I don't think this would be a very safe transaction, even with the use of escrow. Even if a buyer was able to sufficiently detect if this is real gold or not (I would think that most people are not) then there is a very high chance there will be some kind of dispute that the escrow will need to mediate and physical goods are difficult to escrow when both of the parties are not reputable because it is very difficult to tell who is telling the truth and to evaluate how credible evidence that both parties present
What do you recommend then? I do feel like I am in a different situation as I own one of the only in circulation bitgold.com 10g cubes at the moment.
I am not sure if places like ANACS are able to grade a gold cube, but if they are then getting it graded would help with making a sale more safe for both parties as the grading service would be able to verify what
coin cube that is in their sealed holder, even if it gets a poor grade. Other options involve selling to a coin dealer and/or very highly trusted members of the forum who are trusted enough so that you would be willing to send the cube first for them to inspect and verify that it is intact what you claim it to be, and once verified they can pay you a previously agreed upon price.
Bitgold can vouch for the gold cube for me as well. I can speak to any potential buyers via private message about that. The gold cubes are also going to be redeemable and have the ability to be stored with Bitgold.
All that bit gold can potentially do is tell a potential buyer of yours that you did in fact buy gold from them. They have zero way of knowing for sure that what you send your buyer is in fact what was purchased from them.
I may be open to sending first to a very trusted user if that is the case, but I think I would still like for the bitcoin to be transferred to a third party prior to me shipping.
It should only be a very trusted party that you ship first to. Like I said if you use escrow, there is a very good chance for a dispute and more likely then not the escrow is not going to have enough information to make an informed decision as it is hard to tell what evidence is legit when dealing with physical goods
What are you looking to get for it?
$380 and I will pay shipping.
You are selling for below the spot price (~1209 per once, ~$423 per 10 ounces). This is a huge red flag and only strengthens my above concerns
they must be a scam site if that is the case. 