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Posted on 05/13/2011 6:12:31 AM PDT by Chickensoup
So where have you bought and how?
How do you manage it? I somehow cannot wrap my mind around it.
Thanks
The answer to the question of how much of a premium to pay above the spot price of precious can be answered by the question of why do you want to BUY precious metals?
If you want to buy gold and silver as an investment then obviously you need to do some research and figure out how much of a premium you’re willing to pay to enhance your chances of getting the return you desire on the investment.
On the other hand, if your purchase of gold/silver is a hedge against economic collapse and just general uncertainty, then odds are you’re going to hold it for awhile. Under those circumstances, the premium you pay for buying gold/silver becomes a lot less important.
Most Prime Ministers can be purchased fairly cheaply, but you had better be careful if you try to purchase a Police Magistrate.
Shares of Philip Morris are about $69 right now.
Pocket Monsters (Pokémon), ya gotta catch ‘em all.
PageMaker, by Adobe, was discontinued 7 years ago, and is no longer being updated.
Peso Mexicano (Mexican Peso) are available at 11.677 per dollar.
The DVD of Star Wars Episode I, the Phantom Menace, can be purchased at Amazon.com for $14.54 new, or used starting at $3.65.
Patriot Missiles, without the launching system, are about $170m, and are much more useful at shooting down Scuds than Paul McCartney.
And here is the free, downloadable version of PacMan:
http://www.download-free-games.com/freeware_games/pacman.htm
You’ll pay a high markup for small quantities, and minimal if you have $10-20k to spend. What’s your budget?
eBay is an excellent choice for small amounts, if you know what you’re doing.
Every time we’ve made a purchase, we’ve looked at prices at all the usual places and always end up at NWTM and buy these: http://bullion.nwtmint.com/silver_stagecoach.php
We have about 250 oz inbound ATM, ordered when silver was running about 27 an oz.
So? These folks don't need Kitco, or any other online purveyor of precious metals.
If you had to warehouse your metals than you can afford the security.
No one ever got rich spending money he didn't need to speend. These days a penny saved is two pennies earned.
Idiots would let other people know they have anything of value in the house.
They do it all the time. Are you going to hide the fact of your precious metal stash from your wife? From your kids? Can you count on every last one of them being as tight lipped as you are? Loose lips sink ships, they used to say. They also get you robbed blind (and only robbed, if you're lucky).
Oh yes, another feature of Kitco's pool that I like: you can buy and sell decimal fractions (out to three decimal places) of an ounce. No coin store can do that. And, I've never seen another online PM dealer who offered this feature.
PM or BM?
“So where have you bought and how?”
I buy online and have it delivered in plain brown wrappers.
“How do you manage it?”
I don’t let the wife see it.
You *were* asking about porn magazines, weren’t you?
FYI
It’s PM here in Texas.
(But it ain’t for sale.)
What? Prime Ministers have doubled in price?
“A Little Priest”
-From “Sweeney Todd” by Stephen Sondheim
MRS. LOVETT:
Seems a downright shame...
TODD: Shame?
LOVETT:
Seems an awful waste...
Such a nice, plump frame
Wot’s ‘is name has...
Had...
Has!
Nor it can’t be traced...
Bus’ness needs a lift,
Debts to be erased...
Think of it as thrift,
As a gift,
If you get my drift!
No?
Seems an awful waste...
I mean, with the price of meat
What it is,
When you get it,
If you get it...
TODD: HAH!
LOVETT:
Good, you got it!
Take, for instance, Mrs. Mooney and her pie shop!
Bus’ness never better using only pussycats and toast!
And a pussy’s good for maybe six or seven at the most!
And I’m sure they can’t compare as far as taste!
[Simultaneously]
TODD:
Mrs. Lovett, what a charming notion
LOVETT:
Well, it does seem a waste...
TODD:
Eminently practical
And yet appropriate as always!
LOVETT:
It’s an idea...
TODD:
Mrs. Lovett, how I’ve lived
Without you all these years, I’ll never know!
How delectable!
Also undetectable!
LOVETT:
Think about it!
Lots of other gentlemen’ll
Soon be comin’ for a shave,
Won’t they?
Think of
All them
Pies!
TODD:
How choice!
How
Rare!
TODD:
For what’s the sound of the world out there?
LOVETT:
What, Mr. Todd?
What, Mr. Todd?
What is that sound?
TODD:
Those crunching noises pervading the air!
LOVETT:
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, Mr. Todd!
Yes, all around!
TODD:
It’s man devouring man, my dear!
BOTH:
And [LOVETT: Then] who are we to deny it in here?
TODD: (spoken) These are desperate times,
Mrs. Lovett, and desperate measures are called for!
