Because of the actual state of the American economy and the forever increasing surge in gold,silver and platinum prices , it is no wonder people are getting out their broken gold and platinum jewelry and are selling them to cash 4 gold brokers as a method to find some extra dollars to pay down some extra debts to to make ends meet.let’s say you are experiencing the same situation you will need to cautiously do your investigative work before trading your gold,silver or platinum to just any gold buyers because there are an ever increasing amount of fraudulent cash for gold companies in the precious metal buying industry who will happily take advantage of your desperate situation and give very little for your gold, silver and platinum.The fact that this behavior may not be fraudulent by definition, it is in my opinion, immoral and unethical and I feel obligated to warn those of you who may be considering exchanging your unwanted gold to be sure to refrain from dealing with gold buyers that are posing as gold brokers and to do business only with gold refineries or cash for gold companies that own their in-house gold refineriesYou must realize, gold buyer are doing nothing more than acting as a go-between, between you and a metal refiner and because of that they will give you about one third of the true value for your fine jewelry and instantly sell it directly to a gold refiner themselves therefore pocketing the largest share and  you get a few lousy bucks.A short while ago, Fox news implemented a sort of undercover sting, where they submitted 3 identical amounts of gold jewelry to 3 separate precious metal buyers and waited for the payment and while all of the gold buyers did in fact give them a payment for their old gold, only 1 of those companies actually submitted the current market value while the other two companies payed out one third of the current value.The 2 cash4gold companies that gave so little were acting as a middle man while the 3rd company that payed the most value did utilize their own in-house refinery, so it is consumer beware in this industry and I surely suggest that you do your part before selling your used gold, silver or platinum jewelry so that you should not fall for the cash for gold scam