For sale: 10g gold cube - page 3. | Bitcointalksearch.org

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Quote from: gkv9 on April 05, 2015, 05:36:33 AM

Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 05, 2015, 01:12:50 AM

... If someone is interested (well a Hero member did PM me interested in it) I will let it go. Other than that I will just wait to redeem it when the time comes as an available service by bitgold. That or turned into a piece of jewelry Cheesy

If you don't mind, can you just declare what are your expectations???
I mean, is this some kind of auction itself, and if yes, then what's the starting price???

The OP is asking for $380 including shipping. This is under the spot price.

Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 04, 2015, 01:16:33 AM

Quote from: digicoinuser on April 04, 2015, 01:13:57 AM

What are you looking to get for it?

$380 and I will pay shipping.

I have not personally heard of anyone selling gold/silver for below the spot price. Why wouldn't they just sell it for 'raw' gold for it to be melted down to be made into some other gold coin/bar/cube

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http://www.techvibes.com/blog/bitgold-2015-03-14

This article , If im reading it correctly, says that the individual pieces of gold have a unique number.....

OP, does your cube have that number which they are talking about.... Huh

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Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 05, 2015, 01:12:50 AM

... If someone is interested (well a Hero member did PM me interested in it) I will let it go. Other than that I will just wait to redeem it when the time comes as an available service by bitgold. That or turned into a piece of jewelry Cheesy

If you don't mind, can you just declare what are your expectations???
I mean, is this some kind of auction itself, and if yes, then what's the starting price???

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Quote from: TookDk on April 05, 2015, 02:44:37 AM

Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 05, 2015, 01:12:50 AM

Thanks for the advice Quick! If someone is interested (well a Hero member did PM me interested in it) I will let it go. Other than that I will just wait to redeem it when the time comes as an available service by bitgold. That or turned into a piece of jewelry Cheesy

Be careful, a hero member can be untrusted as well.
I have seen people trading hero accounts for prices well below your cube.
Remember to take trust rating and trade record into consideration.

Well the risk of getting scammed by a hero is somewhat mitigated by the fact that the OP will need to get the dox of whoever is buying from him as he needs a actual physical address to ship to. Although it would be advisable to only trade with someone with positive trust and with ah solid trading history as they will be less likely to try "anything"

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Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 05, 2015, 01:12:50 AM

Thanks for the advice Quick! If someone is interested (well a Hero member did PM me interested in it) I will let it go. Other than that I will just wait to redeem it when the time comes as an available service by bitgold. That or turned into a piece of jewelry Cheesy

Be careful, a hero member can be untrusted as well.
I have seen people trading hero accounts for prices well below your cube.
Remember to take trust rating and trade record into consideration.

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Quote from: Quickseller on April 05, 2015, 12:15:25 AM

If you won it then there is little reason to want to get rid of it efficiently so it would probably make sense for you to sell it for fiat and/or a coin dealer and then use that money to purchase Bitcoin via the currency exchange section - you may end up even getting more Bitcoin then if you sold it directly if you open a thread and can wait a day or two/three for a good deal.

The hassle would also be lower for you because you would not need to deal with shipping/packaging plus whoever you sell to will likely want to wait a good amount of time to either pay you or release escrow while they try to get the coin tested to make sure it is not any kind of fake.

Thanks for the advice Quick! If someone is interested (well a Hero member did PM me interested in it) I will let it go. Other than that I will just wait to redeem it when the time comes as an available service by bitgold. That or turned into a piece of jewelry Cheesy

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If you won it then there is little reason to want to get rid of it efficiently so it would probably make sense for you to sell it for fiat and/or a coin dealer and then use that money to purchase Bitcoin via the currency exchange section - you may end up even getting more Bitcoin then if you sold it directly if you open a thread and can wait a day or two/three for a good deal.

The hassle would also be lower for you because you would not need to deal with shipping/packaging plus whoever you sell to will likely want to wait a good amount of time to either pay you or release escrow while they try to get the coin tested to make sure it is not any kind of fake.

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Quote from: Quickseller on April 04, 2015, 11:57:56 PM

I see that their domain was registered in 2006 so I may be wrong on the shilling but it is still very dangerous to buy from an unknown site.

I hope you understand that there is a good reason for paranoia on here because of the large number of scam attempts often times them being very elaborate.

Sorry I can't help. I won the 10g of gold and just want to sell it. I have actual gold bullion and have had so for a number of years and from my own non expert opinion, there isn't anything I have noticed unusual about this 10g of gold from any of my standard bullion pieces. They also have a very public presence around the world at conferences and venture capitalist backing. I totally understand we see a lot of Bitcoin scams, but my "scam radar" doesn't go off from bitgold and the legitimacy of this 10g gold piece.

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I see that their domain was registered in 2006 so I may be wrong on the shilling but it is still very dangerous to buy from an unknown site.

