Cash4Gold snaps up a slot for Super Bowl XLIII ad [USA Today] (Thanks to David!)
]]>I do realize that this is your first and only post...ever...and I find it hard to believe that anyone other than a shill would take the time to create an account to make the dumbass comment that you just made..
]]>sure you paid $1000 for all the jewelry but getting that check for $250 is totally worth it!
]]>Interestingly, Rob just posted another article about how Cash4Gold is trying to get him to pull down his original article on them. [www.cockeyed.com]
]]>@microcars: Now that's a fine idea! Come to think of it I'm quite certain that my dogs have eaten my old gold jewelry. Maybe I should send them a stool sample (at their expense) from each just to make sure.
]]>@Courteous_Gentleman:
About the only thing worse than this I can recall is rent-to-own jewelry. I got one of those throw away junk mailers with a listing of the usual couches, TV, and even such. Each had a certain price like $13.31 per week for 78 weeks. Interestingly though the jewely had a price $25.25 per week, they didn't specify a length of time. I guess you either pay them forever or noone has ever finished paying so the term is irrelevant.
You can even rent-to-own (mouth) grills! Seriously who the hell would want an unfitted piece of psuedo jewelry of indeterminate origin in their mouth.
]]>@Skankingmike: I know you meant to write 'melting the _gold_ down', but it is so much funnier trying to imagine people melting their god down. Of course, their god might just smite them down if they tried to.
]]>Besides, Jones BATR isn't a real business anyway. But still entertaining and I'd pay just to hear someone say "Bigass" on a Super Bowl ad.
]]>But yea most dentists should not be using mercury mixtures in their fillings anymore.
]]>WTF - Eagle *Man* laid an egg!
]]>According to Advertising age their ad features Pitchman Ed McMahon and Rapper MC Hammer... so I guess it is not the same crappy commercial but a different crappy commercial...
]]>Yeah! People need to focus on the contest between large violent millionaires fighting for the right to justify a pay increase when their contract comes up!
]]>The ancient city-state of Ur is in need of gold? I'm so gonna send them some!
]]>The one that always get me is the paper cutter. With the lady use a pair of scissors to cut a photo in half because she's too stupid to use a pair of scissors. But wait! With this amazing new product, she can probably manage to actually remove her hand from her wrist while trimming a picture. Just wipe off the blood and you have a photo perfectly trimmed and ready for framing for your funeral.
]]>@philipbarrett: Unfortunately, what you are suggesting is akin to holding a picket sign by yourself in a dark room. No one knows what you're watching or not watching unless you're hooked up to Nielsen equipment, and very, very few people actually are at any given moment.
]]>@Underpants Gnome: And we can run our "Crazy Like a Fox" home businesses with our Blue Hippo PC's. Hell, we might even discover some things the banks don't want us to know!! I'm so there!
]]>@Twinrevanoe: "I had NO IDEA my structured settlement was worth that much!"
(meanwhile, JG takes a annuity and discounts it at like 0.1% and pays the lump sum to the customer. It's like payday lending in reverse!)
]]>p.t. barnum would be so proud.
]]>it does point out the b.s. "guarantee" though.
]]>I shall be doing just that (actually it's a my protest at C4G more that the SB is a stupefyingly over hyped waste of time).
]]>same deal, send your valuables off in their envelope and get a pittance back.
HOWEVER- I did read someplace that someone tried sending them back some junk they spray painted gold and they got a form letter telling them "sometimes things you think are gold, are not" but being good sports and all they would still send them a check for $1, they were unable to return the items though since they were apparently worthless.
I just filed for 3 new "Gold Kits" online for my grandkids and when they arrive we will see what happens when we send off some old doorknob hardware (at their expense of course). Hopefully we will all get $1 checks.
]]>I remember thinking when I first saw that commercial, "Nobody could be stupid enough to just put gold, GOLD, in an envelope, and mail it away in exchange for an undetermined amount of cash." Yet here we are...
I just wonder how people who send gold in can be so stupid to not consider that a company with that much overhead (such as postage-paid padded envelopes and shitty commercials) wouldn't be ripping them off in order to not be hemmoraging money.
God I want to go punch a TV...
]]>I want Vince Offer doing color commentary.
"Watch dis. Da wide receiver here, he just runs his route like it's nothin'. A child could run dat play. I tell ya - plays like deez are excitin'. Giants routes? Forget about 'em. Boring playbook. But the Steelas route - exciting! Why would ya wanna watch boring slant routes? You wouldn't! You wanna watch exciting quick outs plays run against a dime defense. Dats why I like da Steelers - cuz bein' from Pittsburgh, dey got German stock in em. And you know dos Germans are smart..."
