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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Cloudsweeper99, post: 423770, member: 3011&quot;]When you look at the spot price, keep in mind that this is set by the futures market and represents the price for &quot;paper&quot; silver that is normally settled in cash, not in physical metal.&nbsp; In times like these, the market price for an ASE can become disconnected with the paper price.&nbsp; There is still a lot of silver around if you are a collector looking to buy 1000 or fewer ounces, and the number of silver dollars available for collectors probably doesn&#039;t change much from year to year.&nbsp; But almost every year more silver goes into industrial applications than is taken out of the ground and [in my opinion only] this just might be the beginning stages of a physical shortage for the large users.&nbsp; So the premium prices you see on Ebay and internet dealers aren&#039;t necessarily greed or stupidity at work.&nbsp; It&#039;s just a difference in the paper price for silver and the physical price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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