Bigmarc

Have been a few times and yes you are right, same cost but portions are massive. 
Currently about £4.50 a pint in Texas, now from where I am that is cheap but the northerners would probably start a revolution.

Have been a few times and yes you are right, same cost but portions are massive. 
Currently about £4.50 a pint in Texas, now from where I am that is cheap but the northerners would probably start a revolution.

Have been a few times and yes you are right, same cost but portions are massive. 
Currently about £4.50 a pint in Texas, now from where I am that is cheap but the northerners would probably start a revolution.

I only do this a day in advance, too worried spot will fall.

If you count up everything you need to buy and use crypto then you may find it's probably more centralised than fiat. 
You need a device, an exchange, a ledger or wallet, fiat in the first place, 2fa. If any of these were to fail then your f*CK*d. 
I am in crypto but just a bit of fun and it's beating my metal holding this year (not allway been the case tho). 

If you count up everything you need to buy and use crypto then you may find it's probably more centralised than fiat. 
You need a device, an exchange, a ledger or wallet, fiat in the first place, 2fa. If any of these were to fail then your f*CK*d. 
I am in crypto but just a bit of fun and it's beating my metal holding this year (not allway been the case tho). 

You have an individual personal VAT allowance on silver if you or members of your party are physically bringing it into the uk, currently stands at around £390.00 per person if I remember, so you can bring in this amount of silver without having to pay VAT on it, if you have it shipped into the UK you will pay VAT
anything over that amount needs to be declared so for example is you bring in £500.00 quid worth of silver bullion you will pay VAT on the figure over your allowances

If you count up everything you need to buy and use crypto then you may find it's probably more centralised than fiat. 
You need a device, an exchange, a ledger or wallet, fiat in the first place, 2fa. If any of these were to fail then your f*CK*d. 
I am in crypto but just a bit of fun and it's beating my metal holding this year (not allway been the case tho). 

Most things over there are cheaper than ours. Electricity, fuel, phone bills, food, insulin (ok not that one). 
Yes we pay over the odds for everything here but shouldn't matter unless you decide to move. 

Bitcoin went from 34k to 38k on the ETF approval news but I think the realisation that it will take many months has dawned on people. Gold took a dip on this news but seeing as the UK & US decided to chuck some missiles at Yemen its bounced very quickly

Gold is a non-issue. For bullion or investment gold, there is no import duty or VAT.  You have to declare it but it's not taxable.  HMRC's web site has a list of coins that are considered as investment gold, plus a description of the criteria.  Note that unless you're buying UK legal tender you're still going to be eligible for capital gains tax if you sell it in large enough quantities, so you still need to keep a record of the purchase.
For silver, VAT is applicable at the declared value which is what you paid for it.  As long as you have receipts you should be able to declare it at that.  The same conditions with capital gains tax apply.
Note, this is not financial advice.  I am not a customs broker or a financial adviser, nor do I play one on TV.  Do your own homework.
TL;DR: You're fine with gold.  

Most things over there are cheaper than ours. Electricity, fuel, phone bills, food, insulin (ok not that one). 
Yes we pay over the odds for everything here but shouldn't matter unless you decide to move. 

Most things over there are cheaper than ours. Electricity, fuel, phone bills, food, insulin (ok not that one). 
Yes we pay over the odds for everything here but shouldn't matter unless you decide to move. 

Most things over there are cheaper than ours. Electricity, fuel, phone bills, food, insulin (ok not that one). 
Yes we pay over the odds for everything here but shouldn't matter unless you decide to move. 

Most things over there are cheaper than ours. Electricity, fuel, phone bills, food, insulin (ok not that one). 
Yes we pay over the odds for everything here but shouldn't matter unless you decide to move. 

There was a petition for parliament a while back to allow users to delete the BBC channels to avoid the fee. 
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/264983
 

There was a petition for parliament a while back to allow users to delete the BBC channels to avoid the fee. 
https://petition.parliament.uk/archived/petitions/264983
 

If you ever have problems with eBay . Go to the automated chat , and insist they call you , you will be put to call centre abroad somewhere  ( they will call you in a couple of minutes ) ask / demand  to be put through to the call Center in IRELAND,  , it’s a ball acke, but worth doing , they will be more helpful ,  👍

I am inclined to agree. But I'm afraid there are a minority of "in the know" TSF members who believe the PM market is a scam itself, that everything is so heavily manipulated that gold price bears no correlation with real world events, that spot doesn't reflect the worth of precious metals, to the point where they'd think they live in a simulation.
The next moment they try to sell you silver.
They are either terminally delusional or deliberately spreading misinformation to aid their sales. To me they are in no place to criticise eBay sellers who list "copy" coins to hook stupid buyers.
I'm not referring to anyone I've recently interacted with. I saw that kind of behaviour a couple months ago, but never since (perhaps because I blocked them?)

Worked it out, spot price for the pre 20s is £60.48. (+4.2%)
For the pre 47's is £23.76. (-7%)
The pre 20s do look a little worn tho. 

Pretty much majority of what I have yes. Auctions and eBay. Search for the coin rather than what it's made from. 
I have never had problem sell anything apart from bars. 

eBay. These items sold yesterday (I've lost my spreads sheet so can't work out the spot at the moment) but sure they are fairly close. 

 

eBay. These items sold yesterday (I've lost my spreads sheet so can't work out the spot at the moment) but sure they are fairly close. 

 

I had some time at work today and thought I would do some research. This may help you visualise it a little better. 
I went back 50 months on the for sale section of the forum. I picked a random bullion sovereign in the middle of each month (one carded and one blister as slim pickings some months). I also filtered it to individual sellers. Also I added 50 special delivery postage cost. Here is the list. 




So over 50 months a total of £17938 would have been spent, this is a cost average of £358.76 per sovereign and would have 50 sovereigns
If you belly flopped in 50 months a go you would have 67 sovereigns for the same cost. 
The beginning of 2021 and 2022 with the same value you would have 54 sovereigns.
And 2024 you would only have 46 sovereigns with the same value spent. 
Considering you can't beat the pound cost average price in the last two years I must admit it does look a better option for the long term. Me personally I am not a cost averager as I like to do many things elsewhere. 
 
 
 
 

speaking from experience
When you get old you’ll appreciate the bigger coins 
easier to see the detail of the designs and find  them
that is of course if you can remember where you put them in the first place