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jimdoc said:
Check all your 2008 silver eagles;

http://cgi.ebay.com/2008-W-REVERSE-2007-AMERICAN-SILVER-EAGLE-ERROR-/190467827083?pt=Coins_US_Individual&hash=item2c58c4658b

This auction is the first I have heard about this one.

Jim

Blog: http://mintnewsblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/2008-w-silver-eagles-with-reverse-of.html
 
macfixer01, common, did you not read that they contain gold, I would bet the seller can guarantee that statment, I better get my bid in before you out bid me, gold price is rising fast and we all know how cheap this stuff goes for on ebay.

real problem some foolish man will spend his hard earned money on this, in these hard times, hoping to get a few more dollars to feed his kids.
 
Who will be the lucky winner? This would keep me busy for quite a while :lol:

I get about $204553 without adjusting for not being plumb

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mixed-Lot-Scrap-Gold-10kt-24kt-8172-8-Total-Grams-/130460570609?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e600e53f1
 
macfixer01 said:
Well this one is hard to resist. 158 pounds of circuit boards for $14,995.00. That's only around $95.00 a pound. Chump change right?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350412643693

macfixer01Well this one is hard to resist. 158 pounds of circuit boards for $14,995.00. That's only around $95.00 a pound. Chump change right? :roll:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350412643693

macfixer01

OMG I can't believe yo uput that one up there......Just to screw with that seller I sent him a best offer of something like $100,he banned me from being able contact him or make another offer.....I was dying laughing.
 
Surprised no one snatched this up yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/675-0-Grams-14kt-Scrap-Gold-NO-RESERVE-/250737277101?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a611b38ad
 
goldenchild said:
Surprised no one snatched this up yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/675-0-Grams-14kt-Scrap-Gold-NO-RESERVE-/250737277101?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a611b38ad

Have you seen the feedback?
"SCAM SCAM SCAM AVOID AVOID AVOID"
 
samuel-a said:
goldenchild said:
Surprised no one snatched this up yet.

http://cgi.ebay.com/675-0-Grams-14kt-Scrap-Gold-NO-RESERVE-/250737277101?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a611b38ad

Have you seen the feedback?
"SCAM SCAM SCAM AVOID AVOID AVOID"

I thought the low rating of 26 might have been it. But I didnt bother even looking at the feedback as I dont have 10 grand to spend on scrap anyway :p
 
joem said:
goldenchild said:

karats? They are refiners? the web site is a re-seller of gold jewellry in montreal, is it a forum member?

These are some of the questions I was thinking in my head.

1. For $7850 to be a bargain this would mean the gold had to be 24k right?

2. Why would a refiner be selling one chunk of gold on ebay for a reduced price? Dont refineries have regular clientele that pay top dollar for their gold and services?

3. Couldnt a refinery melt a better looking bar?

4. Wouldnt a karat be expressed especially coming from a refinery?

5. Right on the seller's bio he/she says they are "IN THE JEWELLERY TRADE". Why not just say its a bunch of gold that was so mangled that you couldnt sell it and decided to melt it all together and put it on ebay for sale? :lol:

I asked the seller for the karat. I cant wait for the response.
 
goldenchild said:
I asked the seller for the karat. I cant wait for the response.
Your question should have been worded differently than to ask what karat. Fineness is definitive---karat is too broad to be appropriate, assuming it's supposed to be pure gold, which I imagine the case to be (judging from the color).

If the answer comes back that it's not 24 karat, then I'm completely wrong, and your suspicion has paid huge dividends. 8)

Harold
 
rbramsey said:
The reply I got from the seller is:

"melted 10k 14k and 18k assay test came out to 66% it is 16k"

Richard

You beat me to it by 15mins. :p

So assuming this is exactly 66% pure gold at about $44 per gram (today) this ingot would be worth about $5488. Its definately a steal but not for the buyer. This also goes to show that even a seasoned vet can be misled by appearence and certainly not to take a person's word when it comes to unknown material. Assaying and scratch tests are your best friends.
 
This seller says, "solid gold bar." If it's not fine gold, then he should say "solid gold alloy bar." So that's one major lie, right there.

Then he says, "market value $8500.00." He KNOWS that's not right. So there is a second major lie.

How does this guy maintain a 100% Positive Feedback?
 
eeTHr said:
This seller says, "solid gold bar." If it's not fine gold, then he should say "solid gold alloy bar." So that's one major lie, right there.

Then he says, "market value $8500.00." He KNOWS that's not right. So there is a second major lie.

How does this guy maintain a 100% Positive Feedback?

Yes. I messeged him about the true value of the bar and this is how he responded.

"approx yes.... today!

and it is a best offer auction"

So he definately knew what he had. Just another sneaky seller tryin' to make a quick buck. This again shows not to blindly believe what is described on ebay without asking questions. Especially not gold. Being that this is 16k I would just use the water technique anyway. My buddy Rick put me on this and there is a vid here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ5TajZYW6Y Its a bunch of the techniques we talk about here on the forum Rolled up into one but uses only water to produce .9999 pure gold!
 
He gave me the same answer - 66%.

What irritates me most about this is this statement he made:

WE ARE REFINERS OF SCRAP PRECIOUS METAL.

THAT IS WHY WE ARE ABLE TO OFFER YOU THIS DISCOUNT!!!!

I've heard this BS many times in my life. I'm thinking I heard cash4gold say something similar. Every time you hear this, without exception, it is an absolute lie. I would wager that no refiner on the planet has ever discounted refined gold for any reason and saying he's discounting it because he is refining it is absurd. When a refiner sells gold that he has worked hard to refine, he will ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS sell it for the best price he can find - usually 99+% at the present time. That's why he is a refiner. That's what refiners do.
 

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