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Posted 01/21/2012 10:18 pm
That's just smart Sel to bypass that ebay risk and buy in person. What you can hold in your hand an confirm as real....
Usually anymore I pass on ebay buys for that reason, and no ebay bucks on bullion anymore....
I did grab a nice 3 oz. Swiss Goldas Chip silver assay card bar from a legit dealer who I had grabbed a 2 oz. from before. I had taken it to work and didn't open of course, but its weight is right and the magnet test is good. Cons I figure will not waste their time trying to forge those assay cards with the chips in them, and all the serial numbers match, the bar has high quality design an detail an so on, as the effort an time is not worth it....
We saw that gold 50 gram bar seems like recently that was faker then fake, and the pawn guy who bought it when he opened and rubbed it on the rock past out form shock. But it was way obvious. I figure coping those cards, is almost as tough as counterfeiting money, never easy. Plus, you NEED a good fake bar to start, so two obstacles to cross. Its not full proof of course as nothing is, but I like the odds in my favor with them, as cons will just focus on something easier to fake....
Usually anymore I pass on ebay buys for that reason, and no ebay bucks on bullion anymore....
I did grab a nice 3 oz. Swiss Goldas Chip silver assay card bar from a legit dealer who I had grabbed a 2 oz. from before. I had taken it to work and didn't open of course, but its weight is right and the magnet test is good. Cons I figure will not waste their time trying to forge those assay cards with the chips in them, and all the serial numbers match, the bar has high quality design an detail an so on, as the effort an time is not worth it....
We saw that gold 50 gram bar seems like recently that was faker then fake, and the pawn guy who bought it when he opened and rubbed it on the rock past out form shock. But it was way obvious. I figure coping those cards, is almost as tough as counterfeiting money, never easy. Plus, you NEED a good fake bar to start, so two obstacles to cross. Its not full proof of course as nothing is, but I like the odds in my favor with them, as cons will just focus on something easier to fake....
Edited by Silverhawk74
01/21/2012 10:21 pm
01/21/2012 10:21 pm
