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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Del Pinto, post: 2063130, member: 73128&quot;]isaiah58-</p><p>I&#039;m glad you respect and understand that another&#039;s &quot;opinion&quot; (aka &#039;common sense&#039;) isn&#039;t &quot;trolling.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>What you are attempting was classically termed arbitrage ; professionals do this all the time. Some win, some lose.&nbsp; But if you (retail little guy) don&#039;t understand it, then you probably shouldn&#039;t try it. As I wrote, amateurs shouldn&#039;t play with money they cannot afford to lose ... because they probably will. Even my grandma understood this.</p><p><br /></p><p>Don&#039;t take my word for it. Test out your retail premise, yourself. Call a number of LCS and make the following offer:</p><p><br /></p><p>1) &quot;I have 1 AGE to trade for X number of ASEs par spot both metals. Trade with no premiums?&quot;</p><p>2) &quot;I also want to trade back, at a later date of my choice, X-n of ASEs for 1 AGE : again, at par spot both metals. Would this be acceptable to you?&quot;</p><p>3) &quot;Furthermore, I&#039;d like to repeat this reverse trade in the future. Are you interested in this arrangement?&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>You are trying to outfox the LCS; do you really think he&#039;s never heard of this? Or instead of one dealer, you might better find multiple partners for such a scheme: good luck with that! So, in all likelihood you&#039;re back to trading/buying &amp;selling retail with real world costs. Might as well try flipping bullion retail - please report back how successful that is for you, over time. Lots of those guys apparently quit posting here - that&#039;s WHY, the topic of this thread.</p><p><br /></p><p>(Hint: though still NOT advisable to noobs, you can &quot;play&quot; this investment strategy at a much much cheaper rate in paper, and without the hassle of finding dance partners.)</p><p><br /></p><p>Since no one mentioned it, the title of this OP &quot;Bullion Investing Forum has went downhill&quot; is wrong ; the correct form is &quot;... done gone ....&quot;[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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