Forget ebay as a source.
If you are going to try to buy from other than a recognized PM dealer, get some equipment to check the purity of the gold, like what a pawn shop uses. Sure, it is expensive, but getting scammed is a whole lot more expensive.
There are,maybe, a half a dozen PM dealers I would trust, but None are pawn shops or local dealers.
All PMs are always sold priced as to melt value unless you start paying a premium for collector value, the Kitco price is melt value, you pay a handling premium over that, it runs about $130 (or so) on an oz of gold. They will buy your gold for melt value, sometimes a little more.
Gold is NOT an investment, it is a store of wealth, nothing more.
Most accurate quote of the entire thread! Worthy of emphasis!
Exactly. Thanks for understanding my point. Some of the advice and snarky comments posted, I expected. It is, after all, freerepublic.
But comments such as yours are appreciated.