I hope you understand that there is a good reason for paranoia on here because of the large number of scam attempts often times them being very elaborate.

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Quote from: Quickseller on April 04, 2015, 11:52:42 PM

Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 04, 2015, 11:34:23 PM

Quote from: TookDk on April 04, 2015, 07:31:32 PM

Does anybody (beside OP) have any experience with bitgold.com?
Read the homepage, the concept is great, but for obvious reason is trust an issue if dealing with this company.

They are a start up. Maybe reach out to the multiple venture capital companies listed on their website homepage?

It sounds like there is a good possibility that you are a shill for bitgold. I am going to speculate that you don't hope that anyone buys from you, but rather you are hoping that people see your thread and decide to buy from bitgold and receive either nothing or a fake.

I think if you look at my post history you will realize I am not trying to advertise them. First of all there is nothing to advertise yet as they are just doing giveaways right now as they ramp up for a launch. I would just sell the gold cube to them if they were open for business right now.

If I don't find a buyer before they open up registration on bitgold.com then I will just redeem it with bitgold. It's either sell it now or see what happens in the next few weeks or so.

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Quote from: EvBitcoinFan on April 04, 2015, 11:34:23 PM

Quote from: TookDk on April 04, 2015, 07:31:32 PM

Does anybody (beside OP) have any experience with bitgold.com?
Read the homepage, the concept is great, but for obvious reason is trust an issue if dealing with this company.

They are a start up. Maybe reach out to the multiple venture capital companies listed on their website homepage?

It sounds like there is a good possibility that you are a shill for bitgold. I am going to speculate that you don't hope that anyone buys from you, but rather you are hoping that people see your thread and decide to buy from bitgold and receive either nothing or a fake.

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Quote from: TookDk on April 04, 2015, 07:31:32 PM

Does anybody (beside OP) have any experience with bitgold.com?
Read the homepage, the concept is great, but for obvious reason is trust an issue if dealing with this company.

They are a start up. Maybe reach out to the multiple venture capital companies listed on their website homepage?

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Does anybody (beside OP) have any experience with bitgold.com?
Read the homepage, the concept is great, but for obvious reason is trust an issue if dealing with this company.

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Quote from: TookDk on April 04, 2015, 04:10:58 PM

Quote from: cyclops on April 04, 2015, 04:01:35 PM

The only problem is when you have to cut the coin in half in order to check that it is not made of tungsten... Cry

If you are going down the destructive route then is a small drill also an option.

There are alternative none-destructive routes (two first will only apply to governmental issued coins):
Ping-test (require experience)
Inspection (require experience)
X-RAY (require experience and equipment)
Ultrasound (require experience and equipment)

You can also do a specific gravity test in the mostly non-destructive list, though tungsten's specific gravity is close to gold's, so you need a highly accurate scale to be confident. Best used combined with the Ping Test, measurements, weight, etc.

In this case if I were considering buying this gold cube, I would probably contact BitGold and check their credentials and see what they have to say, and ask if they sold/gave one to OP.

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I think it's neat.

Would love to know the purity though.

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Can you not try to get them hallmarked?

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Quote from: cyclops on April 04, 2015, 04:13:59 PM

Great to know!

Add the option of just melting it and minting the coin again Tongue

Gold is gold, if you have real gold, then can you sell for close to spot price.

I don't know how it works in other countries, but in Denmark/Sweden, then can you send in your scrap gold at many Jeweler stores and get cash back within 2 weeks (as digicoinuser mentioned).
I believe they they just melt it and test the purity. They always discard the stones, so if you have a Jewel with a stone you might as well pick that one out your self.
They take coins as well, but you might as well go to a bullion dealer with your coin, then will you get cash in hand right away.

Some stores might reject you in the door if the metal is not stamped with the purity, I believe that is why Mark asked about that.

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Quote from: TookDk on April 04, 2015, 04:10:58 PM

Quote from: cyclops on April 04, 2015, 04:01:35 PM

The only problem is when you have to cut the coin in half in order to check that it is not made of tungsten... Cry

If you are going down the destructive route then is a small drill also an option.

There are alternative none-destructive routes (two first will only apply to governmental issued coins):
Ping-test (require experience)
Inspection (require experience)
X-RAY (require experience and equipment)
Ultrasound (require experience and equipment)

Great to know!

Add the option of just melting it and minting the coin again Tongue

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Quote from: cyclops on April 04, 2015, 04:01:35 PM

The only problem is when you have to cut the coin in half in order to check that it is not made of tungsten... Cry

If you are going down the destructive route then is a small drill also an option.

There are alternative none-destructive routes (two first will only apply to governmental issued coins):
Ping-test (require experience)
Inspection (require experience)
X-RAY (require experience and equipment)
Ultrasound (require experience and equipment)

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I would at least go to a Jeweler/Gold Buyer for an opinion, they may give you more. Wink

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