Piggybank

Think an intermediary @Zeton and @CoinBug would be in order.
Just my opinion.

I would like to buy batch 1 with the pandas please @LongJohnSilver.
If I can be of some assistance to move on the other things I am happy to put in the effort.
I would also be happy to take everything from you and post things individually on your behalf. I would only charge the buyer the actual Royal Mail price of postage, and all funds for the silver go directly to you. This I can do straight away. I would however leave advertising/listing to you.
If this is of help to you.
If you would prefer me to do a more comprehensive service including communications etc, this would have to wait until mid January as I am busy until then.

This, and that.

Count me in.

Count me in.

Count me in.

Public Statement (relates to NBS): Why I am not the real Christmas Scrooge
Firstly: The main purpose of TSF is not to make money, and TSF was not set up to make money. Which is perhaps why it is a successful forum and one of the largest English speaking platforms for precious metals enthusiasts. We therefore have no hesitation in removing accounts that are deliberately trying to cause issues or upset the balance of the forum.

The vast majority of regular members however are extremely helpful to the community here and wish for the forum to succeed and have been generous enough to support the forum with a Premium Membership and specifically Platinum Group Premium Memberships.
 

TSF is however still a business and one of my main sources of income, which creates a very small modest income after taxes for the vast amount of hours I have put into the forum. And which sometimes operates some months at a loss and I need to put money into the forum. There are a lot of members who profit more from the existence of the forum than the forum itself makes. The success of the forum also affects others who I have outsourced work to for other projects to help them, and who also rely on the finance success of the forum. 
I do not own any large amounts of gold or silver other than the TSF branded rounds/bars as anytime I have purchased some precious metals I have ended up selling it in order to invest into the forum as our costs (especially development and maintenance of existing custom applications/plugins regularly exceeds the small revenue which TSF generates month to month. TSF is not VAT registered as we do not even make enough revenue to hit that small limit currently, which shows how little profit it can make)

As I have stated before I believe that members should be able to discuss a wide range of topics as long as they remain respectful to other members and have on many occasions defended the existence of the NBS topic where I believe members should be able to relax in a slightly more informal section of the forum. I have however politely asked that it doesn’t spill out into the precious metals section of the forum and ruin the forum experience for other members.  This has repeatedly been broken over the last 5-6 months, despite many pleads to keep the NBS style posts strictly to the NBS topic. In fairness the fast majority of members posting in the NBS have been respectful and have followed my requests, thank you for this.

This has created a continue increased amount of Admin workload and there have been many posts which I have missed (as I am unable to read everything) In order to help keep the forum tidy and respectful we have outsourced an AdminSupport @AdminSupport

I would still like the NBS topic to remain, as per the clear rules set out.

As stated in the NBS topic*:
There will be some sort of promotional offer during this time. (please do continue reading the full post below, and specially the however part below) 
 
Sorry if anyone feels that the new change is a ‘money grab’ and comparable to the ULEZ. But the decision was purely an administrative decision to try to reduce the repeated issues of the NBS style posts flowing into the precious metals sections and trade section, and the continue headache I have to deal with reports and issues. Our costs (both the amount of time myself needs to put into Moderation opposed to focusing on growing the forum and other projects, as well as outsourcing someone to help have also increased our costs) As the vast majority of members in the NBS topic are already Platinum Group Premium Members I do not think it is much of an ask. As previously stated there will also be a generous offer for those who wish to consider upgrading, and as members who have been here a long time will understand I am more than generous with helping members. Platinum Premium Membership if paid annually in GBP is only £8.25 per month.
 
Trade topics do not need to mention ********* woman, or any of your hidden desires which should be kept private and not publicly announced in trade topics. There is absolutely no need for such crude remarks. And we believe it is perfectly acceptable to ask members not to post trade topics with such titles. TSF can remain a fun place without this needing to affect the trade section and precious metals section of the forum.

