Items we're unable to accept

While we buy thousands of valuables daily, we can't accept these modern, electrical, fragile or offensive items. 

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Items we don't buy

Our experts love all vintage items in any condition, however, there are a few things we cannot accept. Scroll to learn more; if you can't spy your item on our list, please get in touch.

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We destroy all contraband and offensive items unless we can pass them to museums or schools for educational purposes. This includes…
- Demeaning items
- Racist items
- Anti-Semitic items
- Homophobic items
- Confederate memorabilia
- Discriminatory items
- Any gollywog items
- Ivory and big cat skins (subject to exemptions)
- Tiger claws
- Uncertified firearms
- Reproduction Nazi memorabilia

How it works

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Order your free postage pack
This includes your free postage labels and a handy guide to help you maximise your box value.
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Pack your items into a box
Pack a box with all your unwanted valuables, even broken and tangled items are accepted.
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Send your box for free!
Using your free postage labels, drop your box at the post office or book a home collection.
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Sit back and relax
Receive your offer within 7 working days. Either accept and get paid the same day or have your items returned for free.

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    Alison Christoforidou Really helpful company. Everything is explained clearly.
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    Mr Ellis Bates great servise easy to use
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    David Tench Promo services and delivery of prepaid free label and easy to follow instructions
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    Daryl Pesrce Very quick service and acceptable offer
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    sheena The tone and amount of communication was excellent The process was made extremely easy with clear instructions I wasn't aware of the value of individual items myself but the offer seemed very fair to me. I would use ...
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    Elaine Great service
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    JO I would have put 5*, the reason I didn’t was it took 4 attempts to get my first box collected, I think this was due to a change over with Parcelforce but vintage cash cow made no attempt to rectify this I had to just ...
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    Jacqui Price Very easy to send our items. Offer didn't take tooling and we were pleasantly surprised at the amount we were offered. Payment into my bank was also very quick.
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    Fiona Faulkner Great service! Good communication with regular promts and updates. I was very pleased with my offer too. Would recommend to others.
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    Christine Summers I was impressed with the way Vintage Cashcow kept in touch throughout the procedure. This is an ideal way to off-load unwanted items and boost savings for a rainy dayj.
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    Coralie Perry Easy to use, kept fully informed.
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    Mrs Christine Vernon Their offer was not disappointing which I feared
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    Adrian My experience was very easy to do,and complete, with a timely quote, which I was extremely happy with. Will definitely use again
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    Jase All good, I just think the acknowledgment and turn round of the request for mailing paperwork could be a bit more slick tbh. But still a great service
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    Diane Huby Easy and straightforward
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    Isabel White Easy instructions to follow. Very pleasant telephonists. A very fair offer.

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