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Good, large dealers will pay much closer to the exchange price.
When I had some scrap to sell - I looked up the exchange price ($923 the day I was selling) and called around.
I had quotes ranging from $500/oz to nearly 900 an oz. I went to the place that was offering closest to the exchange rate.
I did the math, and they ended up taking 5% as their profit/fee. I thought that was very reasonable.
Look the places your interested in up (phone book, online) and call and ask them. They shouldn't have anything to hide.
If its more than 10% off market price - I would not deal with them.
Also remember - if your gold is anything other than 24K - your price will be adjusted for purity. That is not the same thing as them taking a bigger profit, it means that your gold's value is worth less because it contains less gold.