Posted: 12/17/2010 1:18:16 PM EDT
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/business/fl-gold-vending-machine-20101217,0,4105899.story 'What's being billed as the first gold-dispensing ATM in the nation opened for business Friday at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, spitting out an after-dinner mint-sized gold buillon into the palm of its first customer. The "Gold to go" gold buillon vending machine, developed by the Germany company Ex Oriente Lux AG, was brought to the states by PMX Gold LLC, a South Florida business that buys and sells lease purchase options on gold mines. Twenty GOLD to go ATMs already are operating in malls, hotels and airports in Europe and the United Arab Emirates. The first one installed, at the luxury Emirates Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi, is so popular that its inventory needs to be replenished daily, said Ex Oriente managing director Thomas Geissler. He believes the concept will be equally successful in upscale U.S. communities like Boca. "Americans like vending machines," he said. Another ATM will be unveiled in Las Vegas by the end of the month.  The shiny gold-colored metal box, about the size of a phone booth, is in the middle of the mall concourse leading to the food court. Buyers can chose from four weights of .999 Pure Credit Suisse gold buillon bars and two weights of U.S. minted American Eagle gold coins. Prices on Friday ranged from $122 to about $1,400, and are updated every 10 minutes to keep current with gold rates. The only takes U.S. dollars but will later be updated to take credit cards, said PMX president and CEO Michael C. Hiler.' video at link |
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Damn I was JUST in that mall this past weekend getting my wifes christmas presents and I have been wanting to buy gold anyways but am leary of online gold sellers but woulda hit this machine up for sure Why not just go to a reputable coin shop? I hate to think of what the premium is with these machines. |
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Damn I was JUST in that mall this past weekend getting my wifes christmas presents and I have been wanting to buy gold anyways but am leary of online gold sellers but woulda hit this machine up for sure Why not just go to a reputable coin shop? I hate to think of what the premium is with these machines. The best places to get US Gold bullion are on this list: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?action=lookup. Now is not the time to buy, unless you just plain want to have gold on hand... As an investment, now is a highly risky period to purchase, with almost guaranteed loss in value in the near future. TR85. |
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Damn I was JUST in that mall this past weekend getting my wifes christmas presents and I have been wanting to buy gold anyways but am leary of online gold sellers but woulda hit this machine up for sure Why not just go to a reputable coin shop? I hate to think of what the premium is with these machines. The best places to get US Gold bullion are on this list: http://www.usmint.gov/mint_programs/american_eagles/index.cfm?action=lookup. Now is not the time to buy, unless you just plain want to have gold on hand... As an investment, now is a highly risky period to purchase, with almost guaranteed loss in value in the near future. TR85. I would go to a "reputable" coin shop if I could find one but I ALWAYS get the "scumbag" vibe from any of the coin places down here by me in all honesty I realize that now is not the ideal time to purchase gold because of the fact that I have a feeling it is at or pretty damn near it peak price before it starts to either level out or go down in value, I honestly wish that I had jumped on the "gold bandwagon" when I was first looking into it and it was under 350 dollars an ounce as opposed to the 1370 or so an ounce it is currently at |
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"That mother fucker took my dollar and won't give it back"  It won't give it back because it gave you $1 worth of gold. The problem is finding that speck of dust in a big bin. Believe me, it's easier to find the gold when you blow enough bucks so it comes in a bar or coin form. 
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Quoted: Quoted: That is a sign the gold bubble is going to BURST. Gold is NOT an investment. Right now I would say doubtful, there is no safe place to invest your money at the moment. Keep in mind that the Chinese people love to put their money into gold and silver. I don't buy that. I've been earning very very very very good rates of return for the past several years.  Historically people who keep their money in the market and know what they are doing always end up ahead. It's the people who buy things because of hype or sell because of panic who lose their asses and claim nothing is safe. |
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I love the high five when it falls over 
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if inflation is 100% next year then the $ that you have saved will be cut in half from the value they had in 2010, if you buy gold/silver/food ect. then the value is saved as the stuff you bought is now x2 in price.
gold is a way to save the wealth you have now in the paper money by converting into something that is not paper. with the Fed reserve bank printing money to buy bonds from the US gov they are devaluing the paper money, inflation is here and you need to believe they are trying to keep this house of cards standing, |
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And on the flip side, these guys, Goldmans of Florida, are located in the same upscale mall and do a very brisk business.
It's sad to see so many people who never thought that they would ever have the need, sitting down in full public view to sell their gold jewelry to pay their bills. 
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Quoted: And on the flip side, these guys, Goldmans of Florida, are located in the same upscale mall and do a very brisk business. It's sad to see so many people who never thought that they would ever have the need, sitting down in full public view to sell their gold jewelry to pay their bills. http://www.goldmansofflorida.com/images/locations/town-center-boca.jpg |
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Quoted: It's sad to see so many people who never thought that they would ever have the need, sitting down in full public view to sell their gold jewelry to pay their bills. http://www.goldmansofflorida.com/images/locations/town-center-boca.jpg No dignity or apparent attempt at security. |
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This is it. Town Center is right behind my apartment, so I figured I'd do some recon for y'all. An ounce was $1475. http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/3127/img1200vh.jpg is that running on windows??? Unplug it and boot it up in safe mode with command prompt. 
ETA: any USB or network cable slots visible??? |