Scantily dressed photos of women should not be posted on the forum (though we have allowed this in the NBS topic providing it does not breach the rules on pornography)
I am trying to keep the forum stable and pleasant for for all members including our members and official sponsors who are female, please remember this when posting on the forum and remain respectful. It is a public precious metals forum, not a gentleman’s private club. And there is the NBS topic remains for members to join in some fun and banter, please do continue to keep the NBS style posts strictly to that topic and thank you to the members who do. 

I am unsure why some wish to be disruptive or deliberately try to damage the forum, or to try to publicly create unbalance or resentment against myself or the forum, I am merely trying to keep the forum stable and ensure the long term survival. Sometimes I may be very busy and replies may be short, direct and to the point. This in no way is an indication that I do not care about the forum or about you, or about the community here. I am merely overworked and overstressed and trying to effectively deal with the tasks at hand as efficiently as possible. There may also be some cultural differences.

There is a clear safe place for members to joke around (within reason) and have banter in, and I have asked repeatedly to keep such posts in that particular NBS topic.
 
We want members to have fun. And overall the forum is generally a very relaxed environment with a large amount of freedom given to members. The problem comes when members ruin the forum experience for others, some members only wish to engage in precious metals content or to buy and sell, which is why we released the default activity feed to not include the NBS topic (this can be changed and saved as per members settings to also include as written in the NBS)
 
In order to improve the member experience and account support there is a new account AdminSupport @AdminSupport, they will automatically be added to any private message conversations started with me or ones where I am added to, so that we can respond to you account enquires as quickly as possible. They will also be helping with moderation to help keep the forum tidy.

This will also have the advantage of improving the member experience as account related questions can be answered in a more timely manner. This is in addition to the Moderators that we have that help out on the forum, many thanks to all the moderators and especially @trp for recently organising the Christmas Draws and helping out on the forum a lot  

*however:

Due to the current economic climate and the fact that it is Christmas and I do not wish to be labeled as scrooge this year, in an unheard of 180 degree turn I have decided to revoke my previous decision in reaction to members breaching the NBS terms and will keep to the original plan of Gold and above as outlined nearly 6 months ago. This will ensure that anyone wishing to engage in the NBS topic only needs to have Gold or above and does not need a Platinum Level Premium Membership. But we hope that members can appreciate and understand our situation, both from a cost and time perspective. Thank you to those members who continually respect the forums rules and the NBS guidelines and who keep such posts strictly to this section of the forum. Thank you to all members who help keep the forum tidy and who report posts so that we can tidy the forum and keep it pleasant for all. 

I also have not only my own finances or the forums to worry about but other people who I have outsourced work to in order to help them and have these responsibilities, which can add stress to an already sometimes stressful 😰 (but mostly very enjoyable) role dealing with (mostly very) lovely people  

Once again many thanks to all members who decide to support TSF with Premium Membership and especially those who choose a Platinum Group Premium Membership. We understand, and can feel it ourselves how the recent costs of living (especially in Europe but also worldwide) have affected many people’s finances making the cost of living much higher. I myself have moved to try to take advantage of price arbitrage in order to afford the cost of life.

We hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas with friends and family

Hey all hope everyone is doing well.
So this December the organisers of the Vegas coin show have invited me over as a guest artist. I've been looking forward to this for a few months now and can't wait to represent uk poured silver as the first uk artist to attend 
If any of our american friends on the forum will he attending feel free to drop me a message as hoping to meet as many people as possible.
I'm flying out next Wednesday and will be I'm Vegas through till Monday evening 
Pics of the bars ive designed and made for the show 
Have a great week all 

I received these three fabulous coins recently. Coins I have been keeping an eye out for many months to complete my 1oz silver panda collection.


Before 1989 there were only proof pandas issued and in relatively small numbers. 1987 was a full ounce of .999 silver but 1985 is only 27g of. 900 silver.
The 1999 is the scarce "large date serif 1" variety from the Shenzhen Guobao mint, and finally joins the 1999 trio to complete this year.

