Pacific Precious Metals

This company is very consumer oriented. They are fair in their dealings. I regard them highly.

I had an estate matter regarding coins that I needed to resolve. I had coins that needed to be appraised. Jill was terrific at helping me resolve the whole matter. One coin was so special it had to be sent out to be graded and slabbed by one of the two US companies who do this sort of thing. Jill handled it all brilliantly and timely. The fees were reasonable. I highly recommend them.

This was my first experience selling any gold in a «retail» setting. Retail is in quotes because the space does not feel like retail but instead a cozy space to do business in. I was greeted quickly and treated with respect. The whole process was quick, very fair and professional. I would make a trip to do business here.

I went into Pacific Precious Metals today to sell some gold I have had collecting dust for a while. Dan and Jill were very professional and thorough with assessing the value of my gold. They had several high tech tools to rate the quality but I could not tell you what those tools are. I feel that they gave me a very good value for what I had.
I will definitely refer my friends to come here when they have any precious metals to sell.

I have a business where I sometimes come across dental gold. I usually like to cash it out quickly, and I have found them to be the most exacting of their assay. They have a x-​ray scanner that will tell you all of the metal content. Why is this important to dental gold? well, most places are not able to test for Palladium. They will also buy lower karat gold, which few people can test for. They also pay in cash right away. They have also been very helpful in identifying metals that I couldn’t figure out.

Not sure why PPM has so many filtered (great) reviews. I guess people who are savvy to modern economics aren’t trying to make some kind of online name for themselves in the online world of self-​proclaimed foodies?
Dan is a always a pleasure to work with — he will buy and sell at better rates than anyplace I can find online, and there’s no shipping costs. He’s honest and very down to earth, giving great advice to any level investor/​seller.
Best bullion dealer I’ve come across in the bay area — bar none (pun intended).

I have visited many bullion shops in USA, Asia, Middle East, and Europe who sell gold & silver coins & bars but I found Pacific Precious metals unique. I was very much impressed on meeting Dan Barrett who has excellent knowledge in the field of currency, bullion, commodity markets, home market, US & global economies, bond markets. Not many bullion dealers have got the understanding on various market segments or have the patience to talk with their customers as their focus is to sell their products. In the past meetings, I evaluated that Dan is personality who was able to talk about European economy and their central banks, US fed happenings, monetory easing programs viz QE1, QE2,QE3,Operation twist, asian markets, emerging economies (BRIC nations).He has great knowledge in the field of crude oil which I think a bullion dealer should have. Dan gives special attention to customer without focusing on selling his product and I found he is very polite, has patience to explain a lay man and best part was that he never pushes to sell his products at the end of the discussion or explanation.
Few of my friends bought 24k jewelry and were finding an assayer. Fortunately, I found Pacific Precious Metals to be one among the very few facility to offer assay service (purity test) at affordable cost. My friends were happy and Dan had the patience to explain them how the various testing process for purity works and gave a demo between a gold jewel and iron plate.
Knowing many facts about the bullion market, currency market, commodity market I found Dan is a, right choice for a novice to make or start his/​her buy in precious metals. Also I found Dan offers a very competitive price for the branded products (like PAMP, JM, Credit Suisse) over the spot price when compared to other bullion dealers in the bay area or the mid west regions or online prices. Dan keeps his commitment, my friend had paid and placed the order but was able to take the delivery after few days and Dan delivered regardless of prices going up between order date and delivery date .I had bitter experience in the past as dealers defaulted in delivery due to increment in prices. In absence of Dan. his staffs, Mica and Robin were easy to deal who are polite.
I would definitely recommend pacific precious metals for someone who is a true and promising buyer in precious metals or wants to test their jewelry for purity or need to evaluate their jewelry.
Wish Dan starts a branch office in the east of bay area.

Place was a little tricky to find but nice once inside. Walk up the steps to the door and they will open it for you. Gentleman at the front desk was overly friendly and pleasant. Very friendly and patient staff, who are there to help you without making you feel rushed. I particularly like how high tech they are. User friendly and constantly updating website. In their office they have very high tech machines and devices for verifying precious metals. They are willing to scan each peace as you watch, testing its purity. Most definitely will be back!

