Charging $15 an oz over spot for an ounce of silver and over $125 over spot for gold is an absolute rip off. Beware of this location. Be careful who you do business with. read more

be a fan for many years in and out buying and selling and always fair and always gave a better price than anybody else in the area

I went into the store last week and fell in love with a vintage diamond ring. Today I went back and the guys were great. I dealt with three men, all of whom were fair in their negotiation, kind in their their treatment of me, and accommodating. They were informative as well. I left with the ring I wanted at a great price. They cleaned it and put a sizer on for me as it was a little bit big. He was a great experience all around. I will 100% be back. read more

I've been hearing the commercials in my head: Simply the best.... I've been to a thrift store in Centereach, I never visited a pawn store before. No buzzer when you walk into Budget Buy and Sell. I guess the shot guns on display are an indication there is no fear of getting robbed. Plus the owner is a retired police officer. The transaction was a little funky. I had some family jewelry gold pieces that I was tired of looking at and I had the jingle in my head so I decided to come to Budget Buy and Sell. I walk in and I had my dads watch my youngest likes to wear. The clasp was broken. I give the watch and the gold to get appraised to the counterperson. He gives me a low ball estimate on the gold. I said the jewelry guy next door offered more?? He upped the price a little and fixed the watch band for free. Sold! I took the cash, no questions asked. While I'm looking around, I see a few Rolex watches in the display case as well as beautiful jewelry? There are lots of items for sale here. I like to find vintage cuff links, don't discount older jewelry. It made someone else happy once, if it speaks to you then by all means buy it. I get the feeling these guys will work with you, the sticker isn't always the final price. read more

Every time I see the commercial for this horrible store I get so angry ! Around 15 yrs ago I went to these thieves to sell a gold Chain , which I did. I also wanted to get my engagement ring resized ... The guy behind the counter took the ring into the back to "look at it", only 5 minutes or so, then returned to me and told me they would have to send it out to get sized . ( I was young and dumb back then.... I left the store, thinking "oh well!" Then I took my ring to the flea market to one of the jewelers to get resized there ... The jeweler then told me "miss , this isn't a real diamond " !!!!!!! THAT BASTARD T BUDGET BUY & SELL STOLE MY DIAMoND!!!! Swapped it with a QZ so fast I didn't even notice!! I'd like to throw a rock in their window every time I pass by that store. STAY AWaY ! Ok.. I just noticed the owners response my above post. And yes, I admit that I used 'fowl language'.. but when a store steals my diamond after taking it in the back room... any woman would be furious and want to curse them out. And as far as trusting those guys at the flea market... they had nothing to gain by telling me the diamond was a fake! They weren't trying to sell me a new diamond, and I took it to more than one booth and were told by 3 different jewelers that it was not real. I have nothing to gain by writing a bad review, when I get good service from a business I am happy to write about them. I'm not a nut.. I'm an educated woman. A nurse as a matter of fact. The fact still remains that my diamond was swapped by one of your guys. Call me a nut, but the truth is the truth. read more

Customer service was excellent. My daughter broke her bracelet and the gentleman there fixed it in 2 mins free of charge. Also an elderly couple came in with a ring stuck on her finger. The gentleman was eager to help her remove it and the customer insisted of paying and the gentleman said no! Great group guys in there! Highly recommend read more

Walked in with a gold bracelet for repair. Employee looked at the broken clasp and said he would try to bend the claw of the clasp back into position. He stated it may break and therefore would have to be replaced. But if it didn't break it was no charge. That's when I told him it was my dad's whom recently passed away . My dad purchased many items from Budget and really liked this jewelry store. Well, to my delight the bracelet was repaired at no charge. This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you Budget for your generosity and outstanding customer service. read more

