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Korbin Dallas
12th September 2011, 06:33 PM
http://i1214.photobucket.com/albums/cc487/KorbenDallas1/PiggyBankSpecialExtended.jpg



Regular price is 22 FRN's, I'll be keeping my mercs.

Dogman
12th September 2011, 06:37 PM
Some here may like it.

But what is shown in the op is predatory and at least for me is just not right.

Ponce
12th September 2011, 06:42 PM
Same here, give silver for nothing...........

Korbin Dallas
12th September 2011, 07:18 PM
Some here may like it.

But what is shown in the op is predatory and at least for me is just not right.

That was my first thought, most sheeple have no idea what real money is worth.

BrewTech
12th September 2011, 07:35 PM
That was my first thought, most sheeple have no idea what real money is worth.

If they don't get it by now, they never will, IMO. Anybody who gets taken in by the "deal" in the OP deserves to get taken.

If this were a year or two ago, I might call it predatory, but if you don't get the "old coins were made of silver" reality in late 2011... well, sucks to be you.

Twisted Titan
12th September 2011, 07:38 PM
A fool.and there money will always part ways soon enough

milehi
12th September 2011, 07:48 PM
I wouldn't fish either of those "lakes", even if it was free. (stocked trout with lesions)

JJ.G0ldD0t
13th September 2011, 05:16 AM
Assholes...

That is unethical.

Spectrism
13th September 2011, 05:40 AM
I don't think it is unethical. I think it is dumb marketing, but if they keep doing it, it must mean that it is working.

People throw away all sorts of valuable things. Think about this for a moment and detach yourself from emotional silver values. People work for their FRNs. They put value in them. They throw them away on cheap crap from China in Walmart or Dollar stores. Typically the junk they buy ends up in the landfill. Still others actually bring their money to casinoes! And look at the hoards of fools paying for sporting events tickets. $120 spent on a ball game could buy 2 silver rounds and 20 pounds of rice.

What this shows us is that people have different values. Those who seek instant self-gratification will suffer later. I am willing to delay gratification for a greater gain. My sacrifice today while some slob is eating hotdogs and coke at a ball game that won't mean anything.

Awoke
13th September 2011, 07:17 AM
I can't see the video posted in the OP, but I want to tag this thread because I am curious.

horseshoe3
13th September 2011, 07:38 AM
I sell raw milk for $3.50 OR 1 silver quarter. At the time I set the price, buying with silver got you a discount. Not my fault silver went up.

If anyone complains about a price increase (in FRNs), I tell them that I still accept silver coinage at the same rate as I always have.

Joe King
13th September 2011, 07:44 AM
The only way pricing in 90% works at all is by appealing to those who have no clue as to its real worth.
If anyone went to purchase 90% in order to use it it such a situation, they would not end up using it in such a situation.

solid
13th September 2011, 08:55 AM
People throw away all sorts of valuable things. Think about this for a moment and detach yourself from emotional silver values. People work for their FRNs. They put value in them. They throw them away on cheap crap from China in Walmart or Dollar stores. Typically the junk they buy ends up in the landfill. Still others actually bring their money to casinoes! And look at the hoards of fools paying for sporting events tickets. $120 spent on a ball game could buy 2 silver rounds and 20 pounds of rice.
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Indeed. Also, most of the truly enjoyable things are actually free. It's like our society puts more value into something just because you have to pay for it.

This is a perfect example. Why pay $22, or silver, to fish in a lake? There's plenty of lakes through out our country where you can fish without being charged admission.

