Purchased my first bar :)

Discussion in 'Bullion Investing' started by garfiun1, Mar 30, 2011.

  1. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    So this is the bar I bought -

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    And didn't technically pay for it, the money came from an online website. Will get photos of me holding it when it comes back.
    It was £7.99 and have got my eye on another bar. A 1 Gram bar.
     
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  3. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    Congrats. £7.99 seems like an ok price for it if it included shipping. I just choke at that because I remember not too long ago paying that type of price for Silver American Eagles (one ounce of silver). Ack how things have changed!
     
  4. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    Yes that was all in cant wait for it to come back. Also my safe come back today its nothing special I only paid £45 for it. I need to get it screwed down now.
     
  5. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    I don't even have enough to justify getting a safe yet.
     
  6. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    Nor me but i put money, passports and other valuables in there and I feel much safer doing so. Its worth it in the end.
     
  7. Guardian1

    Guardian1 New Member

    Nice! Glad to see someone actually posting up their investments! I grabbed a few gram bars the other day. I do a little at a time as well.

    I already have a safe, although not a Heavy Duty one. Mostly just has papers in it, but some treasury bonds and some silver reside in their too. ;)
     
  8. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    The only reason I bought it was for the bullion I'll be investing in and our passports and any cash to large just to lay around the house.

    Ill get photos of the actual bar and safe when the bar comes back and the safe is installed.
     
  9. CarpeNemo

    CarpeNemo New Member

    That is indeed a shiny bar. The raccoon in me wants to have a load of it now. I'm pretty sure that's a Canadian bar, as well. Don't know why though. :)

    How exactly did you go about purchasing it? I'm quite interested in buying bullion but I really don't know where to start.
     
  10. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    The maple leaf is the Canadian national symbol, so that is probably why you're thinking it's Canadian. They probably put that on there to confuse people into thinking it's an official product of the Canadian National Mint. Canada does mint bullion coins, including one called the Silver Maple Leaf, but it looks like this.....

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  11. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    Well as long as its silver Im not bothered what it looks like. I bought that one off ebay.
     
  12. Peter T Davis

    Peter T Davis Hammer at the Ready Moderator

    I agree, .999 silver is .999 silver. I don't know why they put maple leaves on it, could have been anything I guess.
     
  13. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    There are a few others there too but were like 30 - 50p dearer and different designs so I went for this.
     
  14. CarpeNemo

    CarpeNemo New Member

    Understandable. As long as its the real deal it doesn't matter.
     
  15. vertstang86

    vertstang86 Member

    i thought it was criminal at 33, and its 37-38 now :|
     
  16. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    Prices are going up daily, on everything no just gold and silver.
     
  17. CarpeNemo

    CarpeNemo New Member

    Of course. That cycle of BS they call inflation. I love how prices go up but wages don't - it's getting to the point they can charge whatever they want for anything you have to buy. If gasoline was ten dollars a gallon, people would still have to buy it. I'm far enough away from the nearest town that I'll be screwed royally if gas prices go above four dollars, but still have to buy it to get back and forth between school. That's why investing is such a good idea - if you get into a good steady rising product early, you should be able to cash out exponentially later on down the road.
     
  18. Coin Chick

    Coin Chick Loves Gold

    Looks like you did good for the money you paid. Congrats to you.
     
  19. garfiun1

    garfiun1 New Member

    Thanks and Its taking ages to come back.
     
  20. man007

    man007 New Member

    So we can buy a bar like your with online money... Thanks for the information... I will try to buy one too... :)
     
  21. Coin Chick

    Coin Chick Loves Gold

    Come back? as in shipping? How long was it suppose to take?
     
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