I now have every year and type of "1oz" (including 27g and 30g) silver panda except the 1983, 1989 mirror fields and the exceptionally elusive 2001 "small D".
 
Maybe I should do an updated photo shoot? 

I'll take these please

I'll take these please

A fantastic selection of gold is on offer to all you esteemed forum members, including graded and ungraded pieces, catering to all budgets.
All items purchased over the weekend will be collected from the safe deposit box on Sunday and dispatched out on Monday, 31/07 for delivery TUESDAY  01/08
Here goes . . . . . 
Price Item Troy oz Fine Gold Gram   £52 per gram x43 loose 1gr HEIMERLE+MEULE (German) & Valcambi (Swiss) gold bars from broken up 50gr Combi Bars   43gr 28grams available 10gr SOLD via PM / 5gr reserved for @Jaycee £2,500 (X12) Full date run : Aussie 1/10 gold Lunar series :1 in presentation box 1.2000 37.325   £830 ½ oz USA gold eagle slabbed PCGS MS69 0.5000 15.5515 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/10082339 £197 ½ sovereign (2009) 0.1176 3.657   £165 1/10 Britannia (1987) 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to @Erin £165 1/10 Britannia (1987) 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to @ryanwinter73 £152 France 10 FF (1859) Angel 0.0932 2.9   £302 France 20 FF (1859) Angel 0.1867 5.807   £392 1987 U.S Constitution $5 Gold Coin 0.2421 7.53   £165 2003 UK 1/10 oz Britannia (PROOF) handled 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to@KRO £165 2004 UK 1/10 oz Britannia (PROOF) handled 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to @Spyder £165 (1987) 1/10 AUSSIE GOLD NUGGET 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to @Petra £302 France 20 FF (1906) Rooster 0.1867 5.807   £302 SWISS 20 FRANC (1927) 0.1867 5.807   £85 (2000) 1/20 aussie gold kangaroo 0.0498 1.55 SOLD/PAID to @Andyt £85 (2006) AUSSIE 1/20 KANGAROO 0.0498 1.55 SOLD/PAID to @WishIwasMidas £71 Isle Of Man 1/25oz Cat Gold Coin 0.0399 1.24 SOLD/PAID to @Longjon £85 (2016) 1/20 Australian gold Kangaroo 0.0500 1.555 SOLD/PAID to @Andyt £400 2017 full sovereign '200 SHIELD PRIVY' slabbed PCGS MS68 0.2352 7.315 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/83612619 £825 2017 Full sovereign BU 200th Anniversary Strike on the Day MS67 DPL 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866670-013/67/ SOLD/PAID VIA PM £323 50 EURO ISLE OF MAN 1/5oz 125th anniversary of Aida-Verdi (1996) 0.2000 6.22   £26 Cook islands 2008 $1 “ the Royal Lion “ 0.5g gold weeny coin 0.0161 0.5 SOLD/PAID to  @Longjon £26 Republic of Palau $1 “ Rainbows End “ Four Leaf Clover 0.5g gold weeny coin 0.0161 0.5 SOLD/PAID to @Longjon £875 2017 proof 200th Anniversary Gold Full Sovereign PF66 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866665-026/66/ SOLD/PAID VIA PM £875 2017 proof 200th Anniversary Gold Full Sovereign PF66 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866670-012/66/ SOLD/PAID VIA PM £875 2017 proof 200th Anniversary Gold Full Sovereign PF66 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866670-010/66/ SOLD/PAID VIA PM £820 2017 proof 200th Anniversary Gold Full Sovereign PF64 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866670-011/64/ SOLD/PAID VIA PM £500 ¼ RM Queens Beast LION (2016) 0.2500 7.775   £2995 UK Elizabeth II 2017 Gold 5 Pounds Gold BU PCGS MS69 DMPL 1.1770 36.61 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/37581290 Now being kept in stack long term by @Paul £480 1958 FULL SOVEREIGN NGC MS65 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2721975-002/65/ £350 2012 ½ SOVEREIGN DIAMOND JUBILEE VARIANT DESIGN NGC PF69 0.1176 3.657 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841204-023/69/ SOLD/PAID to  @margin £200 1978 FM Belize Gold $100 Itzmna - NGC PF70 Ultra Cameo (gross weight 6.21g – purity 0.500 gold - .0998oz pure 0.0998 3.105 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866472-015/70/ £200 1994 Isle of Man 1/10oz Gold Proof Noble Graded PF70 0.1000 3.1103 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3203182-271/70/ £445 2013 Britannia Gold Proof 1/4 oz NGC PF66 0.2500 7.775 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2836693-002/66/ £265 2017 G.BRITAIN PISTRUCCI SOVEREIGN 200TH ANNIVERSARY 1/4SOV PF70 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4515947-144/70/ £455 ¼ PROOF (2016) BRITANNIA NGC PF66 0.2500 7.775 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841286-045/66/ £235 2017 ¼ sovereign 200 year anniversary NGC graded PF69 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4514743-008/69/ £480 2017 Strike on the Day "Platinum Wedding" Sovereign