Home› Precious Metals

Ok, seriously

WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
in Precious Metals
WTF is up with "vials of gold flake" auctions on eBay?

"Lowest price on eBay"?

"Wholesale"?

Doesn't wholesale imply that there is at some point a "retail"? What rocket scientist is buying this garbage?

We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
--Severian the Lame

Comments

  • bestmrbestmr Posts: 1,777 ✭✭✭
    Idk, but it's very annoying. I have to wade through a couple pages of that crap looking for stuff.
    Positive dealing with oilstates2003, rkfish, Scrapman1077, Weather11am, Guitarwes, Twosides2acoin, Hendrixkat, Sevensteps, CarlWohlforth, DLBack, zug, wildjag, tetradrachm, tydye, NotSure, AgBlox, Seemyauction, Stopmotion, Zubie, Fivecents, Musky1011, Bstat1020, Gsa1fan several times, and Mkman123 LOTS of times
  • thatboyaintrightthatboyaintright Posts: 408
    I have actually bought these vials twice for my wife to use in her crafts and painting. Very cheap and a nice effect for arts and crafts. Can't see why anyone would buy it for any other reason though.
    image
  • jimq112jimq112 Posts: 3,511 ✭✭✭
    If you add -vials or -flake to your search it goes away. I usually use engelhard gold as a search phrase and those auctions always clutter it up.
    image
  • SilverBaronSilverBaron Posts: 767 ✭
    I have filtered out several sellers for this very reason.
    Silver Baron
    ********************
    Silver is the mortar that binds the bricks of loyalty.
  • keepdachangekeepdachange Posts: 1,374
    i remember someone posting about wanting to m"melt" the flakes and make into a bar not long ago!
    "If you hit a midget on the head with a stick, he turns into 40 gold coins." - Patty Oswalt
  • WeissWeiss Posts: 9,941 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The search may not be exclusive, but "gold flake" just under the "Coins & Paper Money" category results in 615 auctions. 615! You'll find fewer auctions if you search for "100 oz" in that category.

    And it's always the same people selling the maple leaf 1 gram "silver" bars or buffalo 1 gram copper bars. I don't think those bars are legit. I think the maples are a JM knock-off. Wouldn't be surprised to find out they're off-metal, off-weight, or fake altogether.
    We are like children who look at print and see a serpent in the last letter but one, and a sword in the last.
    --Severian the Lame
  • dino2008dino2008 Posts: 341 ✭✭
    I'm in, I confess I purchased about 6 of those little 1 gram silver bars to give to my nieces and nephews, but have no idea if they are actually silver???? Sellers on E-bay that hock that stuff i.e. the gold flake and 1gram bars make my scam alarm go off!!image
  • TomBTomB Posts: 21,206 ✭✭✭✭✭
    They don't bother me too much unless they state something like "A collectors dream!" when trying to sell the stuff.
    Thomas Bush Numismatics & Numismatic Photography

    In honor of the memory of Cpl. Michael E. Thompson

    image
Sign In or Register to comment.