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Is it possible to go to a bullion dealer with your stack and trade it like for like but in smaller fractions? Random example- trading 10x 1oz gold cast bars for 20x ½oz gold cast bars? Paying the difference in premium and buy/ sell price off course. Would this attract a report to Austrac etc...

Just wondering if anyone can tell me the performance of $20k of gold bought with super money that the govt let people have during covid vs if it was left in super. I have a friend that wants to know.

I found a 1958 rams head shilling this morning while searching for coins in front of a riverside kiosk. At first I thought it was a 10¢ coin until I saw the very young QEII 50% silver. What a cool find. Detector is a minelab Vanquish 540 with a V8 coil

Can't believe there isn't a thread about the latest change to super by Labor. Another rule change, another shift of the goal posts. By the time I get to near retirement the retirement age will be greater than life expectancy.

I have a Cragside 999 horoscope series silver pendant. 2.5 gram + 925 hallmarked ring. $15 including postage in a stamped envelope. Item will be packaged securely within envelope.

heard this on the radio the other day and it piqued my interest since i did a contract maintenance job there this time last year. http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-08-03/brazen-gold-heist-at-kalgoorlie-mine/10071208

I might have asked about this on the old forum but can't find it on the search function. What's the best way to bequeath PM's and such to someone without grubberment involvement? Can i write a letter containing instructions on where to find my stack and other instructions on how to...

you might have seen my recent thread about import duties and gst. anyway, i used a customs broker to clear my parcel and the service has been good and he saved me alot of money however when i was using his website i found that the service product i wanted to use was priced differently depending...

ok, so i bought a selection of items from a USA company. total value is well over $AU1000. the parcel is being held in customs and a quick tally of the expenses adds up to nearly 20% of the marked value. they have told me 5% duty. then add that to the item value, then 10% GST of that figure plus...

starting july 1st backpackers will pay a 32% flat rate of tax on every dollar earned. no more tax free threshold. the agriculture sector is saying it will be a big blow to the industry with labour shortages due to decreased backpacker numbers. i know all the backpackers i work with are saying...

this is what was said to me by the lady behind the counter at the credit union yesterday when i made a lump sum payment on the mortgage. i thought, "no, i'd rather have some savings too" little wonder i don't save it with them or anyone else. cash in possession, for whatever reason seems more...

Can a country walk into the sunset away from its debts like a company can? If so why wouldn't the USA just do so when the time comes. Seems I wouldn't want to be a creditor or in debt.

received a 'strictly limited offer' from the macquarie mint today. they are promoting a $10 face value silver coin commemorating the 100th gallipoli landing anniversary. cost is $10 including postage. coin stats are- mintage- 150 000 diameter- 26mm weight- 10 grams country of issue- kiribati...

thinking hypothetically here, the time will come when i want to convert part or all of the stack back into fiat. Say i sell some and want to put it onto the mortgage, is the bank or tax man going to ask questions as to where this money came from? Tax man ask for capital gains? Maybe i just save...

i'm away from home working at the moment and am staying in a motel. I needed $3 for the washing machines at the motel. Neither the motel's restaurant or reception could give me change from my $50 note! How can you run a business like that? Does this mean if i wanted to purchase something to the...

me no understand! i just read another thread and somewhere in it the banker was explaining the drop in the gold price was due to a big sell off. forgive me if this is too logical but doesn't that also mean that there has been a big buy up? i've always been perplexed by this notion of market...

i'm caught between paying off the mortgage and wanting to stack for the future. what sort of balance do you like? some say pay off debt first but that means i won't start stacking for another 25 years!

saw an interesting thing happen the other day at the check out of a bunnings store. while i was waiting in line the cashier next to my queue seemed to have a problem, a customer handed over a $20 note that had a large section missing from one corner. not a small piece, at least a sixth of the...

been thinking of joining the many who have started to store their fiat out of the banking system to avoid any bail in but in doing so i'd lose the advantage of reduced interest on the mortgage from the offset account. What to do? Security of the fiat would be better than the bank, for what it's...