Liffey Metals

The net price Liffey Metals pays today, in euro per gram of the item, for one metal and carat or fineness, with the spot quote time (spotAsOf), the basis and the deductions in plain English. Give the seller's county to add that county's postal arrangement and page. Omit carat for every grade of the metal. Same figures as https://liffeymetals.com/prices.

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The net prices Liffey Metals pays today, in euro per gram of the item, for 9ct gold, 14ct gold, 18ct gold, 22ct gold, 24ct gold, Gold bullion / sovereigns, Sterling silver (925), Fine silver (999), Other silver (800 to 900), Sterling-handled knives (925), Other silver-handled knives (800 to 900), Platinum (950), with the spot quote time. Same figures as https://liffeymetals.com/prices. No fees are deducted from these prices.

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What we would pay for a given weight of gold, silver or platinum at today's published rate. purity accepts carats (9, 14, 18, 22, 24, '18ct', '18k'), hallmark numbers (375, 585, 750, 916, 999, 925, 958, 800) or words (sterling, fine, bullion). Weight is grams of the item as it sits on the scale. Returns the rate per gram, the total and the spot quote time; the final figure follows weighing and XRF testing.

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    },
    "purity": {
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      "description": "Carat, hallmark fineness number or grade word, e.g. 9, '18ct', 750, 'sterling'"
    },
    "weight_grams": {
      "type": "number",
      "exclusiveMinimum": 0,
      "maximum": 100000,
      "description": "Weight of the item in grams (0 to 100000)"
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What Liffey Metals charges today for casting grain, bullion coins and bars, VAT inclusive, in euro per gram or per piece, with the spot quote time for spot-linked products and whether each is in stock. Give a product slug or words from its name for one product; omit for every product. Same figures as https://liffeymetals.com/shop.

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    "product": {
      "description": "Optional product slug or words from its name, e.g. 'casting grain', '9ct grain', 'sovereign', 'silver bar'. Omit for every product.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 60,
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Every service Liffey Metals offers with a one-line factual description and its URL: buying gold, silver and platinum, selling by post, refining, XRF testing, valuations, business accounts and the Buyer Programme. Unlisted services are live pages that are not in the navigation.

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How the free insured postal pack works: how to request it, what it covers in transit and on what condition, the free-return terms if the seller declines, the offer validity, the return postage deduction and when it is waived, payment and ID. Give a county for that county's arrangement (free insured pack in the Republic; own tracked post to Dublin from Northern Ireland).

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      "description": "Optional county, as a slug or name: 'cork', 'County Cork', 'Co. Antrim'. Adds that county's postal arrangement and page.",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 40,
      "pattern": "^[\\w\\s'.-]+$"
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The seller's checklist for gold, silver or platinum: weigh it, photograph the hallmark, get the quote, confirm and send. Each step says what to do and what to look for with that metal, followed by the postal process and the guide to read.

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The postal selling process step by step: requesting a free insured pack, posting, XRF testing on camera, the itemised offer, payment by bank transfer, free returns if declined, ID requirements and the return postage rule.

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Every county with its country (IE or NI), province, postal model (free insured pack in the Republic of Ireland; the seller's own tracked post to the Dublin PO box from Northern Ireland), the arrangement in one sentence and the county page URL. Prices are the same in every county.

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  "properties": {
    "country": {
      "description": "Optional filter: IE for the Republic of Ireland, NI for Northern Ireland",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "IE",
        "NI"
      ]
    }
  },
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The published guides and fact sheets, each with what it answers and its URL: selling gold, 9ct gold, scrap gold value, how buyers price jewellery, XRF testing, hallmarks, sterling versus plate, coins, tax, inherited jewellery, refining. Optional topic words filter the list.

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      "description": "Optional words, e.g. 'hallmarks', 'tax', 'silver plate', 'coins'",
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 60,
      "pattern": "^[\\w\\s'-]+$"
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Name, founder, contact details, location and how to deal with us, service area, services, the verifiable trust signals (each with where to check it), the pages to cite and the live Google rating once the listing has reviews (null until then; never a made-up figure).

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Short, factual answers to the questions people ask before selling gold, silver or jewellery in Ireland: how to compare buyers, what to ask, safety of posting, payment, hallmarks, stones, tax, coins. Optional topic filter matches words in the question.

