tallyhojim

Thanks to @arshimo2012 for the 2007 kook and a couple of brits and to @tallyhojim for the 6x2018 4x2019 brits. First time I have purchased from him and and absolute pleasure to deal with 

Not a deal as such, but Royal Mint are selling 2019 Full Sovs and 1/4 Gold Britannia's at the lowest the lowest price I've seen thus far since being a member of this forum. Oddly enough 1/10oz Britannia's are still fairly high.

As of 15/10/2019:
2019 Full Sov £288.64
https://www.royalmintbullion.com/Products/Sovereign/Gold/UKB19SVC

2019 Gold Britannia 1/4oz £318.68
https://www.royalmintbullion.com/Products/Britannia/Gold/UKB19GQC

Hope those prices last for a week when my monthly buy cycle kicks in!!!!!

Not a deal as such, but Royal Mint are selling 2019 Full Sovs and 1/4 Gold Britannia's at the lowest the lowest price I've seen thus far since being a member of this forum. Oddly enough 1/10oz Britannia's are still fairly high.

As of 15/10/2019:
2019 Full Sov £288.64
https://www.royalmintbullion.com/Products/Sovereign/Gold/UKB19SVC

2019 Gold Britannia 1/4oz £318.68
https://www.royalmintbullion.com/Products/Britannia/Gold/UKB19GQC

Hope those prices last for a week when my monthly buy cycle kicks in!!!!!

Let this be a lesson to all - always take possession - no matter what.

Let this be a lesson to all - always take possession - no matter what.

I’m glad you all got out before getting burnt. I’m done with all these fledgling gold savings/payments companies. I’m sticking to physical precious metals from now on which doesn’t involve any third party risks.

In my opinion you've just killed your site in it's infancy by hiding it behind a pay wall. Most shoppers aren't going to be signing up to a subscription service to then see what the best deals and prices are. You would have been better off contacting the dealers and thrashing out referral links or some such similar to how people sell Amazon items, instead of hitting the shopper up front.

All that will happen now is some techie web building nerd will come along, recognise the mistake you've made in firewalling your site, and build theirs as an open free to view platform that includes paid referral/affiliate links, dealer banners etc.

Heck, I've just Googled the words "How to build a comparison website" and was inundated with tips and guides in how to do it.

You need to rethink your decision and ask yourself whether you have just applied a short term solution to a long term question.

That's it? That's your response to legitimate feedback? That's how you intend to handle questions?

By retorting a snotty remark back like a petulant schoolboy?

How utterly arrogant of you.

And lastly, you may want to have a read of the relevant UK legislation (again assuming you are UK based) concerning online and distance selling, which your website will most definitely fall under. That means you are required by Law to state your business name/address/contact details.

But as you say, perhaps I should report it?

And maybe I will.........

But it won't though, will it? You have already stated in a prior post that the annual subscription fee will likely be increasing in the next week or two, so any savings a customer makes by purchasing from the cheapest dealer will likely be swallowed up by your site fee, making any savings null and void.

And how do you know your site will be catering to those who are only frequent gold buyers? Have you conducted any market research to establish this hypothesis? How do you know that those who are frequent gold buyers don't know where the cheapest deals already exist? Have you tracked click through's to ascertain which items are the most popular? If so, does that information tell you anything in how you can create affiliate link programs with dealers?

There's a reason why all these comparison sites don't do paywalls - because they don't work.

Then there are other issues. You intend to take subscription payments. What have you done to ensure your are fully GDPR compliant? It's a lot more than just plonking a GDPR statement on a website, I assure you. By accepting subscription payments that now means you fall under various anti money laundering and tax regulations. Have you done any research on this? And how is that payment information retained and secured? What is your business contact details (telephone number/address etc) as these are all legal requirements. I've read through all your T&C's and cannot see any of that legally required information anywhere. Your T&C's state you don't offer refunds - have you had any confirmation that such a policy is legal under the Law of England and Wales (assuming London is your true location)? Have you had confirmation that your T&C's itself are fully compliant and legal?

The moment you decided to turn it from a hobby site into a business platform, you opened yourself up to a whole universe of legal requirements.

In my opinion you've just killed your site in it's infancy by hiding it behind a pay wall. Most shoppers aren't going to be signing up to a subscription service to then see what the best deals and prices are. You would have been better off contacting the dealers and thrashing out referral links or some such similar to how people sell Amazon items, instead of hitting the shopper up front.

All that will happen now is some techie web building nerd will come along, recognise the mistake you've made in firewalling your site, and build theirs as an open free to view platform that includes paid referral/affiliate links, dealer banners etc.

Heck, I've just Googled the words "How to build a comparison website" and was inundated with tips and guides in how to do it.

