Re: gold chloride? (found, on ebay)

hey Christine,

i'm not sure if anyone's sent you a link to this yet, but here you go:

3g for $70.00 with buy it now, but it doesn't seem like anyone's bidding, so
you may get it for less if you're patient.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2976261831&category=29983

cheers,

steve

Quoting epona <acolyta@napc.com>:

> Thanks Judy, and Darryl.
>
> I couldn't get a human being on the phone at Engelhard. Waiting on a
> call back from them. Spoke to a gentlemen at Goldsmith who quoted me
> $110 per gram! When I told him I could get it for $40, he said "oh,
> you probably spoke to one of our distributors." Yikes. I'm hoping he
> was confused, because that's a ripoff. I ended up purchasing a gram
> from Artcraft Chemicals (http://www.artcraftchemicals.com) in
> Schenectady, NY for $30. The one gentleman that always seems to
> answer the phone is friendly and prompt. I like supporting small
> businesses. Will be keeping my eyes open on Ebay and if anyone else
> notices a good deal, lemme know.
>
> Thanks,
> Christine
>
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> "Crazy" is a term of art: "Insane" is a term of Law. Remember that, and
> you will save yourself a lot of trouble.
> ~ Hunter S. Thompson
>
>
> On Dec 30, 2003, at 12:22 AM, Judy Seigel wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, epona wrote:
> >> does anyone recommend a cheap source of gold chloride? the photo
> >> formulary has it going for $39.95 a gram and that seems like a lot. i
> >> remember judy saying once there was a much more inexpensive
> >> alternative.
> >
> > Last I heard Englehard in New Jersey (or possibly Goldsmith in Evanston
> > Il, or maybe both of them) was selling it for $8/gram, tho as i recall
> > there was some kind of minimum, possibly $100. It's been about 100
> > years
> > since I bought gold, so the details fade, but it's in P-F Sources and
> > Services under Precious Metals, tho I gather that nowadays browsers
> > are so
> > sophisticated they probaably take you right there.
> >
> > Or what about E-bay? Has anyone? I know a fellow who got silver nitrate
> > there, and someone else got uranium...
> >
> > Judy
>
>
Received on Tue Dec 30 12:39:29 2003