5 /5 Scott Williams: We had a small collection of commemorative coins that we were looking to sell, including US mint silver proof sets, silver coins, silver and gold commemorative coins from Australia, and a couple of small miscellaneous gold pieces. I checked online to get an idea of the market value of each of these items beforehand so I knew whether we were getting a fair offer or not. Kevin had a look at the items we had and quickly gave a very fair offer for each piece, with no pressure to sell all or any of them. He explained how he got to that offer and was very transparent about the whole process. The total offer that we got was almost exactly what I had figured we could get in a private party sale (on average), so it was a pretty easy decision to sell the whole lot and forego the process to sell everything separately, by ourselves.
I was impressed by Kevins honesty and how straightforward and quick the whole process was. He could have easily given us a low offer, hoping wed take it not knowing what we had. I suspect that is not uncommon in this business, but we were pleasantly surprised. One of the most obscure items we had was a small vial of gold leaf pieces, and we were not sure of the purity of these items or whether they had any value at all. Kevin suggested that he could have them X-rayed to assess the metallic content and purity, and hed let us know what they found in a couple of days and give us an offer -- again with no pressure on us. It turned out that the pieces were close to 24k gold, and he gave us an offer based on this. He could have easily claimed that this was worthless low-purity gold, but he didnt.
I seldom write reviews, but I wanted to give credit where it is due. I appreciated the integrity and honesty at this business, and the low-pressure approach. I would absolutely go to Pacific Gold and Silver if I ever was looking to sell coins, gold or silver again.