Q. What kind of used car saleman wants you to buy his clunker without even being allowed to turn over the engine or take a ride around the block?
A. A scam artist.
Gold has been tested in dire straits for 6000 years and passed every time. See Germany, 1930s for the latest example.
Q: What kind of person doesn't learn from history?
A: He that is doomed to repeat it.