I am so surprised to see so many 5 star reviews on these crooks! I went there to sell some old jewelry, I have sold gold in the past to different jewelers so I had an idea of costs to expect. I was told my pile of gold jewelry was only worth $270 which to me didn't sound right. I decided to leave with my jewelry and the jeweler said that sometimes the cost of gold fluctuates but that it's currently a higher sale price now. I thanked him and was on my way. I decided to go to another jeweler in patchogue. Right away the other jewelrer took more time with my jewelry, inspecting it and being respectful of it. They told me that some items I had were 10K gold vs the rest and I was surprised that budget buy and sell didn't provide any of this information. When all was said and done, I was quoted $375 dollars for all of my gold. THAT IS $105 DOLLARS MORE THAN BUDGET BUY AND SELL OFFERED ME! I was shocked to say the least and glad I went with my gut. Don't sell your beautiful items to these people because in my opinion they are total crooks who will take advantage of anyone and everyone that walks in. Don't get robbed of over $100 dollars like they tried to do with me. I hope I save someone else from this disgrace of a place. read more

My intention was to have two gold bracelets polished and placed in two nice boxes. I walked into the store and was greeted with "Good Morning, how can I help you." I explained what I wanted, and the young man behind the counter asked the other man for help with the boxes. He took the two pieces into the back and polished them while I strolled the store. Five minutes later, he came back with two white boxes and my shining jewelry and gave them to me. I asked how much, and he said no charge. How much better does it get than that? That certainly sets the stage for feeling good about the store and the employees. Thank you for making my day. read more

Budget Buy and Sell is a fine pawn shop on the southeast of Patchogue's Famous Four Corners. If it can be stolen or a dude could live without it, you can find it here. They don't fill the shelves with cheap knockoffs. . . pretty much everything is second hand and so the stock changes, DVD's, video games, drills, tools, watches, MP3 players, cameras, jewelry. A great place for used instruments and gear. . . Budget is currently stocking a Dimebag-styled Dean ML, a white Jeff Beck Strat, and an old- school Hamer Flying V. If you're looking for a "Grunge" pedal check this place out, as there is a Digitech model and three DOD's under the glass. You may want to check out O'neill, across the way (http://www.yelp.com/biz/o-neill-william-j-sales-exch-co-patchogue#hrid:tgxjvY9wJWSDn8oVkxIy5A). read more

My daughter and I went there Saturday with silver and gold jewelry we no longer wanted We recieved way more then we thought we would be offered They guys there are so nice and honest too We had a great experience Thank you read more

These guys are absolutely amazing, they always give a great deal and are always so understanding. Every time I have been in the guys are so nice and go above and beyond to help their customers. Which is why they are the only ones I will ever go to!!! read more

Jim and his staff are great. I've been there a few times to do business. They are trust worthy and honest. Each time before I went there I had appraisals done on my Coins, and jewelry. Budget Buy and Sell gave me the best quotes. That being said on both occasions I did business with them. In the future I will be going to them. read more

I love this place! First I'd like to thank the guys who were there today for graciously cleaning my daughter-in-law's jewelry even though she decided not to sell. I'd like to add that my mother had gone in a while back to sell a couple of Rolex watches. They wound up giving her a better price then she got in the city but she doesn't live out here and hasn't been back. Lastly, I bought a beautiful pre-owned Elsa Peretti floating heart on a chain for a great price from them a couple of weeks ago. Everyone is always helpful and honest. I highly recommend them. read more

Came in today looking to get my chain fixed not thinking much about it and i was in and out in a few minutes. They were super helpful and super nice they even told me not to worry about the cost! They 100% have a customer for life! read more

I visited this store today based on the Yelp reviews. I've always been a fan of using Craigslist to find second hand electronics over going to pawn shops, because I find them overpriced, always low in stock of anything I'm ever looking for, and the "what you want" stare is consistent from the folks behind the counter. This place isn't much different, except it's TINY. I guess if you need to pawn something, you can go there and do it, and it's a cute neighborhood, but the place across the street is much larger and more inviting. read more

