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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Blaubart, post: 1634993, member: 37498&quot;]Even if I brought in a receipt from when I purchased said bullion, it still means NOTHING.&nbsp; I will not surrender my receipt when I sell coins because I will need that receipt for my taxes.&nbsp; So, then I&#039;m free to take that receipt to another coin store and use it when selling more bullion.&nbsp; Even if the store makes a photo copy of my numbered receipt, it could have been an honest mistake for me to use the same receipt twice.&nbsp; Or, maybe my receipt is for 100 ounces of silver and I sold 20 ounces to store A, 20 ounces to store B, etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>(It&#039;s a little different for serialized bullion, since the serial number would likely be on the receipt, but I do not own any serialized bullion.)</p><p><br /></p><p>If bullion can be as easy as cash to transfer, why bother with all the privacy invasion?&nbsp; Stores aren&#039;t required to take my fingerprints and obtain a mug shot when I essentially &quot;sell&quot; cash in exchange for merchandise.&nbsp; Tracking bullion and the sellers of bullion in an attempt to cut down on the sales of stolen bullion is every bit as futile as tracking stolen cash.&nbsp; I could write down the serial numbers of all my 100 dollar bills and then report them stolen.&nbsp; If someone does manage to track them down, will I get them back?&nbsp; Does possession of the cash I reported stolen constitute a crime?</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>My point is that bullion should be treated in much the same was as we treat cash.&nbsp; Do you ask where a person got the cash they pay you for something?&nbsp; Do you ask them for a documentation that shows they didn&#039;t steal it?&nbsp; If not, then maybe you&#039;re receiving stolen money!&nbsp; <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie9" alt=":eek:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The reason I think we should treat it the same way we treat cash is because it is just about as difficult to track as cash.&nbsp; If all the time, energy, money, and invasion of privacy is wasted because there is little to no chance of it actually accomplishing what they intend it to, then why bother?&nbsp; Just so we can say we&#039;re trying to do something about it?&nbsp; To that I say there&#039;s a lot more money stolen every day than bullion, so let&#039;s require fingerprints, mug shots,&nbsp; copies of ID&#039;s, and recording of serial numbers for every cash transaction.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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