g/18ct	11/01/2013	13/01/2013	£76.41	17/02/2013	PostalGold made contact in 2 days with the second lowest offer of £76.41. They took 5 weeks to return the gold.
	07/01/2013	08/01/2013	13.2g/9ct & 14.8g/18ct	11/01/2013	12/01/2013	£65.00	20/01/2013	PostGoldForCash made an initial offered of £65. They raised this to £100 and then £189 when asked to return the gold.

Gold Buyer	Gold pack requested	Gold pack received	Our gold items	Gold pack posted	Gold buyers contact	Gold buyer initial offer	Gold pack returned	Comments
	09/11/2012	10/11/2012	8.6g/18ct&10.5g/9ct	17/11/2012	18/11/2012	£252.13	19/11/2012	GoldRefiners.co.uk made contact the next day and offered the top price of £252.13.
	09/11/2012	10/11/2012	8.6g/18ct&10.5g/9ct	17/11/2012	20/11/2012	£53.99	27/11/2012	Postal Gold took the longest to provide their offer of £53.99, which they later raised to £86.
	09/11/2012	10/11/2012	8.6g/18ct&10.5g/9ct	17/11/2012	18/11/2012	£45.00	25/11/2012	Postgoldforcash made the lowest offer of £45. They did raise this offer to £54.
	09/11/2012	No Pack received	8.6g/18ct&10.5g/9ct	Re-requested gold pack	-----	-----	-----	Cash4gold sent an email confirming they were going to send a pack but no pack arrived.
	09/11/2012	No Pack received	8.6g/18ct&10.5g/9ct	Re-requested gold pack	-----	-----	-----	No response from Cash My Gold to our request for a gold pack.