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New Member
Canada
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Hi All, I recently got into purchasing silver bars and coins. I've had a lot of trouble getting out during business hours to actually purchase the silver myself, so I was thinking of ordering online. I just wanted to know what your experiences are with ordering online and what you think the best sites in terms of quality and price are. Also a note, I'm from the greater Toronto Area. I noticed a lot of the threads in this forum say good things about APMEX, but their premiums seems a lot higher than other sites I've looked into. The three sites I've looked at are Kitco, PMX and Silvergoldbull, the later being the best priced. I was just wondering if any of you have had experience with these sites and what you thought of them and their product. Thanks |
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
Well. I've never ordered online, but Provident Metals has a low premium. I actually just got my first ounce yesterday, generic silver, but still silver.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1200 Posts |
The best and most valid answers to your inquiry need to come from CCFers who live in Canada. They're the ones who know the ropes
about shipping and getting deliveries to Canadian addresses. Prices and premiums are only part of your problem---USA dealers shipping
to Canada is a (I think costly) problematic component of your situation.
That having been said, I'm in New York and owing to peculiar circumstances, I ended up dealing with the Canadian firm Colonial Acres.
Their prices were competitive, they treated me right and I recommend them. They even shipped to me in NY for an OK shipping charge.
Edited by Fat Freddy
01/03/2013 3:33 pm
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New Member
Canada
5 Posts |
I'm using Silvergoldbull exclusively... made several orders recently. Great prices, fast and not too pricey shipping, great packing, nice payment options. Highly recommended!  |
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
I didn't see that he was in Canada. Well, for anyone in the U.S. that looks at this then my recommendation still stands.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
834 Posts |
preciousmetalhouse.com
cheaper than Silvergoldbull and located in Richmond hill
But to be honest alot of places in the GTA are open saturdays and prices are cheaper than online.
There is also kijiji alot of dealers in you're general area
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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I'm using Silvergoldbull. Great prices, fast and not too pricey shipping, great packing, nice payment options. Highly recommended!  I also just use them for the above reasons. Its all very true. Although, the shipping is pretty standard, not really worth paying if you only want 5oz or less. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3789 Posts |
I would like to suggest goldmart.com I just ordered from them, prices were the BEST when I compared 4 sites, and I do believe they ship to Canada.
Also, check out moderncoinmart.com, they seem to have reasonable prices but I don't know if they ship to Canada.
welcome to the community btw and happy PM buying!
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Valued Member
United States
467 Posts |
Just completed 2 buys from Goldmart, I recommend them.
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Valued Member
United States
360 Posts |
SilverTowne is great, and on some items they have free shipping. I'm pretty sure the free shipping includes Canada. Anyway, the do ship to Canada and they are sort of cheap, at least that's something.
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Pillar of the Community
Canada
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the thing with ordering with American online store is, U/S currency via money order/draft/bankwire. Another thing is shipping. I've dealt with Precious metal house before. Back then they had good shipping rate but now, their standard shipping rate is $25. they also don't allow pick up so if you are in GTA, you still have to pay shipping fee. I've never ordered from Kitco that's because I seldom reach their minimum purchase of $3000. SGB does do price match so if you find a good deal, give them a call and they usually price matched it. I dealt with Gatewest and Colonial Acres before but mainly for Numis stuffs. I like them because of cheap shipping and they take credit card payment. I don't think they willing to take paypal or credit card for bullions products and their shipping rate for bullion is higher than the numis stuffs.
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Posted 01/03/2013 3:29 pm
