VGfine

@ianmac, you’re in safe hands. He’s very well known and respected across many groups. I would expect you’ll hear from him very soon.
We appreciate it’s nerve racking but you’ve chosen a good seller and you’ve joined here. 

A very reliable forum member. Nothing to worry about

@ianmacHello you will not have problems with your purchase guaranteed, i done lots of purchases from them and will continue to do so. Fast postage honest descriptions.
I am sure he will send you confirmation tomorrow.
You can sleep confidently.
 

Definitely a legitimate website, he's on here and fast becoming a TSF legend. Your in good hands.
Welcome by the way

Hi, @ianmac and welcome on forum!🤗
I have never bought from @Auronum's website, so I don't know how quick and easy the communication and delivery are going there. But I have bought from him and I have sold to him on forum and everything was very smooth and hassle free.
What I can tell you is this:
@Auronum is a very active forum member, with a Platinum Business account. He is a very reliable person, both as a seller and as a buyer and I can assure you that you are in very safe hands. I am sure that everyone on this forum will tell you the same.
If you have paid, you will receive soon exactly what you expect to receive. 
I am sure you are stressed now, but I am 100% confident that you will be very happy very soon.
Happy stacking!
Stefan.

Welcome @Kitalon to TSF. Lots of solid advice already mentioned above!
I may add (if its not already been mentioned) be disciplined with a buying budget or you may get gold fever and end up locking too much of your buying power in gold. You wouldn't want to be a forced seller to settle an unexpected bill. Look into setting up a dedicated account for metals buying only.
Other then that if you aim to buy often on here look at a membership. Sovereigns turn over fast here and you will only see them once sold with a free membership.
Hope this place becomes a good tool for your sovereign buying adventures!

I can't admit to owning a gram of gold or silver but I intend to change that once the price is right and I know what I'm doing.
I wouldn't say that I'm a stacker or collector although I do have a handful of unique looking 50p and £2 coins that I've held onto from change. I've always been interested in coins and notes so this seems like the right place to be.
Someone down the pub told me that sovereigns are the way to go, so here I am to find out more and possibly start a new collection/hobby. Any pointers greatly received about how best to proceed.
I don't know much about the investment value but I have an ambition to own reals, doubloons and pieces of eight one day. I'm guessing they might be very rare collectors items but it's something from an era that really interests me.

Hello & welcome 

I am very grateful to everyone who contributed to this compensation.
I did ask BYB to pass on my thanks to everyone involved, as I am unaware of who contributed.
I was not entirely happy with others paying for my misfortune, but my wife saw things differently. So, as a compromise, I made contributions to 3 charities suggested by BYB.
The community spirit on this forum has blown me away, and as I suggested to BYB, if this should occur again please consider me all in to help others in the same manner.
 
Once again, thanks to anyone involved.
 
 

Any update about this?
Is @SlugForAButt 100% happy now after this compensation?
A feedback about what happened would be beneficial for all of us.
Thank you!🤗
Stefan.

Hi there fellow stacker's, 
A couple of weeks ago I decided to get back into aquiring silver, mostly for retirement in 30 or so years, to diversify my portfolio. I dont plan on making the mistake and call it an "investment", since I don't plan on selling it until then unless I have to...
From where I stand it looks like this: economic growth (ie resource depletion and energy consumption) can't go on forever and people in their 30s will see a time of stagnation and shrinking and let's face it: it might be a good thing for humanity. Silver and gold always gave me something an etf or share cant: a fuzzy feeling when I open the vault, I am sure many can relate. I think silver will be needed in key industries for a long time so it won't lose value to a certain extent. If there are other enthusiasts from Germany I am happy to get in touch =) 
Latest aquisition: tube of Noah's arc, tube of new gen cook islands and a couple of Kookaburra's. 
 

