Rains

I'm a newb mate but £380 for a sov is ok by me. Don't sell for £330. Unless it's to me 😁

I wonder why?
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Ssshh!
Are you trying to get me into more trouble than I can manage on my own?
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More like a deposit industrial estate at this stage. 

Insert Homer walking into bush gif

Insert Homer walking into bush gif

I could spare a few sheets...

It's the only way I know.

Sorry guys but they fudged these badly. 

Hi my name is Ed
I’m interested in precious metals mainly concentrating on Gold bullion now  
I’ve been stacking silver and Gold  / collection for 10+ years now.
I’m Considered here as an apprentice lol  
it’s the longest apprenticeship I have ever heard of. 

I look forward to talking to you guys in the near future. 
 
Thanks for having me.  
 
peace to all. 

Agreed with all luckily I've  only had one negative experience  on here so far the rest have been fantastic 😀 

Pick any old post for the same or similar item if you cannot find it, it happens quite a bit and when I am the seller I do not mind that at all
I have taken to messaging buyers when I can see from the tracking the item has been delivered and asking if everything was OK and requesting feedback, or if they ping confirming receipt asking then/  Don't always remember for smaller or low value stuff but like James I keep receipts until I have confirmation from the seller the item has arrived

Or 15% below spot to do you a favour 🤣

Yeh i always let a buyer know it has arrived or give tracking for a seller I am just not good on my after sale care feedback lol

Hi one and all. a few things have been bothering me recently so thought I'd air them 🙂 
This is in noway an attack on any specific member, but simply an expression that hopefully unites and improves the workings of the trade section in the forum. Obviously I'm opening myself up to an outcry of backstabbing from those who find offence in my geniune attempt to improve things for both myself and every single member who makes transactions, either incoming or outgoing 😆 
Can I please make a few simple suggestions to sellers firstly.
1) describe items carefully and considerately but most importantly honestly, so buyers can make an informed decision whether to purchase or not. Stop hiding behind the "bullion bollocks" if an item is marked/toned/scratched then say so. It will save our feelings of joy being swapped for anger when we open your parcel. I can assure you and so can other fine members who list this way ( your items will still sell if priced accordingly)
2) whilst it's each individuals perogative to price how they see fit, take a second to look round the forum and gauge a realistic average? Otherwise the only thing you will be selling is "Bumps" 
3) packaging, take a second to think about the item's journey, will your coin/bar or whatever the contents survive a 5 a side at the local sorting office? I can't fathom some of the careless decisions made by sellers I've purchased from on here. Thankfully its a small number but it has cost you a repeat buyer! Can we all agree not to stick item's directly to cardboard with brown ****ing tape?? Wrap in bubble wrap or even a clean sock first, the amount of capsules I've had to replace is uncalled for.
4) feedback!! Ohh the elephant in the room has awoke, see the feedback option? Yeah maybe try using it then 🤔 the amount of people recently complaining about not receiving is quite substantial, yes we can all forget now and again, but it's what keeps us all safe at the end of the day. Also newcomers need it to get any kind of standing on the forum. ( if I owe anyone feedback that has left some for me,then just shoot a message please)
5) messages, you know the words in a box type thing, that I know you read? Respond to them out of decency if nothing else, even if it's to tell me to f#ck off.
6) have you got what your selling? Sounds obvious but apparently not. I'm not overly keen on buying items you think/hope you may be getting in. Makes you look both incompetent and risky.
7) keep buyers in the loop, do not take my/their money and ignore for days, I understand fully that postage isn't an exact science and life can kick us in the proverbial, but at least tell me if its been posted and upload tracking if ive/we've paid for it. I'm not keen on guesswork or trying to read between the lines. Most importantly tell me if my payment has been received, think how nervous a newcomer is sending money to "Jack the ripper" on the Internet?
Now I will try and see it from a sellers perspective 😆 
1) buyers ( of which I am) hopefully I've treated you with decency and respect, kept you updated with tracking/payment received etc and dispatched as fast as my timeline allows on any given day, advised in a "honest" manner whether buying from me or not. Although please realise just because you have money, you don't own me. Treat me with the same decency i afford you.
2) Be clear and concise when messaging a seller, your tying up their time ( again referring to no1) all you see is an item for sale. Well try and remember there's a human being selling it. Be polite ( thankfully 95% of buyers/seller's are) and you will find the seller might just go that extra mile 😉
3) Be a man/woman of your word?? Yes this goes without saying in life in general, but here I am feeling the need to remind people "do/mean what you say"!! Please don't tell me you will do something and then ghost me, at the very least put me out of my misery!!
4) research what you are buying and " ask yourself "can you afford it? Don't get caught up in what other people are buying, do not feel obliged to buy today out of FOMO and then have to sell tomorrow at a loss. Please for the benefit of yourself and your family have a semi coherent plan ( I know this is rich coming from someone, with the attention span of a goldfish) but I've heard/witnessed a fair few newcomers get caught out by this. Do what's right for you and you only. Otherwise you will end up bitter/in trouble financially. 
5) feedback, ohh here he goes again lol. If a seller has taken the time to ( hopefully from now on) carefully package and efficiently deliver your item safely and satisfactory, then "Yes you guessed it" then please leave feedback 😊 for me personally, it's an indication of deal complete and I can now dispose of your postage receipt, that otherwise I have to safely keep for up to a month, in fear you may tell me in a week or two you haven't received yet. 
6) be realistic/sincere with offers, I love £10/£20 off for buying in bulk as much as anyone, but being offered £350 on a item that could be scrapped for £400 minimum is an insult, yep it actually happens. 
7) pay on time or at the very least give a rough time frame for payment. Do not drag out payment for hours and hours ( unless agreed with seller in advance) then expect the seller to run to the post office as soon as the money hits their bank.
( THIS PART IS FOR THE NOISY BANTER BRIGADE ) Which I hold my hands up to being a part of 😆 
Its come to my attention that a few members have stopped/or at least thought twice about continuing to sell on the forum. I as much as anyone likes light hearted fun,  but sometimes this spills over onto sales posts, random comments can cause unfair bumping of posts and can especially lead to prospective buyers walking away. This is especially true during auctions, usually 6 pages of noise and only 2 bids, people could be excused for not knowing the current high bid or find it too exhausting to find. If we can help a sale which many of us has done ( and I will continue to do) then by all means work away, but if there's no intention to buy or cannot add value to the post, we should take our juvenile noise to the aptly named NAUGHTY BOY STEP 😉 
Anyway enough negativity, there's some amazing sellers and buyers on here, people whom I'm proud to transact with on a regular basis, people who I trust unequivocally, and whilst I've yet to experience an issue with those people/members, if I did, I just know deep down I'd be looked after. Let's all strive to be like them? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

