This week there is a scrap gold and silver buyer at the local civic center.When I talked to the one seemingly in charge a well groomed and handsome young man named Mark . He affirmed that  it is a business and he meets a need  and especially in a tough economy.

He said that contentions between heirs can be settled here for collectible stuff in a proactive way.

 He has had one instance in the last year that involved title to property serious enough to involve authorities. He says that they have a b+ rating with the better business bureau and only has public offerings in rented  facilities such as the civic center today.A quick check of the BBB at this postal code shows no listing at the the BBB in Canada for the Treasure Hunters Road Show.

The parent company in Springfield IL has a B+ rating as an overview and says it is not an accredited BBB Company.

B+

On a scale of A+ to F Reason for RatingBBB Ratings System Overview

This would mean it has been in business for a while without  many complaints.

and that:

• Types of business that, in BBB experience, are likely to generate marketplace concerns or a high level of customer dissatisfaction because of the inherent nature of the products/services offered. Businesses that fall within this category can get no higher than a C grade.

Mark also said that he asks for Id from all sellers.

He said that he does not go to nursing homes and that his company the Treasure Hunters Road Show is has a long term presence that since 1995, sixteen years.

The scratch card for a bearer prize is from THR&ASSOCIATES an international company with a website that claims sales stating in 2008 at 3 million a year and projecting astronomical growth into the billion in a few short years .

A couple from Merritt were noted as doing business there today , and their background is of hard-working and credible people. However they are remarried and legally free for valuables in their possession and may have been there because of that convenience.

Another gentleman that attended a retired CPR worker in his late 70s attended and said that a person could do better by going directly to a collector. He however spends a lot of time collecting and studying the value of such things as old coins and books.

Old comic books, old swords and guitars are featured and unlike the Antiques Road Show he is buying and not appraising .So your family treasures will go out of your control for an amount of cash. And may end up well maintained by a collector after the road show makes a profit.

This is a business service and caveat emptor applies as always.

The Treasure Road Show is here in Merritt untill  thursday this week.

http://www.treasurehuntersroadshow.com/

Editors note: on returning to the show the attendant said I had his name wrong, I stand corrected  he says it is Martin. They are now going to Kamloops and their add in the paper includes an offer for discrete home visits something not included here.

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