Well I am making a serious dent in my GOLD FOAM for the month including todays haul that’s 6 1/2 OZ,S for the month of February not including a Saint I just bought today as well which puts me over 7 OZ,S and it’s only the 16th still allot of month left to buy more I was looking on line for approx pricing for a 100 gram bar and the prices are super high, why ? taxes of course which can be between $500-$800 per bar on top of the premium, my LCS does not charge any tax on bullion or GOLD coins that’s a huge savings so I always check my LCS before I buy anything on line ! I headed down to my LCS this afternoon to pick up a 100 gram bar but was told they would have to order it 3-5 days being impatient I asked what they had and in bars had the 1 OZ and 50 gram so went with the 50 gram but still wasent satisfied so bought another 1 OZ GOLD buffalo to go with it, so looking forward to another great month in March
I did a mock up on eBay on a 100 gram bar and the tax was $750, all I can say is that’s one hell of a premium..LOL
Yikes, lesson learned. Send your purchases to family outside of the tax zone in those cases. I bought a 50 gold peso from eBay. Went to check out with PayPal, at the time would have gotten a 5% credit card reward. I went back to check All the information was correct and it defaulted to the bank account pulling the money straight out. DOH, missed out on 5% rebate and cost $7 for the account being under the minimum required balance. Small lesson. You should have contacted the seller and changed your shipping address.
FYI - the folks at Monetary Metals support the Sound Money Defense League which is lobbying State legislatures to repeal taxes on gold and silver. They also publish a "Sound Money Index" that tracks which States impose taxes: https://www.moneymetals.com/resources/sound-money-index