ChrisSilver

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum  

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum  

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Today we took a precautionary measure and banned an account that we believed could pose a risk to members. However, this does not mean that we will spot any suspicious accounts in the future. So please be careful when trading. 
Members are reminded of their responsibility to do their own due diligence and the risk of trading. Please check section 7.4. Risk of trading of the forum’s rules.
 
You may wish to take note of the following when doing your due diligence and trading:
- How long has the member been active on the forum for? There is likely less risk when trading with long standing members who have been on the forum for many years. (Anything less than 3+ years they are still relatively new)
- How much trading feedback do they have, and is the trading feedback selling feedback? How long have they been selling on the forum for?
- Their community reputation, is it high, have they been engaging in a lot of topics with a lot of posts?
- The optional attached piece of paper with their forum username on, does it look authentic, please zoom in. For sellers it is also best to include 'The Silver Forum' on the piece of paper, so that it is an original written note for a sale on TSF and therefore not the same photos used from elsewhere on the internet. Although please bare in mind that it is also relatively easy to photoshop or forge onto a photo. 
- Do they have Premium Membership? If a member has Premium Membership it means that the forum should have the name and and address of the member*, or at least of the card owner. This gives us vital information to pass onto the police should it be a scam member and we are requested to pass on information. *Note that for some Premium Members TSF may not hold an address of, such an example may include but may not be limited to a situation where: a gift membership was purchased for a member and they have not reached the renewal date or added an address to their account. For every member who has purchased Premium Membership themselves with a card or renewed; we should hold an address of the member, or at least of the card owner.

- Be wary of someone asking you to send the payment to a 3rd party. Having several successful deals with a member who then subsequently asks you to send money elsewhere to a different bank account (such as a bank account of a friend) this time should be seen as a red flag. If a member is selling on behalf of a 3rd party make sure they have the items in hand, and you are sending to the bank account of the member who listed these items for sale on TSF. 

- Be extra careful when dealing in large amounts of money, several previous successful trades is no indication that a future deal with the same member will be 100% without problems. 
- If anything does not feel right, or there is anything that causes doubt, do not go through with a trade.  
 
Some members exclusively only buy from and sell to, long standing Premium Members.

We also suggest for members to use tracked shipping, or ideally a form of insured shipping, this is useful for members of both sides of the trade.
Also, please be polite to new members listing items for sale. Everyone was a new member at one stage, and new members may need some time to build up a trading history on the forum. Note that statistically a new member listing an item for sale is more likely a genuine member than not. But please be careful when trading and report any suspicious activity immediately by using the report feature.
 
Disclaimer: The suggestions if implemented do not change the Forum's Term’s & Conditions in regards to member's risk of trading. Please check section 7.4. Risk of trading of the forum’s rules.

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Thank you for your continued support @stefffanaand your generous Prize Draw and very kind words about The Silver Forum, this is greatly appreciated!
The winner will also get the monthly value of their Premium Membership credited to their TSF account to be used off of future renewals, so effectively the winner will also have won the cost they paid to upgrade their membership as well as the prizes from @stefffana 🙂
 
For members upgrading from Premium Membership level to another please do contact me first as I can make sure that the package is upgraded, rather than a duplicate package being purchased and you having two Premium Memberships running side by side, as we do not want you to overpay! The correct way to upgrade is via the invoice itself, rather than purchasing via the store, but if you Private Message me I can help you out with this from the admin side.
Many thanks to all of the Premium Members who help to support TSF, and an extra special thank you to all of the Platinum Group Premium Members.
All entries to the draw will receive a FREE SuperLike or SuperThanks from me too, worth 3 rank points and 3 reputation points. 🙂

Item: 🇲🇽 2014 Mexico 1oz 999 Silver Proof Coin NGC Graded PF70
Condition: Condition of coin looks great PF70, graded capsule however has some slight scuff marks that is common on these slabs. 
Starting Time and Date: Entry open for bidding. Closes Monday 17th July at 23:59 UK time.
Starting Price:  Starting price of 25pence, £0.25. Minimum Bid increasement £0.25, Maximum bid increment value £10. Please do try to keep within these limits though undoubtedly there will be some who do not read this in full and out of ease their bids will still be valid, please do however try to keep within this min/max bid increment limit  
Ending Time and Date: Closes Monday 17th July at 23:59 UK time. (Note that bids received at 00:00 will be not valid, 23:59:xx is the latest valid bid time)