OMG - hehe, my wife came home with a new dent in the front of the car, told me someone must have hit it in the car park when she was shopping. I said ok then we'll get the security footage to find out. Floods of tears ensued and finally she admitted that it was her who drove into a pole, erm should I say HAD to admit re security footage pending

Governments are very good at  telling you there's more jam tomorrow. Tomorrow never comes.
Having worked in the army, the amount of ministers came up to us backslapping us saying how great we are. Because we were achieving something with nothing, then telling us there was more jam tomorrow. Not once did I see said jam. The yanks used to call us borrowers on operations. 
We used to call civil servants, the SA80, why? because its doesn't work and you cant fire it! Loads of them on high paid jobs or consultants milking the MOD for overpriced c**p. Its a farcical gravy train!

Considers is political speak for broken promises - spin n BS..... Shes in the chair now....

Due to cost of living crisis the government have been considering it I believe, 
https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-liz-truss-considers-5-cut-vat-if-she-becomes-pm-telegraph-2022-08-27/
there has been other articles. Might be a no go at the moment though but thought if this will be in the plans for the future and somewhere I did read the current chancellor is considering it. It was in the same article where it mentioned he just got rid of the cap to bankers bonuses. 
Be interesting to know what previously happened with PM when this happened. I assume the VAT reduction would be on certain items to help cost of living and not PM?
 

Hi All,
As there is chatter about VAT being reduced have you stopped buying silver/platinum?
If VAT is reduced what will happen to silver/platinum? Would if be a simple reduction of VAT or do you see premiums increasing?
Previous years when VAT was reduced for a year what happened with PM? did they increase/decrease in value?
I assume its not as simple as one would think it would be?
Thanks
Slam
 
 

Interesting topic I'm keen to hear what others say.
If premiums on silver did not increase to fill the void and we were seeing current retail prices minus 20% the cost Vs spot price still seems incredibly high compared to gold for eg. 
2nd hand sellers would surely need to bring prices down to make sales or else why not just go to a dealer? 

I have now sold all my gold 😢 chards gave me a offer I was very happy with and I drove down today to drop them off. Thanks to all for advice on the forum it was very much appreciated.
The plan is to move into my new house end of Oct and probably looking to start collecting gold again early in the new year, so I’ll probably not use the forum much until then but again thank you to all who gave advice 👍

Congratulations on achieving your goals!  
 
Don’t be a stranger on the forum even if you are not collecting!

Very well said/put @Tn21👌