Like most people, I started the same way — watching the live gold and silver charts, wanting to protect what I earned and put it somewhere real. I’d go to the big metal websites, pick out an ounce or two, and then reality would hit.
Pawn shops offering well under spot on silver and hundreds under spot on gold. Online marketplaces where you’re forced to learn how to become a dealer, meet strangers, ship high value packages, and hope nothing goes wrong …