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Gold Prices Rally on Safe Haven Buying. gold hit a new record of £767

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  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Asheron wrote: »
    Harry, you're an Idiot.

    Some people care about others, and want to help people protect their savings.

    We are not all selfish like you. Not everyone thinks like you!

    Always posting complete and utter positives about one single asset is not helping others. In fact, it's detrimental to others. I'm all for people on this site promoting the benefits of investing in a certain asset, and I've learned a lot from people on the Savings and Investment Board about certain investments. But the reason I've learned a lot is because they come across as balanced, thoughtful and (best of all) not one hundred percent certain that they are right about everything. They are quick to point out that they could be wrong and why they feel this way. This is something you, Mr English, RDB and all the other gold and silver fans never, ever do. It makes me suspicious of your integrity.

    By always coming on here and constantly talking about investing in gold, without ever engaging in debate about the negatives, or even entertaining the idea that their could possibly be negatives, is a bit irresponsible in my humble opinion. It doesn't help anyone.

    You told me the other week that you invest 25% of your entire income in gold and silver and 80% of your entire savings / investment portfolio is gold and silver. That's your choice of course, but most people would see this as an incredibly risky and strange way to invest.
  • JonnyBravo
    JonnyBravo Posts: 4,103 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I live in Wales but my rental property is in London and I do maintenance myself so is there a mileage allowance for expenses?

    First he lives in Wales..... Seems he's not sure how to run his BTL though.... perhaps he hasn't got an accountant....
    Here in Japan (yes I live here as my name suggests)
    But hang on, now he lives in Japan?? Well perhaps he lives in both he is a property magnate after all.
    I am just turning 65 soon my wife is only 60, is my allowance about 9k total for both of us or each?

    I will start getting state pension soon and a small other pension less than state. I also will have about 200 per week profit coming in from rental properties.

    Oh.... £200/wk.... not such a magnate after all.... nice little pension for him though.... what with him being 65 and the wife 60
    My wife and I have a 1 year old and its looking like I may be losing my job after more than a decade. Company going bankrupt.

    Still got lead in the pencil and a remarkably fertile wife too. Not bad for 65 and 60.
    I have 2 BTL`s and am waiting for the prices and interest rates to come down to buy some more in the future.

    I have been talking to my accountant about the advantages of putting them all in a Ltd company instead of owning them outright.

    I am interested to know others experience and advice on this I know its a complicated area.

    But he does have an accountant? Surely he should be able to advise him on allowances for BTL? If he really has one that is?

    Then he's recently trumped it all with the disclosure that he's lost a shed load of cash by buying silver off e-bay which he was held to ransom over....
    http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...=#post30328737


    Like I said.... my favourite poster.
    Long live crazygaijin.... and his "mates"
  • Cleaver
    Cleaver Posts: 6,989 Forumite
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    Funnily enough I was milking the llamas with my 79-year old husband on our farm here in Tanzania just yesterday and was commenting to him that so many people on this forum seem to make up false stuff about their life.
  • Harry_Powell
    Harry_Powell Posts: 2,089 Forumite
    DiggerUK wrote: »
    Then go and make the same argument against the Independent Financial Advisers, those who really do ramp some zombie products to anybody who sends them a PM.

    Don't pick and choose which Spammers you attack. They are all scum.

    you're no better than they are, you offer a single investment idea and try to panic people into buying off you at extortionate rates. All spammers are scum, but you're the only ones in here.
    "I can hear you whisperin', children, so I know you're down there. I can feel myself gettin' awful mad. I'm out of patience, children. I'm coming to find you now." - Harry Powell, Night of the Hunter, 1955.
  • Harry_Powell
    Harry_Powell Posts: 2,089 Forumite
    Asheron wrote: »
    Harry, you're an Idiot.

    Some people care about others, and want to help people protect their savings.

    We are not all selfish like you. Not everyone thinks like you!

    You try to panic feeble minded people into buying silver at top-end prices via PM on a money saving website. You're the problem, not the solution.

    p.s. I know you, Digger, RDB and Mr.English are all the same people. It's laughable to have watched you log off one username and log on with another to respond to my posts. Green lights on, green lights off. lol. :rotfl:
    "I can hear you whisperin', children, so I know you're down there. I can feel myself gettin' awful mad. I'm out of patience, children. I'm coming to find you now." - Harry Powell, Night of the Hunter, 1955.
  • hi I have 196 grammes of gold .thinking of selling it.can you tell me am i better going to a jewellers or 1 of these ccompanies that advertise they buy gold? thank you
    mum "e" to the most perfect girl :Awho stood by me through it all nana to my beautiful grandson WLM 27.09.13:j
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  • Harry_Powell
    Harry_Powell Posts: 2,089 Forumite
    hi I have 196 grammes of gold .thinking of selling it.can you tell me am i better going to a jewellers or 1 of these ccompanies that advertise they buy gold? thank you

    http://www.taxfreegold.co.uk/webuyscrapgold.html
    "I can hear you whisperin', children, so I know you're down there. I can feel myself gettin' awful mad. I'm out of patience, children. I'm coming to find you now." - Harry Powell, Night of the Hunter, 1955.
  • Asheron
    Asheron Posts: 1,229 Forumite
    edited 19 May 2010 at 7:02PM
    LOL

    I am Mr English and Digger ?

    Busted!

    Why the hell would I have 3 usernames?

    If I have something to say I will say it, I don't need to pretend I am 3 other people.
    You try to panic feeble minded people into buying silver at top-end prices via PM on a money saving website. You're the problem, not the solution.

    p.s. I know you, Digger, RDB and Mr.English are all the same people. It's laughable to have watched you log off one username and log on with another to respond to my posts. Green lights on, green lights off. lol. :rotfl:
    As an investor, you know that any kind of investment opportunity has its risks, and investing in Stocks or Precious Metals is highly speculative. All of the content I post is for informational purposes only.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Contrary to some peoples views the global P.M. market is too big to ramp or manipulate anyway.

    Certainly,which is why all this apparant horror at alleged "manipulation" is really just a bunch of spivs whining cos they havn't made as much "profit" as they had hoped.

    They try to make out they are somehow different from those they accuse, but in reality they are just the same.

    A bunch of 'chancers' out for an easy buck !!!!
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
  • RDB
    RDB Posts: 872 Forumite
    edited 19 May 2010 at 8:11PM
    Can you please provide a link to bullion dealers who buy this second hand silver and yet still add in the 17.5% VAT to their purchase price, even though they don't have to?

    You know as well as I do if you sell to a dealer they will only give you a lot less than its worth.

    Its very easy to sell bullion.

    A good example is selling something like a car, boat or caravan. Yes you could take it to a dealer and they will give you something for it.

    But you know they will give you a lot less than its worth.

    Why not just advertise it and sell it yourself.
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