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<p>[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 24492339, member: 13650"]There's a guy on youtube called yankee stacker that interviews a bullion dealer in New Hampshire. That guy made a bunch of videos having simple conversations with him over the years and now he's famous. Now people drive to his shop from all over the country to buy from him because they believe he's "trustworthy". </p><p> </p><p> If that's something you want to do for a vacation road trip to see the northeast, it's fine by me. But to make a trip there from the gulf coast seems completely idiotic to me. Go to a local show and use the gas money on more bullion. </p><p><br /></p><p> I think Apmex is a trustworthy source. They scan every piece that goes through their hands to ensure it's not a fake so if they inadvertently had a fake come in, they would catch it before re-selling it which could ruin their credibility. It's really smart to me as simple as the process is. If that's not enough to trust a company I don't know what is. </p><p> You can test silver with rare earth magnets yourself. Pure silver is slightly magnetic. If you tip a bar up at a 45 and put a rare earth magnet on it, it will slowly creep/slide down the bar. If it sticks to it or doesn't have any pull at all, something is up. You can run the test at a dealers table before you buy if concerned. Also have the tissue test but silver plating would give a false positive.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Vess1, post: 24492339, member: 13650"]There's a guy on youtube called yankee stacker that interviews a bullion dealer in New Hampshire. That guy made a bunch of videos having simple conversations with him over the years and now he's famous. Now people drive to his shop from all over the country to buy from him because they believe he's "trustworthy". If that's something you want to do for a vacation road trip to see the northeast, it's fine by me. But to make a trip there from the gulf coast seems completely idiotic to me. Go to a local show and use the gas money on more bullion. I think Apmex is a trustworthy source. They scan every piece that goes through their hands to ensure it's not a fake so if they inadvertently had a fake come in, they would catch it before re-selling it which could ruin their credibility. It's really smart to me as simple as the process is. If that's not enough to trust a company I don't know what is. You can test silver with rare earth magnets yourself. Pure silver is slightly magnetic. If you tip a bar up at a 45 and put a rare earth magnet on it, it will slowly creep/slide down the bar. If it sticks to it or doesn't have any pull at all, something is up. You can run the test at a dealers table before you buy if concerned. Also have the tissue test but silver plating would give a false positive.[/QUOTE]
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