Has Anyone Here Bought From Apmex.com?

Thanks BarryG I'll look at Goldmart and Provident Metals. Price is a big factor for me so I'll go with them assuming I find what I need. thanks for clearing this up.

I only have two complaints about APMEX

The first is theyre really slow to ship which isn't that unusual.

The second (which is really the bigger issue) is that no matter how small your order is shipping will start at 16 dollars which really makes smaller orders from them cost prohibitive.

I like Provident metals better, their prices are better especially on the eagles which theyre selling for 27.50 (under 27 if you pay cash/bank wire) and their shipping is cheaper too for small orders.

BB if you order on ebay I think shipping is usually $4.95 for the first item and I think $1 each additional item. Personally I have found them to always ship very quickly so far.

I found this site from google.com/shopping. http://www.gainesvillecoins.com/cart.aspx But for bank wire its a $2000 minimum order and shipping is 12 dollars for any amount it seems. I did up to 8 which wasn't too bad but Provident seems to beat them out because they wanted 9 dollars in shipping for 8 silver 1 0z coins. Also, the shipping is over 4 weeks it looks like for gainesvillecoins.com ~ Joe

Stay away from gainsville coins, I cannot emphasize that enough. They have a long history of sending out fakes, garbage damaged products, and ripping people off and saying to bad not their problem. Every review sites you go to they get horrible reviews and its not just a handful either and thats not even getting into their past company scandal.

I would pay Apmexs shipping price 100 times out of 100 before I ever ordered from Gainsville again

I started out trying APMEX and after 8 orders have no desire to chance it with other vendors. These guys seem very legit to me, ship products when they say they will, have a nice variety with items actually on hand, a return/exchange policy and great customer service. They also accept a variety of payment methods and offer a discount for cash type (non credit card) payments.

The cons are their product prices tend to be higher (but not always when they have items on special) and their starting shipping fee isn't good if you just want a few low dollar items. However, if you buy say a monster box of silver eagles, their shipping fee of $24.95 (insurance included) is lower than other vendors.

After many buys from APMEX over the last couple decades, they totally messed up a recent order. I ordered a roll of Barber half dollars and instead received a roll of common, circulated Ike dollars. How do you make a mistake like that?
I had to take my time and go to UPS to return, and had to pay out of my pocket for UPS box $8.11.

NEVER AGAIN will I purchase from APMEX.