The forum will automatically order posts based on who submitted first. Order on this thread is the order of bids. The thread posts contain timestamps,
Set Increments: 
Minimum Bid increasement £0.25 Maximum bid increment value £10 (setting this one at £10 max bid as have realised the £1 in current auctions may be two low) Winning Bidder: The winning bidder is the person who has made the highest bid at the point the auction closes. In the unlikely event that the highest bidder pulls out or reneges on their final bid, I will contact second place, third place etc. accordingly. 
Item Location: Item is located in the UK.
Shipping: Please add £6 to the final auction price for Royal Mail Special Delivery. It is possible to send via a slightly cheaper method, though buyer to assume all risk. Sending Special Delivery is recommended as tracked and insured! To confirm the bid you enter below is the bid for the item only, please add £6 after the auction has ended to the final bid to get the total including shipping. 

Can be combined with my other auction/s that are on and ending at the same time to save on shipping cost. 
Shipping destinations: Shipping to UK, can ship outside of UK at buyers risk / additional cost for shipping. 
Payment Terms: Payment by Bank Transfer in GBP only
Dispatch Time: Can be dispatched next week after the the auction has ended, will try to ship as soon as I am available to do so after bidding has ended and payment has been received. 
Photos: 





Any other details that need to be clarified please let me know and I can update  if someone bids at the same time as you and you wish to submit a higher big, please do so in a new comment rather than editing out the old one as this will be easier for others following. 

All members can edit their display photo but need a minimum amount of posts before being able to do so. Once their account is moved from ‘new member’ to ‘member’ they should be able to edit their profile photo. 
The background profile photo that goes across the profile page is a Premium Member benefit.

With the help of some TSF members, which I will keep anonymous in order to help protect the community when investigating potential future instances, and some admin investigation...

We have today banned a new member who was found to be abusing/manipulating the trading feedback system to create false feedback on trades that never took place on TSF.

The decision to ban was also made as we also believed that this person could have posed a potential trading risk to TSF members. TSF prides itself on having one of, if not the, most honest online marketplaces for trading precious metals. This year alone there have been over 5046 new trade topics started, with many trade topics containing huge lists of precious metals items for sale. Many thanks for those members who choose to buy and sell on TSF. 

Please do see the following topic and re-read to remind yourself on some simple tips in order to help reduce risk as much as possible when trading on TSF:
 

 
Many thanks to Premium Members who help to support and maintain TSF. For those who would like to support TSF please do consider purchasing Premium Membership as this helps greatly in maintaining and growing TSF. The larger TSF gets the more situations need to be investigated in order to help protect members as best as we can. To upgrade your account to Premium Membership to support TSF in exchange for all of the listed benefits including seeing new trade listings 3 days before standard members, please see the store here. An extra special thank to you to Platinum group Premium Members.

Perth Mint 2023 1/10th oz Gold Kangaroo
 

I thought this would be an interesting follow up to the "today I bought...." thread.
When you receive your order you can post a pic in this thread a kind of photo unboxing.
Unfortunately I am out of the UK at the moment, but I will be back in a month so then I have a whole year of small silver purchases that I can take a few snaps of and upload here.
In the meantime hopefully some other members will be able to upload some pics here soon......

Motivate more like! Post as many as possible

@Darr3nG was the first member to like this topic started last Thursday. He has been patiently waiting all this time for this ticket number to come up 😄

Thank you for your continued support @stefffanaand your generous Prize Draw and very kind words about The Silver Forum, this is greatly appreciated!
The winner will also get the monthly value of their Premium Membership credited to their TSF account to be used off of future renewals, so effectively the winner will also have won the cost they paid to upgrade their membership as well as the prizes from @stefffana 🙂
 
For members upgrading from Premium Membership level to another please do contact me first as I can make sure that the package is upgraded, rather than a duplicate package being purchased and you having two Premium Memberships running side by side, as we do not want you to overpay! The correct way to upgrade is via the invoice itself, rather than purchasing via the store, but if you Private Message me I can help you out with this from the admin side.
Many thanks to all of the Premium Members who help to support TSF, and an extra special thank you to all of the Platinum Group Premium Members.
All entries to the draw will receive a FREE SuperLike or SuperThanks from me too, worth 3 rank points and 3 reputation points. 🙂

"I've also recently upgraded my membership..." 
 

Very generous @stefffana and the others who have contributed! Just shows what a great forum this is. 
I've also recently upgraded my membership and @ChrisSilver was nothing but a gent and as helpful as always.
Number #20 for me 
Thanks!