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<p>[QUOTE="deagle, post: 1018323, member: 27712"]<b>Dishonest Company</b></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">I purchased from GCE one 1 oz Platinum Eagle per year over about a five-year period. Each time I paid by check and had to wait over a month for delivery. Their representative was unfriendly on the phone each time I ordered. When the price of Pt rose significently, I decided to sell them. Their representative told me that they would not buy the coins back. When I protested that I had purchased the coins from them and they advertise that they buy as well as sell, I was told to call back later to talk to someone whose name I do not remember, but I think it was the owner. When I called back and and talked to the designated person, he told me that he had looked in my file and I was dishonest and had given them bad checks in the past. I began to protest that his statement was totally untrue, and he hung up on me. I sold the coins to a California dealer for a good price in a smooth transaction. I received immediate payment when they received the coins.</font></p><p><br /></p><p><font size="1">The other negative posts on this dealer are in line with what I have experienced. I would recommend that buyers of precious metals avoid GCE and take their business elsewhere. There are a lot of professional and ethical dealers out there who treat their customers fairly and and with respect.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="deagle, post: 1018323, member: 27712"][b]Dishonest Company[/b] [SIZE=1]I purchased from GCE one 1 oz Platinum Eagle per year over about a five-year period. Each time I paid by check and had to wait over a month for delivery. Their representative was unfriendly on the phone each time I ordered. When the price of Pt rose significently, I decided to sell them. Their representative told me that they would not buy the coins back. When I protested that I had purchased the coins from them and they advertise that they buy as well as sell, I was told to call back later to talk to someone whose name I do not remember, but I think it was the owner. When I called back and and talked to the designated person, he told me that he had looked in my file and I was dishonest and had given them bad checks in the past. I began to protest that his statement was totally untrue, and he hung up on me. I sold the coins to a California dealer for a good price in a smooth transaction. I received immediate payment when they received the coins.[/SIZE] [SIZE=1][/SIZE] [SIZE=1]The other negative posts on this dealer are in line with what I have experienced. I would recommend that buyers of precious metals avoid GCE and take their business elsewhere. There are a lot of professional and ethical dealers out there who treat their customers fairly and and with respect.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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