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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;fatima, post: 1552942, member: 22143&quot;]That is because spot price is for a contract of 100 ounces of gold or 1000 or 5000 ounces of silver delivered immediately.&nbsp;&nbsp; Most individuals do not deal in these quantities.&nbsp;&nbsp; You can assume that any amount smaller is going to cost more because of the additional carrying/dealer/packaging/retailer costs.&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>A good analog is the spot price for corn.&nbsp; What you pay for an ear of corn in the supermarket is going to be a lot higher/ear than the trainload of corn purchased by the supermarket on the commodity markets at spot price.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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