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To: E. Charters who wrote (90110)	9/27/2002 4:31:13 PM
From: IngotWeTrust	Respond to of 116836

My 2 proprietary sources are just that...proprietary, and they will stay that way. I have a ZERO cost and a reliable supplier in one of the two source streams. No concern re: required observers during destruction phase. I'll leave it at that. The other is based upon what you would call "base metal credits" applications at the output end. Nothing new there. You state: If that is what you are selling and not the tech of how to process it, then I would say lots of people should be lining up at you door... RESPONSE: ERRRRRRIC: What I sell is the gold output from recycling. The sales of published materials regarding what I do is a business model which basically sprang from me getting tired of answering questions from the door liner-uppers...which I just said the same o' same o to each and everyone who were in various stages of seeking answers as they pursued the vision, whether they caught the vision from me or from ebay or from some CNBC story or from whatever source. Sure, I am a profit participating partner, but that is standard in the publishing industry--it is called the royalty biz model. I'm not the primarily player nor impetus behind that publishing business model. Don't need to be. It is basically a royalty interest biz model, which is far removed from the gold recycling business model upon which I focus and derive both income and great pleasure pursing. I'm flattered as hell, someone took what I call "template answers" which I've stored on my hard drive and seen that as a profit center in their own life, and do the heavy lifting and kick me some of the financial rewards for THEIR hardwork, vision and publishing biz model execution. I do not sell the "tech of how to process it." There is no mystery to how to process it. Gold is gold, and host matrix is host matrix. That is neither mysterious nor hocus pocus. I don't do microbes, and I've only dabbled in resins. Other than that, this is pretty boring stuff, the how to process it part, and frankly the part of my hard drive that contains the most questions from people, I'll grant you. RE: getting people to beat down my door... I get my share o that inquiry, but the disbelief quotient is high, and that is to my advantage. That is one major reason why I do not worry about competition for sourcings. I've been at this so long, there are many cost free "donations" to keep it interesting and interrupt the processing circuit with new supply, but so be it. NEITHER securing nor courting inquiries is where it is "at" for me. As you well know, even in your business model, Eric, most inquiries are time-wasters and just get in the road , delaying deadlines and project completions. Hence my "13 years of template answers" file...at least the ones I feel like answering. You'd be surprised how I can spot the sincere from the dufuses after all these years. And thank god for Nancy, my internet sec'y and screener. Couldn't live without that "girl-Friday." I've answered the "why I tell people [about gold recycling] for money" as you put it, and on many prior occasions. What I've been shown is this: someone showed me people will pay to learn about it, and I receive a royalty. Since the topic is gold, it is more believable if it is charged for. Wierd but it works. It is not believeable if it is for free. This is a simple marketing truth as it was explained to me by those who have degrees in marketing many years ago. They have a name for it, and I forget what they call it, but it loosely translates to "snob niche marketing" or something like that. All I know is that it works just like the consultants said it would. wrt: "Hatchet swinging wounded animal?" Geeze, did I hit and wound you at some point? wrt: "Deal with objections like a pro-sales person?" WRONG. Just what kind of "professional sales person do I need to be to sell 24K gold throughput? AND furthermore, just WHO is objecting to my low cost/high sales/RoR reality that I need to "deal with?" You again have the wrong business model. I'm not in a "pro-sales" biz model... I'm in cheap, gold reycling waste stream acquisition and throughput biz model. I have sources, I have throughput, I have sales, I have low costs. It is sweet, it is repeatable, it is sustainable, and I love doing it. You have a fluctuating royalty stream ancillary income mixed up with my PRIMARY gold recycling business model focus. Try to see/get that, Eric...then we can continue this "inquiring Erics want to know" inquisition at your leisure.