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underahedgerow

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6. COOL! Buy low, sell high. I love buying gold, especially jewelry that I can wear and enjoy for a

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Jul 24, 2015, 02:30 PM

Jul 2015

while, then when I get bored with it and the prices are higher, I sell it off. Multi-year cyclical. I never buy less than 18K and always look for 24k, anything less is only worth smelting, which is a pain in the batootski but do-able.

This technique has served me really well over the past 20 years! I collect broken bits as I find them as well just for the melt down value.

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Gold Prices Sink to a 5-Year Low [View all] Purveyor Jul 2015 OP

and what the h*ll is going on in the stock market.....I'm going to have to get a job..... a kennedy Jul 2015 #1

Dow Down 0.75% at 2 PM - not exactly a beating. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #3

It seems like it's just been going down for the last few weeks..... a kennedy Jul 2015 #5

Not really. Been trending sideways between 17500 and just over 18000 for the last month or so. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #7

Gold is still selling at an inflated price meow2u3 Jul 2015 #2

Glenn Beck fans will be running for cover. yellowcanine Jul 2015 #4

COOL! Buy low, sell high. I love buying gold, especially jewelry that I can wear and enjoy for a underahedgerow Jul 2015 #6