1994 UK bunc 8 coin sets all complete no toning 
 
£14 each posted x3 available 
 
PayPal FF or add the fees

Hello & welcome 

Hello & welcome 

Good afternoon, dear friends!
I have today for auction an unusual coins set made by Israel Coins and Medals Corp. In this set are two silver proof coins, limited mintage of only 2800.
The first one is 2 New Sheqalim 2013 - The Jordan River (1oz 999 silver) see https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces75579.html.
The second one is 2 New Sheqalim 2012 - Sea of Galilee (28.8g sterling silver) see https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces94389.html.
Also, included in this set is a sealed bottle of water from The Holy Land.
*** Important note - read before placing a bid: Both coins look untouched, but are affected by milk spots, even are in original capsules and are minted by two different mints (Norway and Finland).
I have tried to capture in pictures and to describe them accurately, so please don't bid if these coins are not matching your quality standards.
I think this set will be a great Christmas gift for someone.
The starting price is the melting value of these coins - £34 and £1 minimum increments.
The auction starts now and will end tomorrow night at 21.00pm.
Postage cost will be paid by winner on top of the winning price (£5 for 1st class or £8 for SD).
The parcel will be sent Monday morning.
Happy bidding and thank you for reading!
Stefan.
 
 

£35 to get you going 

Hi, just introducing myself. 
Changing the savings strategy to gold and silver. Will mix up collections with bullion so joined here to hopefully get some knowledge. 🤓

Thank you!🤗
 

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I'll give you a fiver to drink the water

Public Statement (relates to NBS): Why I am not the real Christmas Scrooge
Firstly: The main purpose of TSF is not to make money, and TSF was not set up to make money. Which is perhaps why it is a successful forum and one of the largest English speaking platforms for precious metals enthusiasts. We therefore have no hesitation in removing accounts that are deliberately trying to cause issues or upset the balance of the forum.

The vast majority of regular members however are extremely helpful to the community here and wish for the forum to succeed and have been generous enough to support the forum with a Premium Membership and specifically Platinum Group Premium Memberships.
 

TSF is however still a business and one of my main sources of income, which creates a very small modest income after taxes for the vast amount of hours I have put into the forum. And which sometimes operates some months at a loss and I need to put money into the forum. There are a lot of members who profit more from the existence of the forum than the forum itself makes. The success of the forum also affects others who I have outsourced work to for other projects to help them, and who also rely on the finance success of the forum. 
I do not own any large amounts of gold or silver other than the TSF branded rounds/bars as anytime I have purchased some precious metals I have ended up selling it in order to invest into the forum as our costs (especially development and maintenance of existing custom applications/plugins regularly exceeds the small revenue which TSF generates month to month. TSF is not VAT registered as we do not even make enough revenue to hit that small limit currently, which shows how little profit it can make)

As I have stated before I believe that members should be able to discuss a wide range of topics as long as they remain respectful to other members and have on many occasions defended the existence of the NBS topic where I believe members should be able to relax in a slightly more informal section of the forum. I have however politely asked that it doesn’t spill out into the precious metals section of the forum and ruin the forum experience for other members.  This has repeatedly been broken over the last 5-6 months, despite many pleads to keep the NBS style posts strictly to the NBS topic. In fairness the fast majority of members posting in the NBS have been respectful and have followed my requests, thank you for this.

This has created a continue increased amount of Admin workload and there have been many posts which I have missed (as I am unable to read everything) In order to help keep the forum tidy and respectful we have outsourced an AdminSupport @AdminSupport

I would still like the NBS topic to remain, as per the clear rules set out.

As stated in the NBS topic*:
There will be some sort of promotional offer during this time. (please do continue reading the full post below, and specially the however part below) 
 
Sorry if anyone feels that the new change is a ‘money grab’ and comparable to the ULEZ. But the decision was purely an administrative decision to try to reduce the repeated issues of the NBS style posts flowing into the precious metals sections and trade section, and the continue headache I have to deal with reports and issues. Our costs (both the amount of time myself needs to put into Moderation opposed to focusing on growing the forum and other projects, as well as outsourcing someone to help have also increased our costs) As the vast majority of members in the NBS topic are already Platinum Group Premium Members I do not think it is much of an ask. As previously stated there will also be a generous offer for those who wish to consider upgrading, and as members who have been here a long time will understand I am more than generous with helping members. Platinum Premium Membership if paid annually in GBP is only £8.25 per month.
 
