Suspicious as hell, as other users have already pointed out.

Lets see some pictures please, along with a note with your forum username and the current date - and if the gold is hallmarked with the 24ct purity stamp, or 999, then a close up of that would be great as well.

All of that said, you will not get "a deal done ASAP". Escrow will be mandatory for a new user like yourself. I suggest taking this gold to a pawn shop, you will get instant cash. If you want bitcoins, you can then use those funds to buy from an exchange.

Good luck

All good bud Its the rolls of chips that are the cause of the delay, not the sets. That said, if they ship them sooner, then that would be awesome for everyone. The moment they arrive with me, they will be forwarded to MJ.

Cheers.

The order has been placed. There is one payment of 0.06 BTC outstanding.

This order will only ship on December 12th according to the store page when ordering.

Thanks all.

Thanks guys, received

Just 2 payments outstanding now. I will be making the order shortly.

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There will be a next time digi I am just not sure that there will be any of these 6 Chip Sets Left :-/ I may have one spare, I'll give you a shout in a few days.

Highest bid by TMAN!

Still too cheap

0.25

That is one fine set of Kialara's, Michail. Damn. They won't hang around long.

When you take the time involved in managing these group buys into account, you are quite right, we don't. As mentioned already, these are arranged to help the community here who are unable to buy these items themselves. There has been someone asking for a breakdown of the 0.06 BTC per person, hence my post. Anyone who is not happy about the charge is free to request a refund, but this will then mean that everyone else will have that bit more to pay.. 

Thanks

To anyone wondering why there is a charge of 0.06 BTC per person, this is the breakdown.

There is just 8 of you in this Group Buy, and the more people involved, the cheaper it is for everyone concerned. With just 8, this means that you will be paying more than usual, I am afraid.

*Total Shipping Costs - 0.48 BTC

FedEx from BTCC: 0.24 BTC (see picture)
Reshipping Fee split between the UK reshipper and minerjones: 0.1 BTC
VAT/Customs Duty/48hr Express Courier Service to the USA: At least 0.1 BTC total, likely more.

Anything remaining from the 0.14 BTC will be refunded between all participants. The last 2 times these orders were made, the reshipper actually used his own fee to cover some of the VAT, as the amount charged to participants was not enough. These group buys are not done to make money off of people, these are done to help people who are unable to order themselves.



Thought this post would help clear up the reasoning for the 0.06 BTC per person.

Thanks

Reserve has been removed? Okay then... 0.05 BTC

Hey bitkilo,

The last few 2015 Kialara 1 BTC Silvers I sold went for around 0.7 BTC each.

Hope this helps I do not have any left for sale unfortunately, they sold out quite quickly.

Cheers

Post for Shipping Payments Received

0.48 BTC Received.

Everyone has paid. Thank you all.

Zepher

That really is the craziest thing.. the brass ones were indeed made by a car wash token manufacturer - hence them being so cheap to produce and sell. The security of these coins is down to the holograms, as I would imagine the brass tokens would be pretty easy to replicate.

The silver coins were produced by a mint (don't know which one) and were therefore of a much better quality. Again, the security of Casascius coins is the holograms. If those were easy to counterfeit, then I imagine we would have seen some a decent amount of fakes by now. There have been instances of fake holograms, but to the trained eye, they were easy to tell apart from genuine ones. Any Casascius collector would be able to tell the difference. The manufacturer of Casascius holograms is unknown (to me anyway), and I hope it stays that way actually.

Sorry man, I doubt anyone is going to pay your asking price of 8 BTC for this coin, which would likely grade in the low 60's when sent to ANACS.
I just picked up the exact same coin off the forum, graded at MS68 (there is just 5 at that grade) for close to $700 less than you are asking.

I'm not going to derail this thread by explaining everything, but if you check the references for the trust (which was left a month ago), you will see it is justified. I am more than happy to revise my feedback should CI explain what happened to everyone's satisfaction, instead of creating a thread admitting being able to control the account in question (cyclops) which made bids in nearly every CI auction ever, and then promptly locking said thread and allowing no discussion to take place. This was shady behaviour at best. I am willing to discuss this more in private, but I will not be responding on this thread again.

Thanks

Still highest bid.

This coin is an absolute steal at 1.2 BTC

No hard feelings either way, mindtrip I felt my offer was maybe considered too low and had been ignored, hence me retracting it. If not, then I apologise for the misunderstanding. My reasoning for thinking this is because during both auctions numerous members asked one simple question, which was not answered, while other questions were. This question was: Do these coins have any amount loaded on them? The answer to that question was easy to see when I checked the addresses of both coins, and found zero balance for either LTC or BTC. The fact remains, you guys could have taken the time out to answer this, when time was found to answer other questions. Anyway, let's put that aside..

I can appreciate that a ton of time, effort and money went into the creation of these coins and accompanying items, so I do understand the reasoning for your high starting prices for them in the auctions. The fact that you are hoping for a large figure for these coins, to bring down the cost of the regular versions, also makes some sense. Sadly, as we all know, the market is pretty stagnant at the moment, though it is showing signs of recovering, which is great news. That said, 2.5 BTC for an unloaded coin is a lot more than most users would be willing to pay right now whilst the $/BTC value is as high as it is - this works out to ~$1,830 per coin, which is a lot to any collector, hardcore or not.

I understand why the price is high, I just personally think that 5 BTC for both is unattainable right now, though I would love for someone to come in and offer that, and to prove me wrong

If my offer of 2 BTC for 00 and 01, with the artwork and polyhedron is something you will seriously consider, then have a discussion amongst yourselves, and give me a shout. Maybe we can work something out.


Not a problem NLC, as stated above I do understand your reasoning for the pricing. I am just not able to stretch to anywhere near 2.5 BTC each for these.

Cheers guys Hope you get a better offer than I am able to make, I really do!

Thanks!

No comment towards my offer then? I thought it was a pretty reasonable opening offer. Obviously not.

Withdrawn. No hard feelings Good luck with the sales of these 2 beauties.

I'll offer 2 BTC for both 00 and 01, along with the accompanying artwork and polyhedron.

That is, 2 BTC - for both coins, along with the extras that come with each coin.

This offer only applies to both - I am not interested in obtaining just the one.

Thanks for your consideration either way

Cyrus, or theymos (you are likely to have more luck with Cyrus). You will need to send them a post with this info:


Hope that helps