Richard, Rarebird, Loren, Bob Johnson and other loveable gold "nuts," I bring you a piece of interesting news.
As many of you know, 10 years ago, I wrote a small gold recycling book about finding gold above ground for $20 an ounce cost (which is still in print and getting ready to come out in CD format). As the result of my publisher's consistently running website on AOL wherein this book of mine is advertised for sale, a man with an Arabic sounding name and spelling claiming to be a private gold investor fund manager, reached out to me, O/49r through my publisher, with a GOLD TENDER OFFER TO PURCHASE. This indication of willingness to buy had our Sunday night's 10/15/2000 time stamp on it.
Not only was I suprised to learn of this outreach forwarded to me by Pen Press, I was also surprised to see the amount of 3-9's fine hallmarked kilo's they were interested in purchasing from me. I thought this unusual outreach and size of inquiry would be of interest to this thread.
Said fund manager was soliciting my bid commitment to sell to him and his little group, 5 metric tonnes of gold weekly to them, for the next 6 months.
One of you GATA-Abouts might want to get this little tidbit to you know who.
Why in the world they think I'd sell to them indicates to me the possibility that there is indeed a desparate search for that kind of quantity from others who don't believe "gold is dead."
Could have been a prank/crank email, I suppose. However, all the certifications etc, that they were requiring to accompany my "bid" were certainly for real and legit accoutrement.
Comment anyone?
O/49r |
