Dentist, n.: A Prestidigitator who, putting metal in one's mouth, pulls coins out of one's pockets.-Ambrose Bierce. BMW car sounds like a pain--was that a brand new car or used? New Cars seem like a rip-off buy but can never trust unknown issues. Peugots are the worst if you value your life.
My old dentist took offence and bacically implied I was a conspiracy theorist for questioning the safety of putting Mercury in people. Unbelievable.
I had the same experience last time I went to the dentist and asked not to have mercury. He asked if I found the mercury info on a conspiracy website. Then he went on about how it's safe today because it's locked/bonded with silver in precise measurements ... etc. He also gave me a bill about double his usual rate. Which I suspect was his way of saying if you're that picky, you can afford to pay more.
Re: Cars - Would only go for Toyota, Subaru or Honda when buying again (far better build quality and they age gracefully) - preferably 2 -3 yo old car (rather than new) so its done a lot of its depreciating already (but still has that new car smell ). Mum has a Hyundai and it goes pretty well for one of the cheapies.
Buying 8 bullion coins at $45 average including shipping from BULLIONMARK when spot was around 32 some of them have fingerprints on it and soon milk spot for two maples. It was before I join this amazing forum.
Maples for 49 when spot was 46 and change... At least I only bought two. Best purchases were a 1913 canadian 5 dollar gold coin for spot 395 at the time and a cayman islands 25 dollar 1.52 asw sterling coin for 30 percent under spot at the pawnshop!
And a 10 oz Engelhard ( buy it now price) of the bay- whilst drinking away at least 10 oz worth the preceeding evening- let round it up and say that night cost me a kilo bar- plus damages for headache!
Should have bought one in 1983. Old man paid $18k, got $21k trade-in in 1993! :lol: Worst bullion purchase was trading a kilo bar for 4x Series I 2oz Lunars. Screwed up a mental calculation by a factor of 2 and buzzed. Bloody things cost me about $220 ea. They're still sitting in the stack saying "dare ya to take a loss!".
Probably all the PM gilded coins I own because while I really like them no one else seems to... I feel like I'm the odd one out at times and I still don't understand why.
my worst ... well, may be the dragon 2012, bought this summer for $55 ... but it is one coin, it is for collection, and it doesn't bother me at all as I am not going to sell it before my other stack go. as of the best purchase, I have lot's of them, but the most outstanding is a set of proof south korean coins, including 0.5 oz gold coin I won in 2010 at auction for $70
