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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;GoldFinger1969, post: 19852287, member: 73489&quot;]<b><span style="color: #ff0000">At this time, it&#039;s fair to point the finger of blame at the U.S. Mint and their oligopoly of special dealers. </span></b> It&#039;s one thing to have a premium because of supply imbalances during Covid.</p><p><br /></p><p>That was 3 years ago. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie4" alt=":mad:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="color: #ff0000">There&#039;s no reason for the ASE Silver Premium to persist this long with no material move in the price of silver and no volatility that would account for a premium necessary to counter that volatility risk.</span></b>&nbsp; This is the U.S. Mint guilty of collaboration with those dealers, and no, I am NOT a guy who believes these pie-in-the-sky conspiracy BS YouTube crapfests like JP Morgan and silver, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p><b><i>If a private company were involved instead of the U.S. Mint, the FTC and DoJ would have long been involved here !!</i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>If the U.S. Mint were to seek out ALL dealers and then agree to sell ASEs to those dealers who promised to sell at the LOWEST PRICE -- just like they demand of market makers for stocks (where the bid-ask spread is measured in pennies) -- <b><span style="color: #0000ff">this crap wouldn&#039;t be happening.</span></b></p><p><br /></p><p>For those of you who contact dealers or the U.S. Mint, ask them:&nbsp; <b><i>&quot;How come the FTC and DoJ and SEC are worried about spreads a few pennies or a nickel too high on stocks....but a spread of 20% on ASEs doesn&#039;t merit a peep ?&quot;&nbsp; </i></b></p><p><br /></p><p>Enough is enough.&nbsp; And I&#039;m not an ASE buyer, so I have no dog in this hunt.&nbsp; But I am tired of lying hypocritical government double-talk.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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