I have been a member here since 2012 but only recently started posting and trading. As you can see I only have one trade clocked up but it was a $20,000 trade. Posted from WA Saturday morning and arrived at the destination in FNQ three days later. Boxes are $19,000 with consecutive serials and assay certificate. Thanks to a few members, I now find it is far cheaper to Express Post three lots of 5kg than one lot of 15kg. 15 kg cost close to $350 whereas 3 lots of 5kg would be less than $50. I have plenty available now.
You may find it will be 4 lots of postage as the bars will weigh slightly more than 1kg + the bag. It will depend on how strict the post office is on weight and how accurate their scales are.
Thanks for that. It's all a bit confusing, I've been doing a lot of eBay sales since the bat-soup-flu killed my business and the Post Office told me Express Post bags are now by size not weight. They tell me if it will fit in the bag it can go. They're now small, medium & large. Just checked and the small bags now say 5kg max. Maybe its now 5kg max for all sizes? I Express Post antique pistols all over the country and, to date, have never lost one but I have had several eBay Express Post go AWOL. Have members ever had a bullion shipment go astray and if so, how is it handled? Here's another pair of pistols if anyone here is interested in antique pistols. These are Officer's pistols made by Napoleon's gunmaker Nicolas-Noël Boutet. If it's not appropriate to post photos of non-stacking stuff, please let me know.
Wish I could justify spending that amount of money on silver bars at the one time. I suppose I’ll just need to dollar cost ave. If you ever decide to split the boxes let me know. I feel that you would sell them quickly to people who want silver but don’t have that amount of currency available. Say 5 bar lots to keep the work to a minimum. Those pistols are magnificent
I don't see any real reason why I can't split a box as long as buyers are ok to deposit funds first. Is it common practice to insure? Some of my antique pistols sell for six figures with $10k to 50k being a mean average. Most of my clients prefer not to insure so as not to draw attention, is that the general view with bullion trades? Thank's for your comments on my pistols. Here is a link to my Antique Pistol Trader website https://www.investment-firearms.com
Auspost has covered themselves on this one: no insurance on items in value, thus no compensation on loss or stolen parcel...but they will refund you on your postage paid Very hard to conceal 5kg net weight on bars when using the smallest 500g satchel
Yes, I know what you mean. The 15KG box I sent to FNQ was the size of a paperback, I said they were precision scale weights . I know you can insure EP for 5k at a cost of $100 but I wouldn't like to try and collect on it.
That's a very good question, they're not! Long story, but when I first got them they needed to be stored securely because I was in a rented apartment. I couldn't lift the boxes with one hand to put them where they needed to go so removed them all. Anyhoo........... when I sold the first box a couple of weeks ago, the purchaser asked if the bars were consecutive. So I spent a happy hour sorting them all back into sequential order. So now each box has fifteen sequential bars and assay certificates.
