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I've purchased gold from them before via wire transfer and I will not be making anymore PM purchases via wire transfer. I felt like a terrorist the way my bank was interrogating me with the amount of questions they wanted to know about the transfer, absolute disgrace considering it was MY MONEY. Direct debit or cheque from now on for PM purchases. Thanks mate, think I'll send them an email about that

Thanks for the reply Wren. Do CoinsInvestDirect still have the best price for Silver? I wish they accepted direct debit

The Silver chart indicates that Silver has dropped quite a bit recently, I've read it's a good idea to buy in the lows.

I'm looking to buy some silver, would it be a good idea to place an order tonight before the BOE expected rate cut?

Thanks mate, I've learnt an incredible amount over the past few days on this forum. Wish I had of joined this forum some time ago!

Cheers ID5! I'm a complete novice when it comes to Gold & Silver and I've learnt so much over the past few days. My gut is telling me that fear is starting to grow really fast now and as time goes by more of the public will be want gold and silver as an insurance against TSHTF scenarios. I read Steves thread, excellent thread just like your thread. Think I'll go with 30% Silver 70% Gold Any advice on a good place to buy Silver at the moment? I was looking at coininvestdirect.com but I don't fancy the 17.5% VAT charge they have on silver

Thanks for the lengthy reply Steve! To be honest a few weeks ago I thought 20% would be a lot in PMs but now 50% looks like a better idea (Perhaps along with a big stock pile of food and any other essentials/bartering goods like cigarettes etc That may be a good idea about paying tax early, I'll look into that one for sure! I think like always, it boils down to DYOR and come to your own conclusions. Always nice to hear from those who are better informed than a newbie like myself on these issues so thanks.

This thread has been awesome, thanks so much Steve! I have a question that hasn't been asked. For those that are self employed what kind of measures can be taken for insurance in the event of a bank collapse? My understanding is that if your bank was to collapse you still owe the taxman his money (this worries me) So I'm just wondering if it would be a good idea to buy more than your recommended 10% in PMs to cover tax liabilities

id5 just wanted to say thank you for creating this thread, I've learned a lot Is there a rough figure for the margin on Silver and Gold that are paid for coins/bars at the moment? What would be a good Silver/Gold ratio to have