No frakkin' joke - I could watch 5 hours of Vince Offer.
]]>Since Cash4Gold has a spot, does this mean there's hope we'll see Vince of ShamWow and SlapChop fame in a spot, too? Or perhaps Billy Mays yelling at us to buy OxyClean, Big City Sliders, health insurance, or whatever the hell else he's shilling?
]]>"It's just like, it's just like, a mini....mall !"
]]>What about "my gold envelope"? I guess they aren't doing as well as cash for gold to afford primetime.
]]>We decided to use Cash4Gold after reading the great references cited on their website. We were going to sell our jewelry on craigslist.com but thought this sounded like a more effective way to maximize our profits. WHAT A JOKE! I finally received my check after weeks and weeks of waiting with no word and no confirmation that they even received my jewelry -- I feared it was gone for good. It might as well be lost! For a 14K gold bracelet that I was offered $75, $85, and $90 for on craigslist I received a whopping $4.73! I felt instantly sick and feared the worst.
For some small diamonds that they took our of a ring they paid me $0.21. Yes, that is twenty-one cents. Add in a 14k ring and pair of earrings and my total windfall was $7.51. I feel like I've been sucker punched and just hope someone reads this and saves themself the time, energy and agony of going through this process.
SERIOUSLY! What a f***ing SCAM! I sent one ounce of silver to see what they would pay (going rate is about $17/ounce) and I got a check for $1.90! To get my silver back, I have to pay a $15 shipping fee what a bunch of sh*tbags! I hope those scumbags get shut down.
I ALSO WAS SCREWED OVER BY THIS SHITTY ASS COMPANY ! I MAILED OFF OVER 7,000 DOLLARS IN GOLD AND DIAMONDS ! AFTER TWO WEEKS OF HEARING NOTHING FROM THE COMPANY I FINALLY CALLED THEM, AND OF CORSE "THEY DIDNT RECEIVE IT" WICH I ALREADY KNOW IS BULLSHIT ! TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT AFTER A MONTH AND TRYING TO GET ANSWERS FROM ABOUT 7 DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THE COMPANY I WAS FINALLY MAILED A CHECK FOR 100.00 DOLLARS ! BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST YOUR PACKAGE IS INSURED FOR ! DO NOT USE THEM !!! YOUR BETTER OFF SELLING ON EBAY OR CRAIGSLIST ! PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AROUND ABOUT THIS SHITTY COMPANY !
Was, I fool when I saw it on TV I thought it was a good idea because they said to send any jewelry in and get a good deal while that was not true because I got a check today for .29 cents and I am going to send it back and they can stick it where it counts.They are a scam and I dont think they should get away with it. There should be something somebody can do.
I was about to use them and a very good friend of mine did it a few months ago. She never advised me of it because she was embarassed. She sent her 1 1/2 carat sapphire cut 14K white gold band engagement ring. She felt the diamond district in Manhattan who is notorious for offering the lowest of prices to purchase and then sell at more than 100% was not offering a fair deal (highest offer was $900.00.) The ring cost her former fiance a little over 3500 grand because of the diamond quality and cut (G/H range) and of course the white gold. She said after close to 11 weeks of waiting she received a check for a $8.00 and change! She was in tears. She did report them to the Better Business Bureau and Consumer Affairs, but was told she had no recourse since she basically agreed to whatever there terms are the minute she sent the ring.
]]>http://www.portfolio.com/views/blogs/daily-brief/2009/01/06/cash4gold-swimming-in-it?addComment=true
"Cash4Gold recently raised a whopping $40 million from General Catalyst Partners and Highland Capital Partners"
]]>who cares. eventually people will start just filtering out advertisements as much as possible anyways, and run this noise into the ground. cant wait.
]]>I had no idea my old gold jewelry was worth so much money.
]]>@Underpants Gnome: That's the (Sun)day I turn my back on society and go all crazy woods-hermit.
]]>I'm sure the snuggies people can afford it.
The quirky little blanket with sleeves has become the raiment of the zeitgeist, with more than 4 million units sold in just over three months and more than 200 parody videos on YouTube.
]]>What? No, with my last ounce of strength, I sucked out my gold fillings and swallowed them. Those paramedics have sticky fingers.
]]>They're not the only ones though i see so many places even Jewelry stores who are looking for old jewelry.
]]>Here's hoping Eagleman can pony up enough cash to buy one of the last 2 slot.
]]>IIRC, they discovered that Cash 4 Gold was the worst of the bunch. They initially sent a check that was a deliberate lowball offer, so the reporter called them and they instantly offered to double it, but even WITH the doubling, they were STILL well below the B&M pawn shops that were part of the study.
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