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Market => Rumor mill => Topic started by: Harmful Hits on August 31, 2013, 06:12 am
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Gold –
Gold is a fairly new seller it seems he is focusing primarily on doing cash in the mail for bitcoins. At this point in time I cannot use his cash in the mail for bitcoins services as I already have that covered so my review will not be going into detail about his cash for bitcoins services. I will be reviewing this vendor based on my communications and approx. $8,000 in purchases I have made in 2 separate orders.
First I would like to say that Gold is an outstanding seller and he has my respect. From our first communications gold was on point and answered in a timely fashion and this is a trend that has continued up to this date. I was a little bit nervous about making a purchase from gold especially considering the items I was interested in started at $1400 at that point in time. So I began by sending a few msges to gold and after speaking with him I had good vibes and I figured I would give it a shot.
As a hobby I collect gold coins and I am always on the look out for more, so naturally golds listings for 1oz gold coins caught my attention. The first time I saw his gold listings I had enough bitcoins for a few so I figured I would give it a shot. I messaged him my stats and he did say I had good enough stats to use the escrow system. Out of caution I use many different buyer accounts, because until a few days ago vendors could see the exact dollar amount I spent, not the $10000+ that it says now. So I get nervous at times and I try to keep my transaction amount just high enough so that I am credible with sellers but as low as I can just incase one day LE is looking at my stats.
So I placed an order with one of my user names but I wanted to keep my stats down so I also placed another order at the same time using a different buyer name and a different drop address. After placing the order I immediately became worried because on 1 user name, the one gold said I could use in escrow, I placed an order for 4 1oz gold coins and on the other one I placed an order for 2 1oz gold coins. I was really nervous because based on what his profile said my smaller order of 2 oz of gold wouldn’t be covered in escrow and he would ask me to finalize before shipping. Well I msged gold and I explained that I was both of those names and I asked if I could stay in escrow. He was very understanding and he allowed me to stay in escrow for both user names for my order of 6oz of gold. I was thrilled because in total I was being charged right around $8000. The gold was to be shipped express but there was some kind of mistake. Gold put my order in the mail right away but for some reason it didn’t show up using the tracking number for nearly 2 days and this was express. I didn’t msg Gold even though I realized that my package should of arrived. But Gold did msg me and he explained that everything was OK and that my order had been taken care of but there was some kind of mistake on the USPS side of things. So ok no worries, I waited and after about 3 days and my order had arrived. 4 excellent condition 1oz gold buffalo and 2 1oz gold eagle. I was definitely nervous about the possibility of receiving fake gold but I got good vibes from gold right from the start and that help put me at ease. When I got the coins and I held them together and examined them I felt like they were real and I was really happy. But as an added bonus gold threw in a free $24 gold tester which was really kick ass. He also gave me a free 1oz silver maple leaf which again, how kick ass is that. So in total gold gave me about $50 of free stuff on my 2 separate orders approx. value of $8000.
Great seller, gotta love the free stuff as well. Very professional of him to send a free gold tester as well. The orders did arrive a little slow but I saw the post mark and gold put them in the mail the same day he marked as transit but the USPS screwed up somehow. This guy is 100% legit and on point. He is so on point that when I saw his listings for African Krugarand 1oz gold coins I immediately contacted him about ordering 5. The prices are not exactly cheap, a few hundred over spot prices for gold but I am happy to trade bitcoins for gold. Gold said there is a discount on 5 krugarands so I am putting my coins aside and hoping to make another purchase of a few oz of gold shortly. But to anyone that is on the fence about making a purchase from gold I give him my recommendation.
A+ professionalism
A+ shipping speed
A+ product quality – gold doesn’t get much better than that haha!!
A+ communication
All around perfect transaction. A great addition to the SR community
Thanks gold – you’re a great seller and you will have my return business as soon as I get the coin up to make that purchase of 5 krugarands we spoke about in PMs. Thanks for my first 6oz of gold from you and as I stated in PMs I will also purchase 1oz platinum coins if you get them.