MS69 DPL 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866753-005/69/ RESERVED @Charliemouse £440 1906 Edward VII Full Sovereign NGC MS61 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866672-002/61/ £175 2013 GOLD GB BRITANNIA 1/20 NGC PROOF PF70 0.0498 1.55 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/3795751-269/70/ £165 1/10 lunar Snake Series 2: (2013) 0.1000 3.1103 SOLD/PAID to @Spyder £310 2012 ¼ sovereign Queen's Diamond Jubilee variant design NGC PF70 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841262-032/70/ £410 ¼ RM Lunar Sheep NGC MS64 DPL 0.2500 7.775 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4658099-012/64/ SOLD/PAID to @Spyder £200 2018 ¼ SOVEREIGN SAPPHIRE ANNIVERSARY NGC PF70 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841584-074/70/ £800 1902 UK FULL SOVEREIGN MATT FINISH PF61 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6354662-007/61/ £340 2020 Gold Proof Half Sovereign King George III privy PF70 Ultra Cameo 0.1176 3.6575 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6027401-006/70/ £200 2009 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434256 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2010 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434201 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2011 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, First Strike PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/19073122 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £310 2012 1/4 Sov S-SA2 Jubilee, First Strike PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/20764319 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2013 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, First Strike PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/26535103 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2014 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36381674 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2015 1/4 Sov S-SA1 St. George, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/38183150 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2015 1/4 Sov S-SA1 JC St. George, PR69DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434202 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £295 2016 1/4 Sov S-SA4 Celebratory Effigy, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434203 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £265 2017 1/4 Sov S-SA5 St. George, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/34021753 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2018 1/4 Sov S-SA6 65 Coronation Privy, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434204SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £200 2020 1/4 Sov George III Privy, PR70DCAM 0.0588 1.82875 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40434206 SOLD to @AndrewSL76 £580 2018 proof full sovereign – Sapphire Anniversary Privy PR70 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2825956-004/70/ £225 1967 Turkish 50 Kurus Gold Coin - PCGS Graded MS66 - #83612620 Top Pop 1 of 1 0.1128 3.51 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/83612620 £350 1914 20FR French Franc – NGC graded MS65 #4866398-011 0.1865 5.8 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4866398-011/65/ £500 1975 Panama Gold Vasco Nunez De 100 Balboa 500th anniversary PF70  0.2361 7.344 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841688-093/70/ £575 2021 Year of the Ox 1/4oz Proof PF70  Top Pop 1 of 1 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6027711-028/70/ £460 2010 ¼ gold London 2012 OLYMPICS 'Mercury' PR70DCAM 0.2500 7.777 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/84939393 £465 2008 Britannia Gold Proof 1/4 oz £25 PCGS PR69 0.2500 7.777 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40878321 £465 2007 Britannia Gold Proof 1/4 oz £25 PCGS PR69 0.2500 7.777 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/40878322 £350 2019 Britannia gold Proof 1/10 oz £10 NGC PF70 0.1000 3.1103 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028369-005/70/ £475 1966 UK full sovereign – NGC graded MS64 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028410-009/64/ £514 2003 BRITANNIA Gold proof ¼ £25 NGC PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028466-003/70/ £340 2020 ½ sovereign – George III privy – NGC PF70 0.1176 3.6575 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6027718-002/70/ £295 2003 BRITANNIA Gold proof 1/10 £10 NGC PF70 0.1000 3.1103 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028804-005/70/ £700 2020 ¼ ELTON JOHN 