WARNING FOR THOSE WHO BUY 1 OZ SILVER BARS

I would suggest extreme caution buying silver from eBay. Theres a TON of clad fakes going around. I did some digging and found this to my horror.


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ALL THE ABOVE BARS ARE SILVER CLAD CHINESE KNOCK OFFS.

I didn't post a link to the chinese site but here is one the the pictures off of it.

Be careful.

 

Not buying from a seller in China is a helpful way to avoid fakes

 

I cant edit my post so here is the link to the picture http://postimg.org/image/4sm86p8af/

knockoffs of silvertowne, scottsdale, NWT, sunshine, johnson matthey, etc...

 

CAPTAIN OBVIOUS. These have been popping up on ebay and at pawn shops. Just a heads up.

 

I would not recommend buying bullion from ebay full stop.

There are plenty of reputable places to buy bullion at quite low margins over spot - why bother buying on ebay ???

Plenty of aussie sellers are selling fakes on ebay

 

thanks for the heads up, good warning for new stackers

 

Links please??

 

There's a little banner that keeps changing with site sponsers

 

http://s968.photobucket.com/user/dune69/media/pics/fake1.jpg.html

Just knocked up a checking chart for 1 ounce sunshine minting bars

If you can't read my writing ...

Check the corners.. real are large.. fake are small
check the eagle disk ..real are frosted ..fake are shiney
Sizes of the fakes are wrong.. too narrow too thick
Fonts are different

http://s968.photobucket.com/user/dune69/media/pics/fake2.jpg.html

Fakes ARE magnetic but only to a rare earth magnet not a fridge magnet

I use a small neo (N42) magnet 6mm x 1mm and touch the bar to it and move away. It will pull the magnet.. silver is not magnetic
If it moves the magnet even slightly when you move away then its not silver
Remeber always silver to magnet and pull away

Always be weary of 1 ounce bars in hard plastic cases

Hope that helps

 

Not sure how to edit my original post

this view might be better

http://i968.photobucket.com/albums/ae169/dune69/pics/fake1.jpg

 

Dune -> thanks for your effort

 

Thanks goodness I have XRF close by.
I luv the 1 ozers bars. If too many fakes out there I better carry one XRF with me.

 

Goldstackers has low premium kilo bars for about 7% over spot
Many other online dealers are priced at similar premiums for generic stuff
As you are in Melbourne you can buy from W Davis at about 5% over spot

How cheap are people hoping to get it on ebay ???
Is the risk of fakes worth a couple of % cheaper price ?

 

No problem.. If it stops 1 person from getting stung then it was worth it

 

If you can afford your own XRF machine you can afford to buy from reputable dealers

 

Never dealt in ebay. Just reputable members and dealers only.
Thanks anyway trew.

 

You don't even have to buy from a Chinese seller to be at huge risk because sellers in your own country may have bought a load of these and are now selling them.

I prefer bullion directly from reputable big dealers here in the US. Coins is a different story. I have purchased a few coins and medals from Chinese sellers and I believe that I have gotten legit coins and medals. It is always in the back of my mind that most fakes do come out of China.