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Robbers Make Off with $750,000 in Silver Bars (from private residence)
resourceinvestor ^ | Published 2/23/2011 | Roman Baudzus

Posted on 02/23/2011 5:21:57 PM PST by dennisw

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To: dennisw

That is why any sane person would give his millions in silver BARS, in confidence (of course) to their ATTORNEY a member of the American BAR Association, or a FINANCIAL ADVISOR to keep for them until they want them back.
It’s just that easy.


21 posted on 02/23/2011 5:44:20 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One of my all time favorites!


22 posted on 02/23/2011 5:44:45 PM PST by GoDuke
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To: nkycincinnatikid

Easy Breezy!


23 posted on 02/23/2011 5:45:06 PM PST by nkycincinnatikid
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To: Joe 6-pack

Coulda sold the bulky silver for gold, maybe that much gold would have gone in a safe deposit box or two?

Too bad for this guy, maybe they will catch the perps.


24 posted on 02/23/2011 5:45:11 PM PST by Gasshog (going to get what all those libs asked for, but its not what they expected.)
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To: ml/nj

Years ago when I was in public TV, we moved buildings and after a couple of months it was decided all those stage weights left behind were needed after all.

Me and the lighting director moved a couple of van loads that day. I said this is why no one will rob Fort Know and he said the money would be needed to pay for the phyical therapy and chiropractors.


25 posted on 02/23/2011 5:45:40 PM PST by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: dennisw
The victim is now wondering who could have provided the intruders with hints about the silver bars stored at his house. Friends, neighbours and relatives are the main suspects. Someone might have mentioned something to the wrong people, thereby letting the burglars find out about the silver bars, or they might have been informed by a third party.

"A wise man keeps his own counsel."

Only one person to blame here.


26 posted on 02/23/2011 5:46:14 PM PST by Iron Munro ("Our country's founders cherished liberty, not democracy." -- Ron Paul)
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To: dennisw

There are downsides to investing in gold. This is one of them. If you leave it with the broker, then you’re taking risks with them.


27 posted on 02/23/2011 5:46:55 PM PST by Brilliant
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To: dennisw

"They'll never find my silver!"

28 posted on 02/23/2011 5:48:19 PM PST by Joe 6-pack (Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
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JPM desperately tries to scare the silver out of longs with a story about the bogeyman.


29 posted on 02/23/2011 5:53:38 PM PST by Milhous (Lev 19:18 Love your neighbor as yourself.)
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To: dennisw

Pretty much the same goes for those having gun vaults,
when they put the gun to your wifes head or childrens
or yours....are you still going to say no?

Small units descretely hidden and keep your own council.


30 posted on 02/23/2011 5:58:42 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dennisw

If you’re going to store your precious metals portfolio in your own home, you must include enough lead and brass to protect the gold and silver.


31 posted on 02/23/2011 6:01:17 PM PST by cc2k ( If having an "R" makes you conservative, does walking into a barn make you a horse's (_*_)?)
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To: dennisw

“Friends, neighbours and relatives are the main suspects.”

So he told basically everyone he knew that he had the silver?


32 posted on 02/23/2011 6:03:58 PM PST by HEM
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To: dennisw

1465 lbs.!?!?!

Something’s fishy here.....

I’m not sure I’d fall for the “fake uniform” ruse....

1-It shouldn’t be too hard to notice the difference.
2-If you have that big a stash, you should be sufficiently suspicious to tell them you’d be happy to schedule an appointment, because you’re busy.
3- I’ve never had 2 cops show up at my door...even for loud parties in my younger years.
4-For all of the gun slingers here, it’s pretty tough to get used to packing, as you’re running around the house.
5-The “Keep your mouth shut” advice is well placed!


33 posted on 02/23/2011 6:04:27 PM PST by G Larry
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One of our neighbors when I was a kid collected silverware as an investment, and he had lots of it. Left on vacation, but not before giving the keys to the cross-the-street neighbors who had a couple of worthless kids. When they came back from vacation, it was all gone. He died about six months later.

The good news is, one of the punks died of an overdose a couple of years later, and the last I heard the other one was in prison for an unrelated crime.

34 posted on 02/23/2011 6:12:30 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum ("If they bring a knife to the fight, we bring a gun." -- Barry Soetoro, June 11, 2008)
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To: dennisw

The safe company? The company that sold the silver? His kids?


35 posted on 02/23/2011 6:16:21 PM PST by madison10
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To: dennisw

So what’s his Freeper handle?


36 posted on 02/23/2011 6:18:38 PM PST by Ramius (Personally, I give us... one chance in three. More tea?)
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To: ml/nj
1500 lbs will make your pick~up truck ride like a Cadillac! Really not that much weight to move.
37 posted on 02/23/2011 6:22:34 PM PST by goodtomato (I'm really, really blessed!)
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To: G Larry
I’m not sure I’d fall for the “fake uniform” ruse....

That's what happened at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 21 years ago next month (the statute of limitations has expired).

The perpetrators of the 1929 St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago also used the police ruse to get the drop on their victims.

38 posted on 02/23/2011 6:23:54 PM PST by cynwoody
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To: dennisw

$750K?

Should have buried it in a block of concrete.


39 posted on 02/23/2011 6:25:46 PM PST by Vendome
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I just Kelly’s Heroes the other night.

Still funny.


40 posted on 02/23/2011 6:26:31 PM PST by Vendome
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