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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;williamtipton, post: 7232, member: 815&quot;]Man..... :-D&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; are you trying to set me up here?</p><p>Can plead the 5th on this one?</p><p><br /></p><p>Well, when i started like 4 years ago or so I knew nothing.....</p><p>And i was lucky enough to find a dealer who was lookin for a sucke.......er......customer who wanted &#039;&#039;boullion&#039;&#039; and he was kind enought to not explain the differnce between coin collecting and boullion...</p><p><br /></p><p>So a bit later i think the price went up slightly and im thinkin mebe i can break even......</p><p>Not even close.......the premiums on the Silver Eagles he had sold me insured that I couldnt sell and break even unless the price went up like $3 0z minimum.......</p><p><br /></p><p>OK.......harsh lesson.......I lost my rear end and obviously this dealer was happy.</p><p><br /></p><p>Without hurting anyones feelings here, I want to tell you something.</p><p>Everyones in this game to make a buck.........there are some nice folks out here who will try to guide you, but in the long run everyone wants to come out ahead.</p><p><br /></p><p>I love dealers, God bless em, but theyre not exactly going to be lookin out for me when it comes down to it.</p><p>They have a business to run and want to make as much as possible on each deal.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>IN all honesty, your best bet if youre insisting on gettting into metals is buying from private sellers unless you have a boatload of money.</p><p><br /></p><p>Metals isnt like coin collecting.........collecting is for the fun.........boullion is for the money.</p><p>Forget emotions and find the best price.......be it Ebay or whatever..</p><p><br /></p><p>Ive learned what little i know the same way I learn everything else.......i jump in head first and get the crap kicked out of me till i figure out whos kicking me and how to play thier game.......</p><p><br /></p><p>If I were you, Id start small and keep your eyes open to all the reports on places like Kitco.com</p><p><br /></p><p>Be aware tho that Kitco is a dealer and in the long run they are lookin out for Kitco......If you watch their site sometimes you see certain articles that if you put 2 and 2 together you can tell theyre trying to set themselves up for a big score at some point when say something like gold drops very quickly and folks panic....</p><p>Sorry, but its just my obsevation.</p><p><br /></p><p>anyway........watch the markets........read up on things that change the prices......its all very interesting....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>edit......</p><p>btw......i wasnt sure if you saw that Platinum Eagle i posted ealier</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=39486&amp;item=3910507390&amp;rd=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=39486&amp;item=3910507390&amp;rd=1" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&amp;category=39486&amp;item=3910507390&amp;rd=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p>IF i was looking to buy now, Id buy that in a heartbeat........t[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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