There's no other place on Long Island I would go to to sell my gold. The gentlemen behind the counter are so friendly and accommodating and I know they aren't just trying to scam me like most other places. I don't even live in the area but I always make the trip because I have had nothing but great experiences here. I trust budget enough that I tell all of my family and friends to come here too! Overall this is a great family owned business that you can trust and I highly recommend !!!!! read more

This review is based on a purchase I was looking for a nice watch as a graduation gift and I am not talking timex or seiko I came into budget knowing this is a pawn place but the windows always look filled with nice things to buy I go on in cases filled with rings bracelets diamonds you name it I am immediately greeted by a friendly man I say I need a nice watch for a teenage boy I say I m thinking citizen well they have the rolexs and the omegas clearly not my budget they also have invicta which is not for me either and there it is the one citizen in the shop it looks new its in its original box I see the price the man says how about 10 bucks cheaper I say you got a deal They even check the battery and the time on a side note a woman next to me is peering into the diamond ring filled case remarking oh all the poor people that sold their rings...now now mam not everyone sells a piece of jewelry because they are "poor" sometimes they hate the piece or their great aunt Lucinda died and left them a ring they don't want I have no problem dealing a pawn either side and for sure if your looking for something nice but can't afford new go on in read more

Make sure to always get a second or third opinion. I went to them first because I've dealt with them years ago and always had a positive experience. I went in and the gentleman there gave me such a low price he even said , "So now you know what you can get for this." So glad I went with my gut and decided to go to Centereach for another opinion. I was offered double! Always always always get another opinion. read more

I absolutely love this place! I have been here several times to sell some of my jewelry. I come all the way from Manhattan to do it. Why? Because I feel that they are honest and provide the best possible service and price. My family and I have dealt with Artie each time we've gone in there. He provides amazing service and is very personable. I highly recommend this business! read more

I have been visiting the Budget Buy and Sell for over twenty years. The owner is a man of integrity and honest is his middle name. My trust in the owner and his longstanding loyal staff is amazing. This is a fine merchant with years of servicing the community that cannot be compared to any other store in the industry. I give them a salute for there consistency and being true to there commitments. Outstanding in everyway!! read more

My husband and I both recommend Budget Buy and Sell. They are fair and honest. We keep going back for those reasons. They are also very friendly read more

Love this place. Watch batteries so much cheaper then the mall and only place local that I trust to fix my charm bracelet. Have been to other local jewelers but never get what I ask for. My charm bracelet came back just as I wanted and cleaned! read more

I decided to clean out my jewelry box and found quite a few pieces that were broken or just outdated, so I decided to sell them. I've seen the commercials, and also have driven by the clock in Patchogue and seen the shop. I liked that they advertised it being family owned, and how they treated their customers like family. Well, let me tell ya my family is not perfect, but we certainly do not treat each other the way I was treated! Horrible! I told the young man behind the counter that I had a few pieces I was considering selling, his demeanor and attitude was that of someone who did not want to be where he was, or do what he was doing. He was curt, disinterested, and down right disrespectful. He handled my jewelry like it burned his skin to touch it. I would NEVER go there again. They low balled the value ( I had looked up the current price of gold per gram and also weighed my jewelry before I went) he was off by over $150. This guy was so full of himself there was not enough room in the store for anyone else! These shops are all over LI. If you do your homework and check market prices before you go you won't get taken. I feel bad for his family if that's how he treats them read more

I went to sell some silver coins knowing that they have a reputation of cheap-skating just to see what they would offer. Not to any surprise they offered $30 and insisted that was the best I would get anywhere. The next day I went someplace else and got $92 dollars for the same lot. So if that doesn't say something about how they do business I don't know what does. read more

We went there, with a broken chain they told us that i wasn't real gold, and couldn't be fix because was not real. We went to 4 other pawn broker's and jewelry and they all said it was gold, we got it fix in the mall. read more

Had to sell gold for a friend and they had offered the best price. Only other place to offer as good a price was New World Rarities in Hauppauge. Don't wast time with friends' "gold parties". read more

