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[cmiller92]

Yes you are right about the cleanness, I should have put the word cut after it.

 

[Smack]

Saw this item description on a different auction site I frequent, thought it was funny and wanted to share.

(535 Load Box. Powers on, unable to fully test due to ignorance. Includes power cord. See pictures.)

 

[necromancer]

LOL, thats my ad (just joking)

 

[cmiller92]

This is funny, at least I thought it was...14K....

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Unknown-14k...US_Motherboard_Components&hash=item2c80333b40

 

[joubjonn]

Wow. That's hilarious. Someone will probably think they got a good deal. Hilarious.

I wish eBay let us make comments.

 

[necromancer]

WOW,

 

[necromancer]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310921280175

here is another good one

 

[cmiller92]

Or this one, and if it is someone on this forum, I would be suprised if you got that price.(the buy it now)

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Solid-PURE-...964?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417f116e14

 

[necromancer]

never know who it is, ring gives it away though. & thats one dirty work station.

and you never know what people pay on ebay, crazy spenders out there.

 

[macfixer01]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/310921280175

here is another good one

Be sure and check out them pitchers!

 

[joubjonn]

gave me a headache just thinking of pulling all those apart for a few 10th of a gram

 

[necromancer]

now this is nothing to joke about !!

i want 2 of these

 

[Aristo]

Free shipping. :shock:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-Pound-of-Palladium-Silver-Unprocessed-Chips-/350978583008?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item51b7f429e0

 

[necromancer]

i offered $6.00 for the pound :lol:

 

[macfixer01]

I hope this goof isn't a member here?

1.) It's obviously not 24K just looking at it.
2.) I have some issues with his testing methods and conclusions.
3.) He only has 4 feedbacks as a seller, and none of them are for selling gold.
4.) If I wanted to pay a 20% premium over spot I'd be buying certified bullion and not some Ebay mystery blob!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/161284953714

macfixer01

 

[man114]

The gold blobs are everywhere! Loads of them in bar shapes coming from Israel, and I'm pretty sure all the ones out of Israel are affiliated, all the auctions look and read mostly the same. For the newbies, if you want to really know what is in these things read below. Here is an example.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/100-grams-Gold-Recovery-Gold-Bar-Melted-Drop-Scrap-Plated-Computer-Pins-CPU-Mixe-/281299708537?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item417ec4ea79

I know these are bad for refining but was trying to get some nicely colored ones in specific sizes to make an art piece and didn't feel like gathering the material and making them myself because it seemed so wasteful to melt a bunch of pins into a blob, plus I was curious to see what exactly they were like in person. I contacted one of these sellers (forget which one, but I could look it up). He told me that are from old military communications stuff supposedly, which I didn't really care (well I do, if left whole you probably could get a good yield out of it, I think they're only selling it as blobs because it looks attractive).

He was pretty nice to talk to and sent some on the cheap plus a freebie. My buddy wanted to try refining it so I let him, I personally didn't have the patience or desire. The yield was fairly low, the price they're selling them for is nearly exactly at the spot gold price plus a slight premium for the yield based on our estimate, which depends on if the yield is consistent from one bar to the next as well. It takes a boatload of effort to do too, and wastes a lot of materials. Most of the rest of the blob was copper. Yield was close to 4 grains from a 35g block. I figured its a good lesson for the newbies. If the seller is honest and really melting stuff with a decent yield, you might get something like a couple of grams out of 500 grams of the stuff, but would never do a profit trying to extract it, unless the price of gold skyrocketed.

For the most part, the thing is mostly copper, unless you want to speculate on copper prices and store it in a gold coloured bar form. :mrgreen:

 

[abaddown]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111349639456?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649


So what are these things really worth? Aren't they mostly brass and plastic on the inside?

 

[patnor1011]

Whoever bought them will never get his money back.

 

[necromancer]

Whoever bought them will never get his money back.

14 day return, buyer pays return shipping

 

[glondor]

Full value with 100% recovery would be less than $700 dollars Canadian. A bit more if copper can be recovered. OUCH.