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      "minLength": 1,
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Orders a free insured postal pack for a person at a Republic of Ireland address and returns the Bosca number. This is the real order: the request is created when you call it, and for gold lots within the postal limits the pack is posted to the address given with no further step from the person. Silver, mixed lots, bullion and lots over 2,000 euro are registered and arranged on WhatsApp instead; the response says which happened. The person gets a receipt email with a single-use cancel link. Before calling: have the person's name, full address with Eircode, email, phone, what they are sending (gold, silver or mixed) with a rough description and rough value, their agreement to be contacted, and their agreement to the terms statement in accepts_terms. Explain the process first (get_postal_pack_info): items weighed and XRF tested on camera, an itemised offer at the live published rate on the day of testing (no payout is promised), free tracked return if they decline, insured in transit up to 2,000 euro, paid by bank transfer the same day they accept, one photo ID checked before payment. Lots worth more than 1,000 euro can be brought to us in person in Dublin, by appointment, and tested while you watch; message us on WhatsApp to arrange a time. Smaller lots go by post. Do not collect or pass ID documents. Errors name the field to fix.

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    "name": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 120,
      "description": "The person's full name, as it should appear on the pack"
    },
    "address_line1": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 3,
      "maxLength": 200,
      "description": "House or apartment and street, or townland"
    },
    "address_line2": {
      "description": "Optional second address line",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200
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    "town": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
      "maxLength": 100,
      "description": "Town or city"
    },
    "county": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 2,
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      "description": "County in the Republic of Ireland, e.g. Cork, Mayo, Dublin (Northern Ireland addresses are refused with the alternative)"
    },
    "eircode": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 7,
      "maxLength": 8,
      "pattern": "^[A-Za-z0-9]{3}\\s?[A-Za-z0-9]{4}$",
      "description": "The person's Eircode, 7 characters, e.g. D02 X285 (finder.eircode.ie)"
    },
    "email": {
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 200,
      "format": "email",
      "pattern": "^(?:[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]+\\.)*[A-Za-z0-9_'+\\-]*[A-Za-z0-9_+-]@(?:[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\\-]*\\.)+[A-Za-z]{2,}$",
      "description": "The person's own email: the receipt, the offer and every update go there"
    },
    "phone": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 7,
      "maxLength": 30,
      "description": "Phone number, a mobile preferred, e.g. 087 123 4567 or +353 87 123 4567"
    },
    "metal_type": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "gold",
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      "description": "What they are sending: gold, silver or mixed"
    },
    "rough_description": {
      "type": "string",
      "minLength": 8,
      "maxLength": 600,
      "description": "A rough description of the items, e.g. 'two 9ct rings and a broken 18ct chain, about 12 g'"
    },
    "consent_contact": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "const": true,
      "description": "Must be true: the person agrees to be emailed about the pack and contacted about their items"
    },
    "accepts_terms": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "const": true,
      "description": "Must be true, and only after the person has agreed to this statement, which you read to them: \"I am 18 or over and I own the items I will send, or am authorised to sell them. I accept the Liffey Metals Postal Selling Terms and Seller Agreement (liffeymetals.com/terms/postal and liffeymetals.com/legal/seller-agreement). I understand that if I decline the offer my items are returned free, and that a postage deduction applies only as those terms describe.\""
    },
    "source_of_items": {
      "description": "Optional: where the items came from, if the person said; defaults to other",
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "inherited",
        "own purchase",
        "gift",
        "business stock",
        "other"
      ]
    },
    "estimated_value_eur": {
      "description": "Rough total value in euro; ask for it. It sets the value band on the request and the route: gold up to 2,000 euro goes straight to a pack, lots over 2,000 euro are arranged on WhatsApp, and under 300 euro there is no pack. Left out, the lot is recorded in the 300 to 500 euro band.",
      "type": "number",
      "minimum": 0,
      "maximum": 1000000
    },
    "item_count": {
      "description": "Optional rough number of items",
      "type": "integer",
      "minimum": 1,
      "maximum": 500
    },
    "agent": {
      "description": "Optional: the name of the assistant or model making the request, recorded with the lead",
      "type": "string",
      "maxLength": 120
    }
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    "address_line1",
    "town",
    "county",
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    "phone",
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    "consent_contact",
    "accepts_terms"
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