You need to rethink your decision and ask yourself whether you have just applied a short term solution to a long term question.

Today I received in my change after shopping in Morrison's.............several Polish silver coins saying "20 Groszy" that are almost identical in size to our 5 pence's.

Never noticed till I got home 2 hours ago.

GOD DAMMIT!!!!

Today I received in my change after shopping in Morrison's.............several Polish silver coins saying "20 Groszy" that are almost identical in size to our 5 pence's.

Never noticed till I got home 2 hours ago.

GOD DAMMIT!!!!

That's it? That's your response to legitimate feedback? That's how you intend to handle questions?

By retorting a snotty remark back like a petulant schoolboy?

How utterly arrogant of you.

And lastly, you may want to have a read of the relevant UK legislation (again assuming you are UK based) concerning online and distance selling, which your website will most definitely fall under. That means you are required by Law to state your business name/address/contact details.

But as you say, perhaps I should report it?

And maybe I will.........

Don't get so caught up in it Tally, he's free to run his website as he wishes, including conforming to legislation and deciding to charge if he wishes and we're free to use it if we wish.
He has come in, used this forum as a focus-group and intends to make money off of it.  Unfortunately he's alienated the people he's intending to make money off of, that's his own (imo poor) business decision.
Let him move fowards or backwards as he see's fit and i'm sure you will feel better just letting it go and not re-advertising his site with every post we add.
This'll be the last I do so too.

But it won't though, will it? You have already stated in a prior post that the annual subscription fee will likely be increasing in the next week or two, so any savings a customer makes by purchasing from the cheapest dealer will likely be swallowed up by your site fee, making any savings null and void.

And how do you know your site will be catering to those who are only frequent gold buyers? Have you conducted any market research to establish this hypothesis? How do you know that those who are frequent gold buyers don't know where the cheapest deals already exist? Have you tracked click through's to ascertain which items are the most popular? If so, does that information tell you anything in how you can create affiliate link programs with dealers?

There's a reason why all these comparison sites don't do paywalls - because they don't work.

Then there are other issues. You intend to take subscription payments. What have you done to ensure your are fully GDPR compliant? It's a lot more than just plonking a GDPR statement on a website, I assure you. By accepting subscription payments that now means you fall under various anti money laundering and tax regulations. Have you done any research on this? And how is that payment information retained and secured? What is your business contact details (telephone number/address etc) as these are all legal requirements. I've read through all your T&C's and cannot see any of that legally required information anywhere. Your T&C's state you don't offer refunds - have you had any confirmation that such a policy is legal under the Law of England and Wales (assuming London is your true location)? Have you had confirmation that your T&C's itself are fully compliant and legal?

The moment you decided to turn it from a hobby site into a business platform, you opened yourself up to a whole universe of legal requirements.

In my opinion you've just killed your site in it's infancy by hiding it behind a pay wall. Most shoppers aren't going to be signing up to a subscription service to then see what the best deals and prices are. You would have been better off contacting the dealers and thrashing out referral links or some such similar to how people sell Amazon items, instead of hitting the shopper up front.

All that will happen now is some techie web building nerd will come along, recognise the mistake you've made in firewalling your site, and build theirs as an open free to view platform that includes paid referral/affiliate links, dealer banners etc.

Heck, I've just Googled the words "How to build a comparison website" and was inundated with tips and guides in how to do it.

You need to rethink your decision and ask yourself whether you have just applied a short term solution to a long term question.

In my opinion you've just killed your site in it's infancy by hiding it behind a pay wall. Most shoppers aren't going to be signing up to a subscription service to then see what the best deals and prices are. You would have been better off contacting the dealers and thrashing out referral links or some such similar to how people sell Amazon items, instead of hitting the shopper up front.

All that will happen now is some techie web building nerd will come along, recognise the mistake you've made in firewalling your site, and build theirs as an open free to view platform that includes paid referral/affiliate links, dealer banners etc.

Heck, I've just Googled the words "How to build a comparison website" and was inundated with tips and guides in how to do it.

You need to rethink your decision and ask yourself whether you have just applied a short term solution to a long term question.

You missed out the part where we wear the same underkrackers for days on end, and then turn them inside out to create a "fresh new pair" complete with Rik Mayall back crack skid marks.

I hope he doesn't reveal himself to be Gordon Brown.......

I hope he doesn't reveal himself to be Gordon Brown.......

I hope he doesn't reveal himself to be Gordon Brown.......

@S2G I'm curious what your stacking habits are and where the interest in Gold originates from.......

Any chance you can add 1/4 and 1/10 Gold Britannia's? What do you need to do that - links to dealer pages?