I got a phone call yesterday morning from some unknown person/company with the question whether I had any gold for sale. My first reply was: "where did you get my phone number?" "From the electronic telephone directory", she said. I could hear she was calling from a call center. "Any quantity is good, also small things" she could say before I hung up.

This is the third time in the last year this happened and it comes over as very aggressive. Who the heck is going to say to a stranger on the phone that he owns jewellery and is willing to sell?

This is a market roaming for the last pieces of gold jewellery available among households, so that fits well into the overall picture.