Finally, an HONEST gold buyer.
I have been ripped off by the two previous ones in San Francisco. See my other reviews. Dan took a lot of time to determine the Karats and value of my gold, using high tech equipment. This time I brought a scale and a calculator and the formula and had him check the SPOT price twice. His calculations were the same as mine.
Don’t bother going somewhere else. You’ll FEEL the unscrupulous behavior and you will probably get ripped off.
That’s my advice after 3 different experiences and the school of hard knocks.

Stopped by today to potentially sell some gold jewelry.
Micah (sp?) assisted me today.
I was put at ease from the get-​go.
Awesome is the best way to describe the whole process.
She explained everything she was doing, from the x-​raying, the weighing, the acid tests, and calculations.
I had already done my conversions and calculations prior to arriving at their store.
Not implying any buyer of your precious metals will try to rip you off. I just personally feel being an informed customer is much better than being an ignorant one.
If and when the time comes to do this sort of business again, I wouldn’t hesitate one-​second before returning here.
Great job!

We had an A-​plus experience with Dan recently. He was patient, transparent — it was a tutorial on the process and industry as much as a sale. We’d go back to Pacific Precious Metals in a heartbeat. Hope to actually.

I took some Canadian Maple Leaf gold coins to sell and Dan Barrett gave me $ 2.00 OVER SPOT PRICE!!! This is the best deal I have found anywhere. Dan is honest and very easy to work with. Although there were several people waiting, Dan focused his complete attention on his client. He has several machines to accurately assess the amount of gold or silver you have to sell. I would highly recommend this business if you want to buy or sell gold or silver. I drove about 1 ½ hours each way to get to his place but it was worth it.

Reading the reviews on Unilocal,I decided to meet Dan for myself and bring my gold in. He weighed my jewelry on a machine that would give him the percentages on how much gold was contained in the metal. He gave me the «real» value of my gold vs some other places where they tell you it’s 10k when it’s really 14K and then «low-​ball» you. He’s knowledgeable, professional and reasonable. Pretty rare for a gold buyer. On my second visit Dan was preocuppied with his lunch so someone else weighed my jewelry. not sure if I got the same percentages on my gold like I did on my first visit when I saw Dan.

I had the opportunity to meet with Dan and sell a bunch of old gold jewelry. He is thorough, extremely fair in his pricing and pleasant to do business with. It is obvious that he knows his business very well
All these 5 star reviews are right on the money.

I took several pieces of jewelry I inherited from my great aunt into PPM. We were treated fantastically right from the beginning. We watched as they put each piece of jewelry into equipment that instantly told them the chemical makeup. Amazing.
Found out most of my stuff was costume jewelry, but I did sell a couple of pieces and got a fair price. I was so impressed with my experience that I will definitely be back. Thanks so much!

I was very impressed with Dan. I called around all day and these guys gave me the best price and explained the process well. Which is hard to find. (read review for San Rafael Rare Coin) Went in with my 2 year old daughter near closing time. They did not rush me and were plesant to deal with. I got a great price for my silver cions and sterling flatware. Would recomend to everybody.

Dan left his lunch cooling on his desk to be patient, kind and informative with us. Had some heirloom gold jewelry sitting around and really appreciated the up-​to-​date equipment, the honest assessment and the no pressure approach that Dan took with us. Left feeling good about the transaction… and just a tad quilty about his lunch…

I had the pleasure of doing business with these guys late last year. Very smooth transaction, very competitive prices, good flexibility. Recommended.

Great to deal with. Dan calculates the value of your gold/​metal by weight and gives you a high percentage of the current spot price. Very professional. Very transparent.
Transaction cost is lowest I could find. He took a lot of time to find the value of my unusual coins to give me the best price.
On jewelry, he gives cash on percentage of metal spot.
Very happy with the transaction.

Outstanding customer service!!! We had 2 — 100 troy ounce bars of silver to sell, everyone else tried to rip us off. Dan was fair, honest, and even met us on his day off. Very trustworthy!!! He made everything extremely easy and we had no problems at all!!! I would recomend Danand Pacific Precious Metals to everyone I know.