Hey SS community I signed up today after some weeks of viewing various posts and can see this is a great community of people with good knowledge on precious metals. My family and I moved from Sydney to Shanghai a year ago so for me accumulating Gold and Silver is somewhat of a challenge as I cannot buy online and select "China" as a delivery destination. My last pack of post from Oz was intercepted at customs and all that got to me was a magazine from a Health club... Just starting out collecting both gold and silver and have made some good purchases via Guardian Gold and I'm using them to do my vaulting too because of my situation being based overseas. Would be great to know if any members are also based in Shanghai to lias with. I have looked arounded Shanghai at both gold and silver coins and bars and the prices are very expensive - silver is typically double the price of what one could buy the same item for in Oz. Gold on the other hand is more competitive for simple bars etc but for coins it is again a ripoff. When I explain to them that I can get a 1oz Luna Dragon PM for 60% cheaper they cannot believe me. So consider yourselves very lucky to be able to go into local distributors in Oz and make purchases on the spot and tack your beauties home with you, until we return to Oz I have to enjoy the photos sent of my purchases. Looking forward to being part of the SS community.
where is shiney!, come here and well-come our friend Zomby, please direct Zomby to hijack thread welcome. get butch here as well and all say welcome
Welcome to the forum, yes, there is a lot of very good information here and we look forward to helping you learn. Maybe if you contact Yennus and build up a rapport with him, or 25Grizzlies, you can go Panda or just plain old gold shopping together in Shanghai. I agree that the best way for you to buy is from outside of the PRC and have it stored, there are some site sponsors that do that. And if you've got nothing better to do, check out "Hijacked Threads" - it's got absolutely nothing to with poisonous metals @alor
Hi there Zomby! Welcome to Silverstackers! I'm located in Shanghai. There are a couple of other gold/silver enthusiasts that meet each Friday in Pudong around lunch time if you're interested. Feel free to come along.
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and the comments and I hope to contribute just as much for others too.
