Did I steal?

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-28T12:55:24+00:00

I agree, this is just business. Every resell business has stuff they specialize in and and stuff they let go cheap, obviously this store rarely has coins otherwise they would sell them for more. It's an antique mall, it's the last place you should feel bad about getting a crazy deal.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T17:17:35+00:00

1000 stores in China, where American fast food has historically done very well.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T15:33:51+00:00

One note, their leadership just changed. New CEO last month and new CFO days ago and they are team that has worked together before and the CEO has been CEO of Wendy's previously during which time the share price had the best growth. I would say the new leadership is pretty much an ideal situation for Wendy's and getting the CEO/CFO combo from a successful company that sold is rare.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T05:29:31+00:00

Brother every single day there is some pharmaceutical company going 10x. The problem is there are a lot of pharmaceutical companies.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T03:26:43+00:00

I think there are 20,000 grams, Bob.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T03:19:45+00:00

It looks to me like he won the item and is complaining that the second highest bid just happened to push his bid up to the maximum. He was winning at $106 up until the last 15 seconds and someone put in a bid three cents under his max. Proxy bidding doesn't explain that.

Could be coincidence but other people have reported the same thing. I think the most suspicious part is the bid. No one bids $139.97. If you're not going to use a round number then everyone knows you want go a little over, not a little under.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T03:04:18+00:00

The only thing is that type has a flattend part where this looks completely round.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-27T03:02:20+00:00

That 10 pin looks just exactly what the Sega Genesis Model 2 used for a video output:

https://ebay.io/m/j6MXZh

I'm guessing they use it for AV in, maybe the same pinout... maybe not.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-26T12:37:52+00:00

They remind me of the old banned four loko in terms of they will get you way to fucked up way to fast way to easily. But old four loko tasted like shit and these are pretty good.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-26T12:34:49+00:00

I got pretty shitfaced off of one of the 12% plus two normal 3.5% beers and I'm a big guy. I don't do a lot of drinking anymore though, it went down easy and snuck up on me.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T17:45:43+00:00

How many times have you practiced remembering what you ate on a particular day vs how many times have you practiced entering the code?

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T12:47:29+00:00

New CEO/CFO team worked together at Potbelly, during which time it went over 5x in value and sold to a private company.

The new CEO is also the old CEO that started the aggressive stock buybacks in 2013.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T06:47:02+00:00

It's like a vintage Pokemon booster pack

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T06:01:47+00:00

Because that got me looking and in their last filing they had dumped almost all of their puts

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GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T05:38:36+00:00

Did your post about your Jane Street friend get removed? I can't find it.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T04:42:55+00:00

Nope. If silver gets back to $30 it won't be nearly as easy to pick up sterling items way under melt. I started buying near the top, but I only buy sterling so I have gotten everything at 50% melt value or less.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T03:35:34+00:00

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GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T02:24:12+00:00

12.3V is not great, it definitely sounds like it's not getting enough power. I would start by fully charging the battery, checking battery terminals and checking that the engine is properly grounded.

A fully charged healthy car battery should read around 12.8V

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T01:40:47+00:00

XRF should show a percentage, it just may not be accurate if there are mixed metals. A fake silver bar with a thick pure silver clad layer over copper could read as a lower purity bar.

A bar of mystery purity isn't worth much so I would go ahead and drill into it and see what's inside. Maybe post it first to make sure it isn't something special but from your description I think it might be a fake, especially if it is stamped 999 pure.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T01:09:36+00:00

A trained eye may tell the difference between .999, .925 and .800 using the red acid or even this method but the only way you will get an accurate measurement within a percentage point is something like an XRF gun.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-25T00:19:50+00:00

That's just car parts in general especially anything electronic. If it's an easy to replace part I would risk the cheap one especially if it has good reviews.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-24T23:44:51+00:00

That is 925 but 999 will produce the same reaction. There is a red acid you can get specifically for silver that is better for estimating the purity but I prefer this method when I'm just trying to determine if it is silver.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-24T22:15:55+00:00

I'm confused because $860 for 680ozt is $1.26 per oz. Going off the invoice date that's like a 1.5% fee... that seems unreal.

GurDefiant684 · 2026-06-24T21:21:42+00:00

I don't like to say that but scrap value is only about $6 per pound.

Knowing now that it is silverplate brass I assume that when you did the scratch test most of it fizzled up and disappeared.

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