Recent content by FSF

I think there are sellers that get way more favorable rates than "power sellers". Sellers that negotiate with ebay directly because of the significant volume they do. The "whales" if you will. One clear indication of this to me is that I've consigned material to such sellers with 8% rates and...

Well for one thing, listing as a seller in the bullion category is apparently much cheaper, especially for powersellers who sell a ton. Even without the bullion category, their fees are substantially less than a small seller's. For another, and I'm speculating here, ebay might be passing along...

That's right now. If you monitor ebay on a regular basis, they come up regularly. Based on your post, you're apparently wasting you time in all the wrong places. For instance, they have tons of regular gold specials. Here is a 2017 gold Kangaroo that's been around for at least a couple of...

If I were you, I would monitor specials on ebay. Not more than a few weeks ever go buy where a national dealer doesn't discount Maple platinum or the Australian Platypus for about the same price or even less than you can get a platinum bar for. You can also sometimes buy bars for close to...

Perhaps. But why would those be the only respective choices?

Since the early 1980s, the GSR has never even traded below about 45 or so except for the brief period of time that silver went up around $50 USD per ounce in 2011. I highly doubt it will ever hit 40 without an exponential rise silver. I do think that both metals will decline materially from...

A kilo of gold is roughly $40K USD but two duffel bags in $100 bills would be about $10 million. You still think it's easier?