Ravoma

Got this 100 gram Royal Mint bar, thanks to @Ravoma. 

Received my 1st 1oz Britannia’s from @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer!!! Hopefully the 1st of many
 

what looks to be a very nice 1957 sovereign... been a decent week 🙂

Received some splendid bars from @Ravoma

 

This arrived just now....  I am trying to complete the collection before White Greyhound is released and pushes the premiums up on the previous coins released in the series.

A few less britannias but i have finally breached 100 sovereigns so thought i would mark the occasion with an updated stack picture!

This is a joke mate I really feel for you.
Never going use these myself from now on if this is how it goes.
Rav

So claim was issued on the 27th of August as far as UPS can tell me, I have emailed and left messages on my order but goldsilver.be are totally ignoring me now. They have not replied to any email since the 4th of August.
UPS are not allowed to discuss or make the claim out to myself.
Yet again another display of being just scummy human beings, they now double the money for the product.
 
Edit update: I decided to email Perth Mint and make a distributors complaint against goldsilver.be, CCing in both goldsilver.be and the UPS manager I have been dealing with in attempt to get my money back. Will update if I get any reply from the Perth Mint.

Wed 26/08/2020 09:55
Hello,
 
Thank you for your reply.
 
Unfortunately we are unable to disclose any details regarding the progress of the investigation, as per our agreement with the sender. In this case I would highly recommend you contacting the sender, as you are their direct customer and they should be able to provide you with more details regarding this.
 
My apologies for the inconvenience.
 
Kind Regards,
 
Ligita Baroniunaite
UPS Delivery Information Department UK & IE
 
 
Sent multiple emails over to goldsilver.be nothing back at all and then the tracking updated today with:

Received these today. 
 

The Coin Does the Talking here Coinsters !!!!!!!!!!

I want to believe it is but I know its still a long shot, best outcome right now would be they find the package and deliver because if it goes to a claim I fear goldsilver.be will just keep the money too.

You’d think so hey? No, they were in a double plastic coin wallet, no flap, not even sealed shut. Consequently both coins came out and clinked around together, hence the complaint due to two badly scratched and dented coins. If they had bothered to bubble wrap my coins would be fine.
I’m not been a perfectionist about this, with my microscope, I’m taking about 2 badly damaged coins. 

To stop my misses spending my money.

Completed my 10 kg coinbar target. I originally ordered 10x 1 kg. Ordered and paid for, however the dealer didn't have it in stock and production stopped due too covid. After much pushing for delivery the dealer offered a 5 kg bar, which I accepted. A 5 kg bar feel really nice in hand.
 

QB series completed now on the big silver ones... Have a few more to go on the yellow metal 

My very first venture into precious metals here is my first 2 pieces of silver, certainly will not be the last🤑😁
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Many thanks to @LawrenceChard Chards @ChardsCoinandBullionDealer For this super purchase! A bit of an oxymoron, Sussie Gold Silver... Fabulous customer service when the system failed on the payment page, spot ran away, yet Chards honoured the deal at nearly a £50 loss to them.
 
They have also dispatched an order made via Platinum Deals that Chards offer exclusively for Platinum members, thanks @ChrisSilver. Again Chards offered a deal I suspect they may have forgotten about, as they set it up back when Spot was LOW! Yet they have honoured the deal without question, letting me buy the cheapest silver available in the UK! Sent today so watch this space...

No id required, just one of these and a day or two to spare:


 
 

Just one Kook for me, but it did complete one of my date runs I set out to do, right back to 1996 (which was 4 years more than I intended, somehow I can’t stop myself 😂).

Not really, just the tubes😁

I believed Mr Wonger, sold all my gold and got stung !! 😂

Probably Camilla!! 🤣

I'm 43 now and through my twenties, i guess I must have staked and wasted around £75k-£100k at a rough guess through FOBTs, online poker and land based casinos.
Some good days but it all quickly went back as losings in the end.
I went cold turkey at 30-31 and managed a few months until i relapsed again.
Told myself never again.
It was this time I found about gold, since 2008-2009 I have bought investment gold every month, a gold sovereign here, a half sovereign there, 1/2 oz on a good month, a full oz of fine gold when bonus from work.
What this did was separate actual cash i could gamble and move it into another tangible thing with value that i couldn't easily spunk away or spend.
Slowly but surely, my gold stack has grown, every month, as i would buy a another gold coin every fortnight or so.
The ancient Aztecs called Gold 'the sweat of the sun'
Blood, sweat, tears and toil getting it out of the ground.
YOUR blood sweat and tears represents how hard you have worked to get this coin you now hold, and continue to hold ongoing.
Your pile of gold increases monthly.
Gold is also a little bit of a gamble, it will never go to zero, it has been money for 5,000+ years, and can also go up in value
Currently im now VERY nicely up in £ terms if i chose to cash in and take some profits.
A quote stuck with me quite prophetically, as i've never believed in loans or credit cards.
“Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants – but debt is the money of slaves.” ― Norm Franz, Money & Wealth in the New Millennium: A Prophetic Guide to the New World Economic Order
The bigger my gold stack grows the more satisfied I become and want more. A positive kind of addiction.
I have not yet cashed in one single coin for gambling and my investment pile has grew.
I have cashed gold in here on the forum and realized better than dealer prices to increase my business and expand/buy new vans/staff/tech
This degree of separation that takes place between the gold coin and actual cash i can spunk gambling is awesome.
Yet i know at a glance my total gold grams i have on any given day, and know how much it is worth should i cash in.
When money is in a bank AC it is just like figures on a screen to me, cash in my hand just gambling token/betting voucher credits.
I could never hold onto money while it was in a bank account, savings account would be were there for good intention but the money came out for gambling.
Gold doesn't do that for me, the degree of separation between between the time and effort it takes to cash in a gold coin, packing posting, sending, waiting for bank transfer for payment etc. is a few days minimum.
By which times my urge to gamble has long since past.
whilst i will always have that gamble bug inside me, i cant extinguish that flame as i like to to take risks, i'm self employed and risk = reward. and i have done well working over the years.
I still have my monthly little gamble, but as my priority with my spare cash is always to buy a minimum amount of gold, i'm never exposed to loose mega money EVER, fact these days, as the money isn't there because it has been converted from one asset class cash into another asset gold.
The small amount i assign myself to have a gamble is minimal, £100 or £200 for a month. should i win, i actually treat myself to some more gold coins for my stack.
With doing this approach and putting what used to be gambling stake money cash into gold, i've got my good nest egg of gold if i cashed it in from my safe deposit box.
I purposely store the gold in a safety deposit centre in a city that is over 2 hours drive/train ride away to resist the sudden urge to gamble/cash in.
A financial advisor would tell you it is stupid and daft to put all your eggs in one basket with one asset/investments, but to a gambler?
would i sooner have this,  lots of gold is much better than having nothing at all, **** all to show for it - so it works for me
Knowing this fall back of savings is there for any of lifes eventualities makes me sleep wonderfully at night.
This approach may not be for everyone but if you can never hold onto money it has worked wonders for me.
Sorry for the rambles length here today but to those nodding their head to this and this life course maybe sounds a familiar path to yours, if my narrative resonates with you, give gold a try. please try it, you might just like it, or start just buying gold with your big wins.