Gold

[golddiggerguy]

Just something that has interested me recently GOLD

I have been looking at gold (and I mean Solid Gold not scrap gold) and the pricing over the years compared to investing money into shares, stocks and savings banks.

Looking at the charts on the site below, it has been bobbing around £550 to £450 per ounce this month.
Gold prices click instruments to see GBP

A site I've used here for direction and thought i'd ask the question...

Does anyone own any real solid gold, if so how much, at what cost and where from?


I aren't in any situation to start buying any gold (just yet) and have set a future goal/target to start buying an ounce each year/month!

Has to be better than a pension or other investments and is a good time to buy!

 

[bb99]

Legend has it that Mofo's got a solid gold toilet - I've never seen it but I believe it to be true.

 

[aquanuke]

Legend has it that Mofo's got a solid gold toilet - I've never seen it but I believe it to be true.

You should see his loo roll :shock:

 

[bb99]

Quite correct Aquanuke. Also, if you go back to 2006, someone has posted this - it therefore must be true.

 

[ELIFE-MZ]

No need for lights - the place is bright enough when the sun shines out of my ****.

 

[rob]

Legend has it that Mofo's got a solid gold toilet - I've never seen it but I believe it to be true.

"Owen's book of jokes" is on my xmas list

Mo is sitting at the wierd angle as he has a 60" LCD TV in there as well, playing non-stop Trisha / Jeremy Kyle.

Says it keeps him in touch with the common peasants such as meself guv

 

[ELIFE-MZ]

Since when have you started taking pictures of blokes in toilets and does her indoors know about this hobby of yours? :-?

 

[rob]

Since when have you started taking pictures of blokes in toilets and does her indoors know about this hobby of yours? :-?

I emailed your PA asking for a picture, who it seems contacted the butler who then asked security to pull something from the CCTV

 

[ELIFE-MZ]

I wish it was all true - anyway, lets get this thread back on track.

 

[Skinner]

G*tty and iStock are generally OK with you using their images on forums as long as you put a link tag to the item on their site around the images to drive traffic if other people want to buy.

Least thats how it was about 4-5 yrs ago when I used them alot in night clubs.

 

[retired_member9]

I emailed your PA asking for a picture, who it seems contacted the butler who then asked security to pull something from the CCTV

Mr Butler, the old drop catcher who can't afford to park his domains?

 

[Skinner]

On Subject of buying in pubs and clubs, I had a 8oz 9kt gold curb necklace, which I bought off a 'gangster' in a nightclub I worked in for £1000 (all the cash machines would let me have out of my cards was 900 and I had 100 on me). He was in celebrating before he did a stretch inside, he said he paid £5k for it. He sold so much gold off it was crazy, A year later he was back propping the bar plastered in gold again, I ended up selling it for 2100 as i looked a fool wearing it.

On the subject of buying gold at car boots isnt there different standards of gold ? like old gold shouldnt be mixed as its different colour or something ? I remember something come out of the that burk with the tash on the antiques show on tv.

 

[golddiggerguy]

DomainAngel - Gold rings, chains (scrap gold) aren't solid gold and if you melt it down they seperate into different alloys.

A small percentage is actual gold! So buying GOLD and buying scrap gold is very different indeed.

You CAN buy gold that you can hold and hug. Usually in the form of coins or mini bars, but yes usually it's not a physical item in trading terms.

Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[boxerdog]

american eagle gold bullion coins are a nice way to collect gold.
i had a 80z double eagle gold bullion once, but unfortunatley needed the cash at the time so it had to go.
im always on the look out for cheap ones

 

[Skinner]

krugerrand's are a good one too.

I have seen mini bars some that look like the size of a pack of chewing gum, others the size of a whispa bar, also seen ingots too.

Its surprising how heavy gold is.

 

[doodlebug]

Getty images !!!

I hope no one is risking an illegal use of a Getty or I stock image, both owned by Getty and they can and have charged upto 1.5 grand for 1 image, they have a team dedicated to this who trawl the net searching for their images, they do have an amnesty for individuals where they will waiver the charges, but as far as they're concerned any web developer/domainer should know better ?
Sorry to those of you who know this, just trying to be usefull !!!

 

[doodlebug]

Buying gold at carboots

Don't buy if it only as the purity mark eg; 375, make sure it as a hallmark, Castle = Edinburgh / Leopard = London / Rose = Sheffield / Anchor = Birmingham.
I buy and sell gold and have recently knocked 30 % off the price i am willing to pay, if you want to make a fortune find a refiners who will take it off you for more than any pawnbroker, Google the bullion room it's in Birmingham and pay top prices, if you can buy platinum your laughing, last time it's scrap value was around 27 pounds per gram.
TIP** when on carboots and want to know if 9ct e.t.c take the number eg; 375 drop the end number 5 you have 37 now the nearest number that divides into 4 is 36 divide it by 4 = 9 and hey it's 9ct works with other purities such as 850 would be 85 nearest into 4 is 84 divided by 4 = 21ct, sounds complicated i know lol but try it, saves you getting a piece of paper out all the time.
Oh yes and there should be no such a thing as old gold as most gold as been around for 4000 years even if you bought a brand ring last week, people have been using it to trade for around 4000 years therefore no one as ever needed to throw their gold away, it simply gets recycled. GOOD LUCK Golddigger

 

[Skinner]

Doodle I was talking about using getty/istock images as a point for a joke in a forum not using it for design use

 

[doodlebug]

Oh well !!!

At least people know now and you get a brief history lesson on gold aswell lol

 

[disruptive]

gold...?

Equities are the way forward. Gold has had its day, you are far too late.

Sure they look risky now in the short-term. But with yield in the double digits and interest rates sent to plummet, so these securities bought with a good dividend will see you right in the long term. Yes its going to be choppy for a while, but if you are prepared to wade through it you will be protected by the high dividends on offer.

I'd still be careful of the bail out banks...but there are some bargains out there. Imagine what happens when your investment is paying 10-15% and you are getting 3% in the bank!

Buy those dividends!

Good luck