'Music Legends' good proof coin – NGC graded PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028007-004/70/ £495 2001 ¼ Britannia 'Una & Lion' proof gold coin – PCGS graded PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41487359 £680 2005 FULL PROOF SOVEREIGN - NGC graded PF69 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/4716370-010/69/ £555 2019 Gold Sovereign Brilliant Uncirculated MATT finish – NGC graded MS70 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/5841254-001/70/ RESERVED @Charliemouse £285 2009 1/10 Gold Proof Britannia – NGC graded PF70 0.1000 3.1103 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6028986-036/70/ SOLD/PAID via PM £295 2010 1/10 gold proof Britannia – NGC graded PF70 0.1000 3.1103 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6029624-051/70/ £450 1877-S SHIELD BACK VICTORIA GOLD FULL SOVEREIGN - PCGS AU53 0.2352 7.315 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/36046631 £465 2005 UK Britannia £25 ¼ oz PCGS PR69 DCAM 0.2500 7.777 https://www.pcgs.com/cert/41455266 £495  1/4 Kazakhstan 500 Tenge Lunar Year of Rabbit 2011 NGC PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2814437-001/70/ RESERVED @Charliemouse £495 1/4 Gold KOMSCO Korean Tiger Medals 2016 NGC PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2815459-001/70/ RESERVED @Charliemouse £495 1/4 Gold KOMSCO Korean Tiger Medals 2017 NGC PF70 0.2500 7.777 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/2815459-002/70/ RESERVED @Charliemouse £575 2019 Golf Proof Sovereign NGC PF70 ULTRA CAMEO 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6030840-007/70/ £440 1915 FULL Sovereign NGC MS63 0.2352 7.315 https://www.ngccoin.com/certlookup/6381730-002/63/ SOLD/PAID to @Silverlocks £385 1958 QEII “ Gillick head ” full sovereign 0.2352 7.315  
The reason for this sale?
Today, I was fortunate enough to acquire a PF70 "Platinum Jubilee" Gold Five sovereign at a very fair price. As a result, I am now looking to raise a few thousand quid by selling off some smaller pieces from my gold stack over this weekend while I'm off work.
Apologies for the lack of single photos, this has happened at short notice. Currently, ALL the gold is in safe deposit box storage, (The images shown are the last time I had all my stack at home with me last year) I can provide photos of any item upon request, when i visit safe deposit box tomorrow & Sunday.
Background
I am not a full time dealer or a serial trader/flipper and I don't list items for sale here every week. I normally may only put a sale up here once or twice a year -  My previous sales of mine have always been popular 
I try to price fairly and sensibly with current values .  Hopefully i'm not wildly out 
TERMS & CONDITIONS
Condition: Ungraded coins are all classified as "bullion" and may have been handled or have surface marks. Graded coins are clearly stated.
Source: I have purchased all my gold from leading UK bullion dealers (Atkinsons, HGM, ATS, Baird), auction houses (coincabinet/COR), and some items from fellow members on this forum.
Reputation & Trust: As a long-time member here on the forum for many years, with 100+ 100% positive feedback, both as a buyer/stacker and seller, I can assure you of my reliability. I've been here since year dot and have completed dozens of deals, including face-to-face meetings, earning me a held-in-high-regard reputation. Furthermore, I have been trading on eBay since 1999 with over 250,000+ different sales through my various businesses. Rest assured that all payments, orders, and messages will be personally handled by myself.
Item Location: United Kingdom (UK)
Shipping: Since it involves the sale of "GOLD," delivery is by Special Delivery.
This service by Royal Mail offers tracking, insurance, and next working day delivery before 1 pm.
Please add +£7.15 to the listed price for this option.
Your order will be dispatched in a secure, tamper-evident, and nondescript parcel.
Shipping destinations: I will ONLY ship within the UK; unfortunately, there is no overseas postage available.
Payment Terms: Payments can be made via UK bank transfer ONLY (no PayPal/crypto or swap/trades). I will provide my bank details via private message.
How do I buy?: To make a purchase, either drop me a private message or leave a comment below, and I will contact you directly.
Dispatch Time: All gold is stored in a safe deposit box located approximately 45 minutes away. I always aim to dispatch orders ASAP within 1 working day, but on some occasions, it may take an extra day to retrieve the item from the safe deposit box due to my work/family commitments.
 
