Gold

ausjack · July 29, 2015, 09:10:23 PM

Quote from: 'Unicorn' pid='76517' dateline='1438122166'Gee that's a beaut article AJ!!!

(The picture above of Fulvio's place isn't to bad either :laugh2: ).

:dodgy: You know the slack bastard won't even give me a tour..come on, how much can I carry :blush2: :angel:

Robster · July 30, 2015, 07:46:52 AM

Probably more than usual.! :angel:

Pedro · July 30, 2015, 12:03:34 PM

It's all those garbage bins that you've got that worry him AJ! :laugh2:

Pedro

Fulvio · July 30, 2015, 02:55:31 PM

Quote from: 'Pedro' pid='76599' dateline='1438223614'It's all those garbage bins that you've got that worry him AJ! :laugh2:

More that he showed up with a B-Double and a forklift.

ausjack · July 30, 2015, 07:57:57 PM

yes you might be surprised at what I can get my hot little hands on :laugh2:

JeffH · September 03, 2020, 07:30:32 AM

Possibly it just slipped his mind and he forgot to mention it on form C 1336 "Declaration of Departing Passengers", H M Customs and Excise.

Gold bars worth $1.5m found in passenger's lunch box in UK

gweidion · September 03, 2020, 09:41:37 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='123172' dateline='1599084032'Possibly it just slipped his mind and he forgot to mention it on form C 1336 "Declaration of Departing Passengers", H M Customs and Excise.

Gold bars worth $1.5m found in passenger's lunch box in UK

Which goes to show if you are a criminal carrying gold you need to be able to prove you have the means of earning it legally. Bring on the accountants.

nealeffendi · September 04, 2020, 09:15:25 AM

Considering that he was not charged there is insufficient evidence of a crime. Indeed there may not have been any crime/criminal intent involved. The guy was travelling to Dubai, that quantity of gold is a piddling amount compared to the daily turnover in the gold souqs of the middle east. That he didn't declare it may have been a lapse of judgement, an oversight or part of a security protocol (when I carry anything of value I don't let strangers know what I have). I work in security, I follow the reports of thefts in international travel and there are hundreds of thefts every day in the US by TSA staff. Even if the UK staff are a cut above the yanks would you risk letting them know you have gold bars and possibly have a bar go walkabout as they distract you?

gweidion · September 04, 2020, 12:16:11 PM

I wouldn't be traveling in the States carrying gold. In fact I wouldn't be traveling in the States, period.

JeffH · April 06, 2022, 07:08:21 PM

Now that is not a run of the mill job. And an all expenses paid trip to London included.
A golden audit - RBA to check on its $6 billion in bullion

Nevol · April 07, 2022, 08:41:16 AM

Quote'I gather not all the bars belong to us':

Comment in 1999 by the Queen when viewing the gold bars held at the Bank of England

seedyrom · April 07, 2022, 08:05:05 PM

I was always partial to Martyn Poliakoff's video inside the vault.

https://youtu.be/CTtf5s2HFkA

For such a "rare" place to get inside, there sure are a lot of videos on YouTube inside the Bank of England's gold vault

gweidion · April 08, 2022, 03:06:14 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='126216' dateline='1649237901'Now that is not a run of the mill job. And an all expenses paid trip to London included.
A golden audit - RBA to check on its $6 billion in bullion

I still think they should be bringing it home to Australia.

notcb · April 08, 2022, 03:23:03 PM

Quote from: 'gweidion' pid='126224' dateline='1649396174'
Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='126216' dateline='1649237901'Now that is not a run of the mill job. And an all expenses paid trip to London included.
A golden audit - RBA to check on its $6 billion in bullion

I still think they should be bringing it home to Australia.

That's a bloody heavy lunch box - would be about 20 Kg in A$ worth! (That's about 8 house bricks worth)

Cheers

Peter (notcb)