Joe King
13th September 2011, 09:04 AM
Indeed. Also, most of the truly enjoyable things are actually free. It's like our society puts more value into something just because you have to pay for it.It does. Check this out.
Expensive Wine is Better… Or is it? (http://cheapwineratings.com/2008/01/15/expensive-wine-is-better%e2%80%a6-or-is-it/)
In the study (http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0706929105v1?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=wine&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&resourcetype=HWCIT), recently published by the National Academy of Sciences, researchers told participants that they would be tasting five different Cabernet Sauvignons. Using functional MRI, the researchers measured neural indicators of pleasantness which showed that subjects experienced higher levels of “flavor pleasantness” when they were told that wines were more expensive.
In reality, the subjects were given only three different Cabernets. Two of them were presented twice, at different price levels. A $90 bottle of wine was presented at both its original price and at a $10 price level, and a $5 wine was presented at its original price and a $45 price level.
In both cases, the testers’ brains showed higher levels of pleasure at the higher price point than at the lower price point.

Seems lots of people are price snobs. lol



This is a perfect example. Why pay $22, or silver, to fish in a lake? There's plenty of lakes through out our country where you can fish without being charged admission.Because many people often assume that if you're having to pay for something it must be worth it.

joboo
13th September 2011, 04:00 PM
Indeed. Also, most of the truly enjoyable things are actually free. It's like our society puts more value into something just because you have to pay for it.

This is a perfect example. Why pay $22, or silver, to fish in a lake? There's plenty of lakes through out our country where you can fish without being charged admission.

Does this guy know his audience or what eh?

The dummy filter is on double duty with this situation. Up one side, and down the other.

Awoke
13th September 2011, 06:22 PM
OK, I finally got to see the add. No big deal IMO. It was blocked at work by our filters.

muffin
13th September 2011, 08:02 PM
OK, I finally got to see the add. No big deal IMO. It was blocked at work by our filters.

I just took a crap and scrubbed my teeth. Going to bed now. Thanks for your twitter response to my "just ate dinner, yummy". Carry on.

Awoke
14th September 2011, 05:26 AM
I was just posting my opinion on it because some of the members here were freaking about, calling it predatory, unethical and whatever else. I don't agree and I wanted to voice that opinion.

But thanks for being a sarcastic bitch about it.

mick silver
14th September 2011, 07:30 AM
we still have people come in are store and pay in old silver coins . why would i tell them if there this f dumb

Joe King
14th September 2011, 07:45 AM
we still have people come in are store and pay in old silver coins . why would i tell them if there this f dumbProbably no one would. lol

The only ones I'd tell are friends. In fact, just last night a friend was amazed when I told him what the old silver quarter he got in change was actually worth right now. Approx 30x, right?

The way I figure, if someone doesn't care enough to even want to know what he's spending while getting what he wants, I say there goes a happy customer. lol

JJ.G0ldD0t
15th September 2011, 05:22 PM
I don't think it is unethical. I think it is dumb marketing, but if they keep doing it, it must mean that it is working.

People throw away all sorts of valuable things. Think about this for a moment and detach yourself from emotional silver values. People work for their FRNs. They put value in them. They throw them away on cheap crap from China in Walmart or Dollar stores. Typically the junk they buy ends up in the landfill. Still others actually bring their money to casinoes! And look at the hoards of fools paying for sporting events tickets. $120 spent on a ball game could buy 2 silver rounds and 20 pounds of rice.

What this shows us is that people have different values. Those who seek instant self-gratification will suffer later. I am willing to delay gratification for a greater gain. My sacrifice today while some slob is eating hotdogs and coke at a ball game that won't mean anything.


I wonder Spec...

WWJD?

Seriously.

gunDriller
15th September 2011, 07:06 PM
if they're paying 22x face when melt is 30x face, they're not ripping people off that bad.

what strikes me about the economy now is that we are in a "salvage" mode - living off the resources accumulated when energy was cheap & plentiful and manufacturing was strong.

like the whole economy is becoming more & more like a rummage sale.

whether it's $1 in old silver coins from someone's dresser drawer or attic, or the equivalent (maybe 7 or 8 pounds of copper from a scrap bin in the basement) ... eventually there's less & less to rummage.

sort of like living off the bread crumbs from when the economy was strong.

nothing wrong with it but ... eventually the crumbs get eaten - and then what ?

Joe King
15th September 2011, 07:10 PM
and then what ? ?Ummm, no more free ride on the coattails of past production?