This place and its staff were the worse. Apparently, on a Sunday, they don't put out any jewelry to sell. The cases and front window were completely empty. Who does that and how do they stay in business? The man who worked behind the counter was rude. I would never go back to this place. There was an overwhelming sense of shadiness about the place. It gave me the creeps. read more

Excellent experience here. Service was friendly and efficient. Sold a bunch of old gold chains, single earrings, and other un-used jewelry for a great price. Recommend highly! read more

Chris was such a doll! He took his time to look deeply into what I wanted to sell. He then took more time to show me other things in the store I was curious about! This was my first time selling jewelry and I felt so comfortable and will always go there in the future! Thank you Chris!!!! read more

I have lived in Suffolk County for 10 years, thru the years I gad ALWAYS seen TV commercials from "BUDGET BUY AND SELL" and had also been told by life long residents to go their for anything from buying jewelry to selling different broken or unwanted gold, silver etc. I have had nothing but incredible customer service and total satisfaction with each and every purchase but also in the amount of money I was paid for my scrap gold and/or jewelry pieces I no longer wanted and yesterday was an experience that inspired me to leave a review like no other review I've ever left. The owners and partners and employees at budget buy and sell are honest and have more integrity than any jeweler or p*** shop I've ever come in contact with in my life. My first husband was a diamond importer in New York City and taught me a lot about diamonds and the jewelry business, I'm writing this review because I had an experience yesterday that proved to me there is no other place like Budget buy n sell in the industry at least not on long Island and I would go as far as to say the five boroughs Westchester and Rockland as well, I have lived in all of those places. I went to a jeweler and I'm not comfortable saying which one and showed them a diamond that belonged to my Mom. I brought them watch I had bought from budget buy and sell to have them repair the watch band that I had bought from them less than a month prior (the watch man sold me the band , not budget buy n sell) and it broke after the first time it was worn I was told by this man who's a watch expert that the Movado watch I had bought from budget buy and sell was an excellent time piece because a lot of the time pieces when they open up the back of the watch they discover it's either a knock off or a poorly made Mavado possibly made in China however the watch I had purchased was an excellent time piece in excellent condition and I was sold the watch with the original box and all of the original paperwork inside the price I paid startled the man I was buying the watch band from as he said I did magnificent in my dealings with Chris at budget buy and sell. here comes the interesting part I gave him my ring and also another piece of jewelry that was 14 karat gold ( I always get a few estimates when I do this ) he made me an offer I told him I didn't feel comfortable doing business with him that my jewlers are budget buy and sell, but I would compare the offers and come back to him, as he was getting me a new watch band!) ( by the way one of the main owners at budget is a GIA expert graduate , I believe it was his father that started this business) not only was I offered 4 times more for the ring but also I was offered 260.00 for the gold by the jewler that I will not name and Budget buy and sell offered me 368.00........ one last thing that blew my mind I knew my mother's ring was platinum the man who shall remain nameless told me it was platinum plated. it was not it was platinum whether or not I went through the sale of my jewelry is of no consequence in my review I just wanted to put in a review on a business that advertises years of integrity and honesty and that's with budget buy and sell is the most amazing honest reputable store that deals with many many different things not just jewlery. I WILL NEVER SHOP OR SELL ANY WHERE ELSE. read more

Always fair and honest with me every time I have been there. Tested them a few times with gold and silver to see if they were being honest with me as to how much it weighed, how much it was worth and what a fair offer price was. They passed every time cant go wrong here. Sometimes they have a little bit of an attitude but it is expected, im sure they have to deal with a bunch of rude and obnoxious people on a daily basis. If you have jewelry to sell come here DO NOT GO TO GOLD PALACE ACROSS THE STREET that place is a complete rip off. I had a necklace to sell recently gold palace offered me $350 walked across the street to budget and got over $500. This is the place to go. read more

