Hi, I’m a New Member!

[steve3jant]

Just a short message to introduce myself.

I took early retirement from work… life is too short!

I have recently become interested in all things silver. My savings aren’t doing anything in bank accounts so thought I’d dabble in buying/stacking silver. 

First I bought a couple of tubes of Britannias from ‘BullionByPost’. Expensive, but beautiful. Then I bought a few Queens Beasts on ebay. I like the idea of collecting sets (must be from my childhood stamp collecting days).

I found this forum from subscribing to ‘Backyard Yard Bullion’. His YouTube videos were infectious and has just increased my ideal to buy beautiful, tangible pieces of silver.

I would welcome any advise and help in my quest to own beautiful coins and bars.

Thanks

 

 

 

[ChrisSilver]

Hello and welcome to The Silver Forum  

[daca]

Welcome aboard and enjoy the ride!

[Gordy]

Welcome aboard matey, you'll get even more hooked on here...

First bit of advice I can offer is get at least a silver membership, its worth its weight in gold.... pardon the pun

You only see new deals after three days if you dont and by then the best ones are gone.

second; if in doubt, ask, no-one is above needing advice on here and its always given and welcomed with the odd bit of light hearted banter...

third; use Bullion by Post for price charts... nothing else, they are too expensive, much better deals out there including on here from private sales and of course our resident dealers who are helpful and open... tubes of Brits were going for around £22.40 Each for 25 the other day

if you're needing to complete your QB's set they pop up on here quite regularly or you can ask for what you needed on a wanted listing

last but not least.... enjoy the trip... cos it is a trip..!!!

 

[Happypanda88]

Hello! Welcome to the forum.

If you stick around, then you will soon learn BBP aren't the cheapest. There are plenty of silver coins being listed on the forum if you're still looking to buy. But it is best to upgrade to a premium member though. Otherwise, as a non-premium member you'll only get to see the listings after 72hours and by which time any good deals would have gone. 

There are plenty of helpful and knowledgeable collectors and stackers on the forum. Should you have any questions just ask by creating a post.

Enjoy the journey! 

[Scootermuppet]

Welcome to the madhouse Forum 😁👍

Lots of knowledge and expertise available on here for the asking, and will echo Gordy & HappyPanda’s advice for a membership - will  certainly pay for itself just on buying stuff - let alone all the information, banter and Craic that forum comes with 😏

I started with Silver too, but believe me, it won’t be long before you’ll be on the slippery slope to the Yellow Shiny Stuff 😁 - they keep posting pics of the damn lovely stuff, and it makes you want some too! 😅

Enjoy!

Bob 👋

[stefffana]

Welcome on the forum and all the best in this new step in your life (here I am talking about your new addiction)! 🤗

[Petra]

Welcome

don’t bother with eBay , unfortunately you’re likely to get ripped off

i started with mainly silver, however soon on to 1/10 gold,  half and full sovereigns. Can’t go wrong on here.

[trp]

Welcome to TSF!  

[steve3jant]

Thank you for your kind welcome. I will take on board what you have said about eBay and Bullion by Post. Unfortunately, as I only started collecting a couple of months ago, I really didn’t know any better. Those platforms seemed to be the only options open to me.

From just a brief view of the site and the sales on view to me, I can immediately recognise my mistake.

Anyway, I can only put those early purchases down to experience (without regret, as the coins are still very beautiful)

But from now onwards I will surely be making many future purchases from forum members.

Once I have spent a couple of days navigating the forum I will probably take up your recommendations on purchasing at least the ‘silver’ membership.

[Agpanda]

Hi and welcome from Sweden

 

[Orpster]

Welcome onboard matey, everything I would say has already been said, would just emphasis buying silver from BBP is an expensive way to stack, and fleabay has many a pitfall.

I am currently selling off most (but not all) of my stack of 1oz-10oz silver coins and bars to concentrate on 1kg bars, so have quite a few bargains up for grabs.  Some stuff already posted but if you want to drop me a PM happy to let you know what I have left.  Also a lot of other silver bargains up on the forum at the moment including some 2oz Tudors from @Oliman which I am hoping sell soon as they are tempting even me who is in the middle of selling off silver coins  

Good luck on your journey, you will soon realise you have picked a quite addictive past-time.  I find it helps to always bear in mind your not really spending money, just upgrading its format 🤔

 

[LawrenceChard]

On 20/08/2022 at 15:22, steve3jant said:

Just a short message to introduce myself.

I took early retirement from work… life is too short!

I have recently become interested in all things silver. My savings aren’t doing anything in bank accounts so thought I’d dabble in buying/stacking silver. 

First I bought a couple of tubes of Britannias from ‘BullionByPost’. Expensive, but beautiful. Then I bought a few Queens Beasts on ebay. I like the idea of collecting sets (must be from my childhood stamp collecting days).

I found this forum from subscribing to ‘Backyard Yard Bullion’. His YouTube videos were infectious and has just increased my ideal to buy beautiful, tangible pieces of silver.

I would welcome any advise and help in my quest to own beautiful coins and bars.

Thanks

 

Sounds like you made a few typical early mstakes, but having been enthused by BYB, now you have found TSF, you are heading in the right direction.

At this rate, you will soon be forgetting about silver (VAT!), and switching the gold.

Who knows, your mext PM puchase might even be a 2022 double sovereign from a well-known dealer in Blackpool!

😎

[steve3jant]

1 hour ago, LawrenceChard said:

At this rate, you will soon be forgetting about silver (VAT!), and switching the gold.

Who knows, your mext PM puchase might even be a 2022 double sovereign from a well-known dealer in Blackpool!

😎

 

[steve3jant]

Just now, steve3jant said:

 

I’m already looking at gold! 😟

I want to diversify. I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket

[Oddjob]

G'Day and welcome.

[Jvw]

On 20/08/2022 at 15:22, steve3jant said:

Just a short message to introduce myself.

I took early retirement from work… life is too short!

I have recently become interested in all things silver. My savings aren’t doing anything in bank accounts so thought I’d dabble in buying/stacking silver. 

First I bought a couple of tubes of Britannias from ‘BullionByPost’. Expensive, but beautiful. Then I bought a few Queens Beasts on ebay. I like the idea of collecting sets (must be from my childhood stamp collecting days).

I found this forum from subscribing to ‘Backyard Yard Bullion’. His YouTube videos were infectious and has just increased my ideal to buy beautiful, tangible pieces of silver.

I would welcome any advise and help in my quest to own beautiful coins and bars.

Thanks

 

 

 

Welcome to the forum, and good for you taking the plunge in early retirement! 

[West587]

Welcome