LOVETT: Here we are, now! Hot out of the oven!
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:
It’s priest. Have a little priest.
TODD:
Is it really good?
LOVETT:
Sir, it’s too good, at least!
Then again, they don’t commit sins of the flesh,
So it’s pretty fresh.
TODD:
Awful lot of fat.
LOVETT:
Only where it sat.
TODD:
Haven’t you got poet, or something like that?
LOVETT:
No, y’see, the trouble with poet is
‘Ow do you know it’s deceased?
Try the priest!
TODD: (spoken) Heavenly!
Not as hearty as bishop, perhaps,
but then again, not as bland as curate, either!
LOVETT:
And good for business, too — always leaves you wantin’ more!
Trouble is, we only get it on Sundays!
Lawyer’s rather nice.
TODD:
If it’s for a price.
LOVETT:
Order something else, though, to follow,
Since no one should swallow it twice!
TODD:
Anything that’s lean.
LOVETT:
Well, then, if you’re British and loyal,
You might enjoy Royal Marine!
Anyway, it’s clean.
Though of course, it tastes of wherever it’s been!
TODD:
Is that squire, on the fire?
LOVETT:
Mercy no, sir, look closer,
You’ll notice it’s grocer!
TODD:
Looks thicker,
More like vicar!
LOVETT:
No, it has to be grocer —
It’s green!
TODD:
The history of the world, my love —
LOVETT:
Save a lot of graves,
Do a lot of relatives favors!
TODD:
Is those below serving those up above!
LOVETT:
Ev’rybody shaves,
So there should be plenty of flavors!
TODD:
How gratifying for once to know
BOTH:
That those above will serve those down below!
LOVETT: (spoken) Now let’s see, here... We’ve got tinker.
TODD: Something... pinker.
LOVETT: Tailor?
TODD: Paler.
LOVETT: Butler?
TODD: Subtler.
LOVETT: Potter?
TODD: Hotter.
LOVETT: Locksmith?
Lovely bit of clerk.
TODD:
Maybe for a lark.
LOVETT:
Then again there’s sweep
If you want it cheap
And you like it dark!
Try the financier,
Peak of his career!
TODD:
That looks pretty rank.
LOVETT:
Well, he drank,
It’s a bank
Cashier.
Never really sold.
Maybe it was old.
TODD:
Have you any Beadle?
LOVETT:
Next week, so I’m told!
Beadle isn’t bad till you smell it and
Notice ‘ow well it’s been greased...
Stick to priest!
(spoken) Now then, this might be a little bit stringy,
but then of course it’s... fiddle player!
TODD: No, this isn’t fiddle player — it’s piccolo player!
LOVETT: ‘Ow can you tell?
TODD: It’s piping hot!
LOVETT: Then blow on it first!
TODD:
The history of the world, my sweet —
LOVETT:
Oh, Mr. Todd,
Ooh, Mr. Todd,
What does it tell?
TODD:
Is who gets eaten, and who gets to eat!
LOVETT:
And, Mr. Todd,
Too, Mr. Todd,
Who gets to sell!
TODD:
But fortunately, it’s also clear
BOTH:
That [L: But] ev’rybody goes down well with beer!
LOVETT: (spoken)
Since marine doesn’t appeal to you, ‘ow about... rear admiral?
TODD: Too salty. I prefer general.
LOVETT: With, or without his privates? “With” is extra.
TODD: What is that?
LOVETT:
It’s fop.
Finest in the shop.
And we have some shepherd’s pie peppered
With actual shepherd on top!
And I’ve just begun —
Here’s the politician, so oily
It’s served with a doily,
Have one!
TODD:
Put it on a bun.
Well, you never know if it’s going to run!
LOVETT:
Try the friar,
Fried, it’s drier!
TODD:
No, the clergy is really
Too coarse and too mealy!
LOVETT:
Then actor,
That’s compacter!
TODD:
Yes, and always arrives overdone!
I’ll come again when you have JUDGE on the menu!
LOVETT: (spoken) Wait! True, we don’t have judge yet,
but we’ve got something you might fancy even better.
TODD: What’s that?
LOVETT: Executioner!
TODD:
Have charity towards the world, my pet!
LOVETT:
Yes, yes, I know, my love!
TODD:
We’ll take the customers that we can get!
LOVETT:
High-born and low, my love!
TODD:
We’ll not discriminate great from small!
No, we’ll serve anyone,
Meaning anyone,
BOTH:
And to anyone
At all!
Um.... right.........crazy talk...
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I dont know what I am doing so I am looking for infomation about where others have found good resources and experiences.
Or at least I would if the clowns leave the room.
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