Pawn Shop vs Offramp: Gold Value Comparison

Pawn shops operate with significant overhead including storefront rent, staffing, insurance, and security. They need to purchase gold at a steep discount to cover these costs and generate profit when they resell to refiners. This typically means you receive only 20-55% of your gold's actual melt value.

Additionally, many pawn shops lack precise assay equipment. Without an XRF spectrometer, they often estimate purity conservatively, which further reduces their offer. Some may also test with acid kits, which are less accurate and can only give approximate karat readings.

Offramp operates online with lower overhead and uses professional XRF spectrometer analysis under video for every piece. This allows us to pay 80% or more of the true melt value, significantly more than any pawn shop or most local jewelers.