I'm not one to leave reviews, but this place really deserves one. The staff is so friendly there and they really do give you the best prices you can find. I highly recommend them for any jewelry exchange you're looking to do! read more

Highly recommend this place to anyone looking to purchase that special gift. I Was walking in town this holiday and decided to go in and found so much more than jewelry. They had so many interesting things to look at. I wound up purchasing a laptop for my daughter to take with her to college. The staff were very nice and helpful. read more

Budget has been honest with me and gave me good prices for jewelry that was passed down to me. They went above and beyond to make sure that I was satisfied. Thank you for everything! read more

Stopped by today with some unwanted gold - I was greeted with prompt customer service and a great price for what I brought in. Friendly service and a great price. Will DEFINATELY go back if I need to sell more. Great people. Thanks! Gail read more

I can't say enough good things about Budget Buy and Sell and their staff.I inherited some jewlery pieces from my late grandmother and had some other stuff laying around I just knew I wouldn't wear. I have never really gone to a pawn shop so I planned to go to 3 to see where I got the best deal. Budget Buy and Sell was my last stop but now Budget will be my FIRST AND ONLY stop! I was shocked at the huge selection of beautiful jewlery they had and even better the amazing prices!! And it didn't end at jewlery... Flat screen tvs , tools, instruments and video games , iPads, cameras I just can't get over the prices. It was crazy! So Like I had said I stopped at 2 other places before.... Where they were unfriendly, not helpful and just downright rude and worst of all they gave me a low price for the jewelery. When I walked into Budget Buy and Sell I was greeted and helped in a very professional way. These guys were fantastic!!!! Artie helped me with everything from start to finish. He was very upfront, honest, helpful and patient! He went thru each piece with me and made me feel very confident in the price I was receiving And exactly what I had. ! He also explained the difference between pawn and selling. And the difference in price. I would have never known without his knowledgeable help! I can't rave about this place enough. And the ease of it all. Who knew it would be so easy to walk in with jewelry and walk out with a smile and a wad of cash! (( ohh and Alittle something extra for me )). they obv bought my jewlery for way more than the other places offered... So much that I decided to look around! Artie helped me find a beautiful necklace that I just love and he gave me an awesome deal. I can't wait to go back ! And I will def be referring all my friends and family here Nothing is more important than HONEST INTREGRITY. and making the customer HAPPY!!!! The service I received that day was exactly that!!!! Thank you!!! read more

Budget Buy and Sell gave me very fair and honest prices for my jewelry. Very nice people to deal with. I would go back in a heart beat for any price quote and/or selling. I highly recommend this establishment to anyone looking for a good deal. read more

My nana has been going here for many years. As soon as we walked in we were helped immediately! Super friendly and knowledgeable staff, they gave us an awesome amount of money for our gold coins. I would recommend going here 1000%! read more

Let me tell you a story..... A good friend of mine, who is a veteran and a brother in my church came out of a VA facility after almost a year to find one of his guitars stolen from the place he left it last. Sadly, it was at our church. He just happened to be in Patchogue a week ago and had time to kill, so he went browsing in Budget Buy & Sell. The stolen guitar was hanging up! He even had a picture of himself playing this guitar-it has some very distinctive markings on it. Long story short, while he did contact the police, he didn't want to bring drama into the church, so he resigned himself to accepting the situation, as he really didn't have the money to buy it back. We weren't cool with that, so we decided to get it back for him. I went to Budget Buy & Sell today, saw the guitar, told them the back story, and as it turns out, one of the gentlemen there remembered my friend and the story he told. They did us a real SOLID on the price! Remember this is a business, and they weren't legally or morally obligated to drop the price because of a sad, often told story, just with different items or circumstances. They said it was the right thing to do , and I almost cried because I knew how happy this was going to make my friend! He's an awesome guitar player , an awesome guitar teacher to me, an awesome patriot, and he wails on his guitar every week at our church. Awesome as well are the men at Budget Buy & Sell for being so decent to me! Thank you so much! read more