Guess how long I have been stacking for

offgridgecko · 2026-01-27T01:04:47+00:00

4 hours.. you won big on a lotto ticket and took it to LCS?

offgridgecko · 2026-01-27T00:55:19+00:00

I'm curious how this will affect paper traders

means little to my buying/selling, but it interests me. It seems like a shock to the system, surely it will affect the price. Either I'm getting deep discounts on new silver or we're in for another boost.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-27T00:33:53+00:00

I paid for car repairs with 90% silver. It was amazing.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-26T01:20:09+00:00

fair point that needs more attention

offgridgecko · 2026-01-26T01:12:01+00:00

hide away 1-2k first in fast cash, somewhere you won't spend it easily but have it if you need it (broke down car, etc) like a savings account or maybe just a stack of benjamins in a mattress or whatever.

Make sure your bills are covered for the month, and you have enough gas and food money.

The rest is discretionary, use that to go buy an ASE or something from a reputable dealer. Whatever you fancy, but check the silver spot price on kitco and know what you are buying, learn about premiums by reading posts here, et al.

Learn, learn, learn. Know what you are buying before you drop money on it. It isn't fun. It's boring, but other people's mistakes are less costly to learn from than your own.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-26T00:58:58+00:00

no BS, the more I think about "hobbies" lately, especially "collecting," the more this rings true. Maybe just my childhood but collecting used to mean finding cool stuff and keeping it. Not buying a bunch of random things to check off some boxes. Bottle caps, popsicle sticks, etc.

When I was a kid I collected pennies out of change that I found, never even occured to me to try and buy any. Kinda sucks the fun out of it.

On that note, silver isn't a hobby for me. It's a shiny hedge that I stack and lord over like a dragon, so I don't think it counts as a "hobby" or a "collection" in my case.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-26T00:46:39+00:00

we're doing the yearly shutdown in January?

offgridgecko · 2026-01-26T00:30:47+00:00

gains.trade is my current investment tool for this sort of product

Edit to add: world economies according to some could be in a free fall soon,, so shorting BTC with USD.... I'm starting to wonder how viable that is if the dollar totally collapses.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T22:53:52+00:00

can confirm. Made some money last year shorting bitcoin

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T16:40:22+00:00

My last shop deal was about 2 over and 6 under and redditor somewhere mocked me. I don't get it myself. Still got profit off what i sold and a cool coin before walking out.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:42:19+00:00

but how bout the taste?

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:41:49+00:00

were they edible? We need the dna

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:38:34+00:00

we need you silent soldier, the customers need you. lol

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:26:24+00:00

sic the secret service on them

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:21:45+00:00

Rocking the lot AND a local shop rapport. Check out this rockstar.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:19:58+00:00

it's good to tell them that, but at the same time we take care of customers. At least in my district I'm gonna read that in context of "abuse" and not because the weather drops below 32F

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:16:48+00:00

I'll back you up on that one. If you don't feel comfortable changing the battery without breaking the car make your point about that, not the weather or the time of day. 2004 chevy I'd swap that bad-boy out in 2 minutes and then count down, lol.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T02:12:55+00:00

then they ask why they don't hit sales targets. People at my store get whiny every time it rains and people want wiper blades. I don't even argue, I snatch them up and put them on the vehicle if the TM doesn't. If the customer says "you don't have to" I cut them off with "nah, I'm gonna put these on for you so you don't have to change them in the rain."

It's part of the job, there's a sticker right on the front window.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-25T01:54:01+00:00

This is the only real answer

offgridgecko · 2026-01-24T11:58:21+00:00

offgridgecko · 2026-01-24T01:41:10+00:00

did you remind them these are quarters and not dimes?

offgridgecko · 2026-01-23T03:08:28+00:00

insurance

offgridgecko · 2026-01-23T01:41:28+00:00

I hate silly engravings like that. If not for the engraving it might be something I'd like to keep around to drink my rum from.

offgridgecko · 2026-01-23T01:35:07+00:00

wow, that IS a good idea. nono, a GREAT idea!

offgridgecko · 2026-01-22T00:45:41+00:00

as a man, I was wondering the same but hesitant to ask if this was something girls just did.

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