JamesH

Just had another thought for seller's etiquette:
Keep the thread updated.  If you agree an offer, put "Sold, pending payment" on the thread, or even "Sold" if they already paid, and close the thread. If the deal falls through, post "Still available".  It will help the visibility of the item, and people won't ignore it assuming it's gone. I was reminded since I've recently seen several threads drift down the page into oblivion, only to be resurrected days later because the sale never happened.  This one is definitely in the seller's interest.

Wow 😍

Makes the  Gold Yale’s very desirable

I like them. Decent portrait (much to my surprise). See you in the queue 👍🏼

100%. Hopeful to have many years of accumulating gold, ahead of me. The lower the price the greater the opportunity (for me personally) so I welcome ‘cheap’ gold in the short-mid term 👍🏼

I’ll keep buying on the way down and then repeat on the way back up again 👍🏼

100%. Hopeful to have many years of accumulating gold, ahead of me. The lower the price the greater the opportunity (for me personally) so I welcome ‘cheap’ gold in the short-mid term 👍🏼

100%. Hopeful to have many years of accumulating gold, ahead of me. The lower the price the greater the opportunity (for me personally) so I welcome ‘cheap’ gold in the short-mid term 👍🏼

It's not a concern, only another opportunity. 
Well unless it goes to zero, then we are all snookered 🤣🤣

I’ll keep buying on the way down and then repeat on the way back up again 👍🏼

I’ll keep buying on the way down and then repeat on the way back up again 👍🏼

I watched a YouTube video on how to stop coins from moving around in capsules. Some capsules vary slightly so coins can move from side to side. To stop this cut a narrow strip from a coin flip about 15mm long by 3mm depending on the capsule depth , place two or more of these apart in the gap between the coin and capsule. Screw the cap on your coin will stay in position and they don't show from the outside. Great for posting coins or keeping your best coins safe 👍 

Is gold dipping 🤔

I thought of something that is worth emphasising.
Sellers: Respond in a timely manner!
This seems to be increasingly a problem.  Sellers put up a listing, often for a high value item, e.g. 1oz gold coin.  Potential buyers contact them, and... nothing.  You get maybe one or two responses per day.  Not only is it immensely frustrating waiting for a response, but it also really isn't a good look for the seller.  If they cannot communicate at a reasonable rate, are they going to be timely and reliable when shipping?  Are they overwhelmed and going to make mistakes?  Is this a scam?
If you have other commitments, work, holiday, etc, then perhaps think whether now is really the right time to sell.  And if you do really want to, again, be up front with sellers.  Either put it in the listing, or tell people before they pay, that you have something else going on right now.
And of course life happens, medical emergencies, personal problems.  But just drop a quick note when you can.  Sure, you might lose a sale.  But you will keep your reputation, and possibly gain one of being a fair player and a good communicator.  That's worth more.

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? 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Probably. They’re taking pre-orders for unknown release date Harry Potter RM coins 🤣

Has there ever been any official meet ups before ? Will there ever be any again ? Will I be invited ? Is there an initiation ? Karaoke ? 😂😂😂😂

Gold…Sovs, Brits, 1/4 Brits & 50 Pesos
Silver…anything I fancy, Libs & 1oz tubes that aren’t too premium heavy

good to see you back @mr-dead
for those that are newish this particular forum member sold an epic stack to atkinsons if my memory serves me right.
 
 

@Apmex100 If it’s a 2022 Gold Brit, let me know how much you’re after. Would gladly take it off your hands 👍🏼

Get 10% of my retirement potfolio in metals by end of 2023, supposedly cost averaging - but i appear to be forward weighting a tad.
Gold soveriegns (1/2s and whole), i have a couple of old coin boxes for these and they're just calling to be full.
Gold brits and QBs once i clear smaller weights, then i'd like a bar but coins seem to make more sense.
Silver QBs, Scottsdale and Umacore, plus anything else that has appeal, chunky stuff feels good in the hand.
Learn about liquidity and what would be easy/hard to exit from.
I have 2 kids and keep feeling like i have to buy everything in pairs - somewhat annoying lol

This is one metric I'm keeping a close eye on 1 because I have PM's gold and 2 savings.   It's working out where the cross over point will be where interest rates for savings may become attractive once again for savers/investors.  Some ISA's are now offering 3.5% not great but going in the right direction for savers.  If we see 7-9% compounding returns for cash in the bank we could see people reducing PM's and other investment in favour of cash savings.
 

@Apmex100 If it’s a 2022 Gold Brit, let me know how much you’re after. Would gladly take it off your hands 👍🏼

Only been stacking a couple of months and had a memory of my parents giving me a half sovereign when i was a kid, had no idea where it would be.  Been searching for it for a few days now and today i finally managed to find it in some old files... so today i kind of got a freebie and found a coin that I first looked at about 35 years ago.
 

After a nice summer in Greece, I had to come back yesterday to Germany. Two good things here, you can threw you're toilet paper into the porcelain god and i could get some of my coins after three months out of the safe deposit. This one here, the 2020 2 OZ COOK Islands Steampunk, is an absolute stunner. Unbelievable strike with lots of well thinked details. Every time I hold this coin, i'm really impressed and could watch it for hours.