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<p>[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1480910, member: 23626"]About the worst B&M experience I ever had was my own fault. I was travelling and the people we were visiting were having a tight spell. I kinda wanted to leave some cash to give them a hand before we left, but generally pay my way with plastic. I had a couple Krands and a ML in a bezel, so I called a few stores for their gold "buy" quotes. Learning these guys want to make the monthly nut on a single transaction was an eye opener, but I found one guy who was realistic with the numbers. Got there and made a deal for the ML. He immediately lowered his quote, because it wasn't MS condition. Not realizing that bullion mattered that much, I made up the difference by tossing in the bezel. I felt I was losing a couple hundred more than I should have, but agreed.</p><p><br /></p><p>Then they hand me a check and tell me that it has to be deposited in my account !! What kinda crook is this ? So I had sold GOLD, took a stranger's check in an out of state place and didn't have the cash to do what I wanted with in the first place !</p><p><br /></p><p>I finally got home ran the check through my bank and got my money 2 weeks later.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I gotta say is; "No fool like an old fool". I didn;t get to do what I wanted to do. Lost a few hundred on the sale of the ML, and processed the transaction with a paper trail to boot ! I had to agree with my wife when she called me an idiot ! I sure acted like one.</p><p><br /></p><p>Gary[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="10gary22, post: 1480910, member: 23626"]About the worst B&M experience I ever had was my own fault. I was travelling and the people we were visiting were having a tight spell. I kinda wanted to leave some cash to give them a hand before we left, but generally pay my way with plastic. I had a couple Krands and a ML in a bezel, so I called a few stores for their gold "buy" quotes. Learning these guys want to make the monthly nut on a single transaction was an eye opener, but I found one guy who was realistic with the numbers. Got there and made a deal for the ML. He immediately lowered his quote, because it wasn't MS condition. Not realizing that bullion mattered that much, I made up the difference by tossing in the bezel. I felt I was losing a couple hundred more than I should have, but agreed. Then they hand me a check and tell me that it has to be deposited in my account !! What kinda crook is this ? So I had sold GOLD, took a stranger's check in an out of state place and didn't have the cash to do what I wanted with in the first place ! I finally got home ran the check through my bank and got my money 2 weeks later. All I gotta say is; "No fool like an old fool". I didn;t get to do what I wanted to do. Lost a few hundred on the sale of the ML, and processed the transaction with a paper trail to boot ! I had to agree with my wife when she called me an idiot ! I sure acted like one. Gary[/QUOTE]
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