I am not looking to sell everything, once i have raised £££ what i need to raise for my purchase, listing will be closed 
Many thanks for looking   PM me if you've any questions or queries 

Tax his land, Tax his bed, Tax the table at which he's fed. Tax his tractor, Tax his mule, Teach him taxes are the rule. Tax his work, Tax his pay, He works for peanuts anyway! Tax his cow, Tax his goat, Tax his pants, Tax his coat. Tax his ties, Tax his shirt, Tax his work, Tax his dirt. 
Tax his tobacco, Tax his drink, Tax him if he tries to think.  Tax his cigars, Tax his beers, If he cries tax his tears.  Tax his car, Tax his gas, Find other ways to tax his ass.  Tax all he has, Then let him know, That you won't be done till he has no dough.
When he screams and hollers, Then tax him some more, Tax him till he's good and sore. Then tax his coffin, Tax his grave, Tax the sod in which he's laid. Put these words Upon his tomb, 'Taxes drove me to my doom' When he's gone, Do not relax, Its time to apply the inheritance tax.
 

No sane person would voluntarily choose to use a CBDC over their current digital currency but the powers that be will try and force you to use it using various incentive and threat methods. This is what they did in China and Nigeria when they introduced their CBDCs. Have some optimism for this situation though. In both China and Nigeria all of the people there are fiercely resisting using CBDCs despite the various incentive and threat methods their governments have used and CBDC adoption in both countries has been is extremely slow and is already stalling badly.
All we have to do to stop CBDCs from happening is for enough people to refuse to use them when buying things and refuse to accept them as payment if people try buy things from you. Just use any form of currency other than a CBDC when making or receiving payments.
 

With the help of some TSF members, which I will keep anonymous in order to help protect the community when investigating potential future instances, and some admin investigation...

We have today banned a new member who was found to be abusing/manipulating the trading feedback system to create false feedback on trades that never took place on TSF.

The decision to ban was also made as we also believed that this person could have posed a potential trading risk to TSF members. TSF prides itself on having one of, if not the, most honest online marketplaces for trading precious metals. This year alone there have been over 5046 new trade topics started, with many trade topics containing huge lists of precious metals items for sale. Many thanks for those members who choose to buy and sell on TSF. 

Please do see the following topic and re-read to remind yourself on some simple tips in order to help reduce risk as much as possible when trading on TSF:
 

 
Many thanks to Premium Members who help to support and maintain TSF. For those who would like to support TSF please do consider purchasing Premium Membership as this helps greatly in maintaining and growing TSF. The larger TSF gets the more situations need to be investigated in order to help protect members as best as we can. To upgrade your account to Premium Membership to support TSF in exchange for all of the listed benefits including seeing new trade listings 3 days before standard members, please see the store here. An extra special thank to you to Platinum group Premium Members.

