ChrisSilver

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

A while ago I put up a topic or post about a possible server move and the reasons for this. In short we are moving away from self managed severs to cloud hosting, this is expected to be our last and final move, and will provide several benefits to the community including more forum features.

We hope to schedule this for sometime towards the beginning of September but will give at least 1 weeks notice when we know a move date. There will be some downtime during one day however this will be minimised as much as possible, and we will aim for the actual switch over to be as seamless as possible and to go LIVE as soon as possible with the bulk of the images and data being uploaded in the background whilst the new server is live. 

I will update in this topic as soon as have a switch date  

⚠️ Edit: Please see update in next post below

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

A while ago I put up a topic or post about a possible server move and the reasons for this. In short we are moving away from self managed severs to cloud hosting, this is expected to be our last and final move, and will provide several benefits to the community including more forum features.

We hope to schedule this for sometime towards the beginning of September but will give at least 1 weeks notice when we know a move date. There will be some downtime during one day however this will be minimised as much as possible, and we will aim for the actual switch over to be as seamless as possible and to go LIVE as soon as possible with the bulk of the images and data being uploaded in the background whilst the new server is live. 

I will update in this topic as soon as have a switch date  

⚠️ Edit: Please see update in next post below

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

⚠️ 🚧 Planned Server Move 11th September 2023 🚧 ⚠️ 

Firstly, apologies with the relatively short notice of about  4-5 days, as my initial post above I was planning to give 7 or more days notice but I have been back and forth with multiple multiple emails over the last week with the new cloud host trying to get this sorted and a date booked in, as this needs to be sorted whilst I am currently in the UK the timeline for starting this was running out and this is the date that they have came back to me with within the time frame. 
There are a lot more details than we originally anticipated. 😅

After the move there will be some functionality and customisations that we will need to make adjustments on before they are up and running again, these include but are not limited to; the compare page, spot price bar, trading section of the forum, email notifications. 

As TSF will be offline on the 11th September 2023 (and hopefully only on this date) if we need to update the community to the progress any updates will be made on threads, please save this link for updates: https://threads.net/@thesilverforum 

Thank you 😀

Ticket #48 please

Wow, what an incredibly kind giveaway by @stefffana @theman73and @ryanwinter73
Ticket #49 please!

@marshbag thank you for upgrading your membership. Please take a ticket if you would like to join @stefffana's draw  

@marshbag thank you for upgrading your membership. Please take a ticket if you would like to join @stefffana's draw  

@marshbag thank you for upgrading your membership. Please take a ticket if you would like to join @stefffana's draw  

As everyone around the world is aware recent inflation and the cost of living is an issue pretty much everywhere worldwide, with the costs of goods increasing considerably due to current circumstances in the world as well as increases in energy prices. As you have seen already TSF is not increasing our pricing for Premium Membership. However, our running costs as a business have also increased.

We need to increase our Premium Membership numbers to help with our running costs and planned improvements to TSF as well as to increase our marketing budget so that we can make more people aware of TSF and subsequently increase the amount of items that are posted for sale in the forum's trade section. Currently we have had to use a good chunk of our marketing budget to help out with the day to day running costs and expenses, unfortunately diverting money away from marketing budget. If we increase our Premium Memberships we can start to put a larger amount directly back into marketing TSF. 

TSF offers a free standard membership option, if you can afford it though please consider upgrading to Premium Membership to support TSF, in exchange you will also receive all of the benefits listed under the package you choose. Especially please consider upgrading if you are using TSF and benefit from the community here. TSF does not charge any commissions on trade topic sales and our Premium Memberships are the best way to support TSF. 

I have been making manual recordings every so often since 25th January 2022 to see if we are on track to our targets, and now I wish to publish the targets publicly so that we can all work together. 

Our Premium Membership targets:

Our targets are based off of the membership figures below taken on 25th January 2023, which will be used as the baseline. 

+100 Active Premium Memberships by end of December 2023 (Target = 630+ Premium Members)
+283 Active Premium Memberships by end of December 2024 (Target = 813+ Premium Members)

25th January 2023 (original) 
Silver - 404
Gold - 37
Platinum- 83 
Platinum PLUS - 6
Total: 530

Note that these stats only include Premium Memberships purchased on or after 1st January 2020. For simplicity this is counting all Premium Memberships purchased on or after 1st January as an overall target and not differentiating between the different Premium Membership levels in our target, however there will also be a bonus prize should the winner of the prize draw be a Platinum or Platinum PLUS premium Member. 