Trade topics do not need to mention ********* woman, or any of your hidden desires which should be kept private and not publicly announced in trade topics. There is absolutely no need for such crude remarks. And we believe it is perfectly acceptable to ask members not to post trade topics with such titles. TSF can remain a fun place without this needing to affect the trade section and precious metals section of the forum.

Scantily dressed photos of women should not be posted on the forum (though we have allowed this in the NBS topic providing it does not breach the rules on pornography)
I am trying to keep the forum stable and pleasant for for all members including our members and official sponsors who are female, please remember this when posting on the forum and remain respectful. It is a public precious metals forum, not a gentleman’s private club. And there is the NBS topic remains for members to join in some fun and banter, please do continue to keep the NBS style posts strictly to that topic and thank you to the members who do. 

I am unsure why some wish to be disruptive or deliberately try to damage the forum, or to try to publicly create unbalance or resentment against myself or the forum, I am merely trying to keep the forum stable and ensure the long term survival. Sometimes I may be very busy and replies may be short, direct and to the point. This in no way is an indication that I do not care about the forum or about you, or about the community here. I am merely overworked and overstressed and trying to effectively deal with the tasks at hand as efficiently as possible. There may also be some cultural differences.

There is a clear safe place for members to joke around (within reason) and have banter in, and I have asked repeatedly to keep such posts in that particular NBS topic.
 
We want members to have fun. And overall the forum is generally a very relaxed environment with a large amount of freedom given to members. The problem comes when members ruin the forum experience for others, some members only wish to engage in precious metals content or to buy and sell, which is why we released the default activity feed to not include the NBS topic (this can be changed and saved as per members settings to also include as written in the NBS)
 
In order to improve the member experience and account support there is a new account AdminSupport @AdminSupport, they will automatically be added to any private message conversations started with me or ones where I am added to, so that we can respond to you account enquires as quickly as possible. They will also be helping with moderation to help keep the forum tidy.

This will also have the advantage of improving the member experience as account related questions can be answered in a more timely manner. This is in addition to the Moderators that we have that help out on the forum, many thanks to all the moderators and especially @trp for recently organising the Christmas Draws and helping out on the forum a lot  

*however:

Due to the current economic climate and the fact that it is Christmas and I do not wish to be labeled as scrooge this year, in an unheard of 180 degree turn I have decided to revoke my previous decision in reaction to members breaching the NBS terms and will keep to the original plan of Gold and above as outlined nearly 6 months ago. This will ensure that anyone wishing to engage in the NBS topic only needs to have Gold or above and does not need a Platinum Level Premium Membership. But we hope that members can appreciate and understand our situation, both from a cost and time perspective. Thank you to those members who continually respect the forums rules and the NBS guidelines and who keep such posts strictly to this section of the forum. Thank you to all members who help keep the forum tidy and who report posts so that we can tidy the forum and keep it pleasant for all. 

I also have not only my own finances or the forums to worry about but other people who I have outsourced work to in order to help them and have these responsibilities, which can add stress to an already sometimes stressful 😰 (but mostly very enjoyable) role dealing with (mostly very) lovely people  

Once again many thanks to all members who decide to support TSF with Premium Membership and especially those who choose a Platinum Group Premium Membership. We understand, and can feel it ourselves how the recent costs of living (especially in Europe but also worldwide) have affected many people’s finances making the cost of living much higher. I myself have moved to try to take advantage of price arbitrage in order to afford the cost of life.

We hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas with friends and family

Can we just give a moment to give @AdamDutton a big thumbs up?
Seems like the chap did the right thing. Mistakes happen, it's how you deal with them that counts.
👍

Similar to others .. what’s left. I take dem. Perfect present for my Argentine uncle. 

3 available, all excellent condition and dated 2011.
£1605 plus postage