Your San Diego Gold Refinery: Sell Gold Like a Professional

You can sell gold like the professionals do with Blackburn Gold & Silver Refining. Our San Diego gold refinery supplies recycled gold to jewelers across Southern California and the country. As a professional estate jeweler and a gold refinery, we not only pay top dollar for scrap gold but a premium for designer jewelry from brands such as Tiffany, Cartier, and David Yurman.

We’ve become Southern California’s #1 gold buyer by getting customers like you more cash for gold every day. Thanks to thousands of happy gold sellers, we have earned an A+ Rating with the Better Business Bureau of San Diego. That means you can sell gold to us with total confidence.

Are you looking for the best place to sell gold jewelry, sell gold bullion coins, and sell scrap gold like dental gold? It doesn’t matter what kind of gold you wish to sell, Blackburn Gold & Silver Refining is the place you can trust for the highest cash offers and the best possible service.

Now that we’ve answered your question about where to sell gold in San Diego, let’s get started on getting you that cash for gold today.Call our gold buyers at 619-550-4540 to arrange a free gold appraisal at our downtown San Diego offices.

Our gold buyers will appraise your gold jewelry or other items closely. If our estate buyers can re-sell them, we will pay you a premium for those items. If your gold is to be melted down in our San Diego gold refinery, then we will pay you the absolute best scrap gold price. Our friendly gold buyers are here for you. Let us get you the cash you need. Call 619-550-4540.

San Diego Tips: Gold Refinery & Gold Buyer Myths

Myth #1: Selling gold to any gold refinery means more cash for gold.

Not all gold refineries are created equal. News programs have shown that people who sell gold to nationally advertised “gold refineries” often receive less than half of what local gold buyers pay. Meanwhile sometimes local “gold refineries” don’t actually refine their gold locally but ship it to gold refiners out of state or out of the country. These shipping and processing costs mean less cash for gold for you. Blackburn Gold & Silver Refining is the only San Diego gold refinery that recycles your gold locally and we truly pay you top dollar for your scrap gold.

Myth #2: My local “gold refinery” pays 99% of today’s market rate for all gold!

Beware of gold refiners that say they pay “up to 99%” of market for your gold. Many consumers are lured in by this phrase, assuming that if they brought in $100 worth of gold, they are going to get $99 for it. This is never the case. Consumers should remember that “up to 99%” could mean any percentage. Second, “up to 99%” usually refers to the amount of gold that is recovered after refining and assaying. This is the gold that is delivered back to business to business customers who are recycling over 30 ounces of gold. It is not the amount in cash that the gold refinery pays to the general public who have a small amount of gold jewelry or scrap gold to sell.

Myth #3: It is best to sell gold gemstone jewelry to a jewelry store.

Most jewelry stores deal primarily with new jewelry, not pre-owned (estate) jewelry. What makes Blackburn Gold & Silver Refining unique among gold buyers in San Diego and Southern California is that our San Diego gold refinery is a division SDJB, one of the region’s most experienced estate jewelry buyers. We have 3 graduate gemologists on staff. That means that we pay you the most cash for diamond and gemstone jewelry, as well as the most cash for gold jewelry that is going to be melted down.

Call us today at 619-550-4540 and let Blackburn Gold & Silver Refining get you the absolute most cash for gold jewelry, gold coins, gold bullion, and gold bars. Don’t forget that our San Diego gold refinery is also the best place in Southern California to sell silver!

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