Because it's a stupid ask.

😬 - Look out below. 

Im not going there, but I very much disagree - the whole thing was orchestrated and planned
All media across the world had the same wording & message. Too the tee. 
Way too much evidence now for anyone who has the bravery to look at the figures
& think logically rather than on emotion & constant news conditioned conditioned belief system..
The one thing i will add is its not Russia vs Ukraine, but Russia vs nato.  

Givernments have a choice and most times they choose power - as has every tyrant in history. 
2020 was Joseph Gerbles wet dream, but it never works for long does it? 

This is very off topic, anyone got support levels at all that knows how to chart? I shall have look tomorrow. 

What a load of baloney - Covid wasn’t the government’s fault (Labour/Conservative/whoever). Nor was Ukraine being invaded by Russia. Whoever was in power is in for a lose lose situation. It is what it is and our children & grandchildren will be paying for it for the next 40 years!

My bank kindly rejected a transfer I made (below £300) to another member for a coin. A simple fraud check.... No biggie.... You'd think!
I called to say it didn't go through, assumed they'd do a check, ask a few questions and then authorise it. But they said they needed 72 hours to look further in to it. They ask where I purchased the item (I guess when they heard it's a forum it'll set alarm bells ringing perhaps....)
I then called a few times over that 72h period pushing for answers (as I am not happy they've put a block on my account). I can make debit or credit card payments. I seem to be able to pay existing payees. But I can't do any new bank transfers as there is a block on my account until this is resolved. Each time I'm fobbed off "I can see they have taken some action on it but it's not completed yet" (what the hell does that mean?!) Luckily I'm at my spending limit anyway so won't be purchasing for a while - but it's the principle!
We are now at six days. Double the quoted time they said they would take to get back to me. I have made a formal complaint about that of course.
I'm livid that they are allowed to control the way I spend MY money for this long!
I'm guessing they are digging deep on this one by the sound of it (perhaps seeing that in recent times, instead of buying clothes from the internet, I have been paying various random people by bank transfer - which is going to look a bit dodge I guess!) So I'm predicting they'll question many payments/receipts etc. Fine. I've nothing to hide (but what an inconvenient waste of time and faff!)
So, have any of you had similar to this? What did you have to do? How long? etc
Also, if I have to provide proof of purchases, then most members (who are not businesses) of course don't supply invoices. So do I provide screen shots of the listing of any queried transactions? Along with copies of any correspondence messages for evidence? Is that adequate proof? Is that even allowed for the sake of GDPR?
I don't like this one bit!!!! I'm also going to change current account because of it (due to the unacceptable time they're taking), however I currently cannot even change banks while there's a block on my existing one!
 

Hi all!   just thought id show more progress as it maybe of interest to some peeps.   I had a productive afternoon and evening, been experimenting today, i used antique pieces to create some grand tour relic type pieces, came out nicely, just what i wanted, i like the broken two piece one of the religious scholar also the portrait side profile relic piece also took well, im going to get these ones hallmarked i think and will offer for sale soon!   cheers folks   Matt

Hi, a buyer bought a gold one ounce last week, received it and then bought another one this week, which was received yesterday. Today they open a dispute saying bank doesn't recognise the transaction, hence the funds are on hold. Funds are about £4000. I have challenged it and sent Proof of delivery, but anyone had this experience before. Can I name the buyer here so others who sell on ebay can be cautious? 

My week ended with all of these lovely pieces. I said I would not be a collector. I said I would only stack CGT exempt silver and gold. I said I'm only in this for investment purposes only. Well, all that went belly up didn't it? 🙄 

This Forum is a great place with most helpful members. 
My thanks to Pete  for his assistance. 
My date run is now complete. 
 

Which auction and where was it held ?
So the winner pays a huge fee and the seller loses a chunk of change as well.
Trotters Independent Traders comes to mind.