Prize Draw:

This draw is open to all Premium Members and Business Accounts, existing and new. Though the stats only include Premium Memberships. There will be a bonus prize should the winner be a Platinum or Platinum PLUS Premium Member / have a Platinum Business Account.

Prize if we hit +100 target: 2x 1oz Silver Coins.  (+ bonus if winner is a Platinum member group)
Prize if we hit 2nd target of +283: TBC (+ bonus if winner is a Platinum member group)

How to take a ticket to enter:

1. Simply Purchase Premium Membership if you aren't already a Premium Member or hold a Business Account. If you already are an existing Premium Member you can enter below.
2. Enter the ticket number below, i.e. the first person to reply will enter #1 (ticket 1) and then next #2 (ticket 2) etc

One ticket/entry per member. 

Take a note of your ticket number in sequence, as multiple entries may have been posted at the same time the moderation team may need to adjust ticket numbers so that they are in the correct sequential order from when posted. 

Members can request an update to the current stats anytime by posting/requesting below and I can post an update below  

 
EDIT January 2024 Update:





Terms:
If the target is hit within the specified time frame as mentioned above then a random number generator will be used to determine a winner and the result will be posted below. After a winner has been determined they will have 30 days to provide their shipping details to @ChrisSilver who will arrange for the dispatch of the prize on behalf of The Silver Forum. The prize will either be dispatched by ChrisSilver or Another Moderator. Should they not make contact with their shipping details within this time, the prize draw may be put up again and a new winner selected. 1 entry per person. Creating multiple accounts to abuse this limit will result in the permanent ban of your account and all future accounts associated with you, The Silver Forum has a strict policy in regards to multiple accounts. The winner needs to be a Premium Member both at the time of taking a ticket, and the time the winner is drawn. We advise you to securely save your card details for automatic payment so that your membership dose not lapse and so you are always eligible to win. The winner is responsible for any applicable import taxes or duties. This prize is dispatched from the UK. FREE worldwide shipping to the winner. 

Additional terms in relation to Prize Draws ran by TSF:
Premium Membership should be purchased to support TSF and/or for the benefits listed within each Premium Membership package in the forum store. There is no guarantee that this Prize Draw listed in this topic will take place, and this prize draw along with all prize draws are not a benefit of Premium Membership, please take this into consideration.  From the forum's terms and conditioons page: As per section 5.1.3 of these Terms and Conditions, Premium Membership comes with a range of benefits of which entering prize draws is not a listed benefit, as there is no guarantee that these draws may take place regularly or at all, as per section 9.7.2. The benefits of membership are specifically relevant to those set out in 5.1.3 and expectations should be accordingly managed in terms of the additional benefit brought by entry into a Prize Draw which may or may not be regularly drawn and which the odds of winning are significantly low; especially when balancing the overall costs of membership with the value of the prizes on offer.

Previous Shared Stats:
17th March 2023
Silver - 415 (up 10  from original) 
Gold - 38 (up 1  from original) 
Platinum- 76 (down 7 from original)
Platinum PLUS - 7 (up 1 from original) 
Overall Totals: up 5 from original ↗️
 

NOW:
26th March 2023
Silver - 416 (up 11  from original) 
Gold - 39 (up 2  from original) 
Platinum- 82 (down 1 from original)
Platinum PLUS - 7 (up 1 from original) 
Overall Totals: 13 from original ↗️
 

Technically received on Friday…
2x 1g @TavexBullion Bars.


 


 

These bars are really nice IMO, the gold sits completely flush within the card. It’s like a credit/debit card, very easy for stacking/storing.

The limited time discounts are still currently ongoing (until 25th September), for all forum members including standard free members. More details in the topic below:
 

I would like to go on the waiting list please. I'd like two, but will also be happy with one.  Saw you on YouTube as I've only recently started collecting and was impressed.  Kind regards 😉

Can I join your waiting list please.
Thanks
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Hi
Yes please, wish to own a 100g The Silver Forum Bars (2023) 
 Please put me on your list
regards tina
 

I love the 1oz Silver Forum bar I got earlier this year, so would love to get put on the waitlist for this 100 gr bar.

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum  

Technically received on Friday…
2x 1g @TavexBullion Bars.


 


 

These bars are really nice IMO, the gold sits completely flush within the card. It’s like a credit/debit card, very easy for stacking/storing.

The limited time discounts are still currently ongoing (until 25th September), for all forum members including standard free members. More details in the topic below: