[WTF news] NYT: "Costco may be selling up to $200m worth of the bars each month. The bars sell out quickly, and customers are trading advice online about how to get them."

InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

[WTF news] NYT: "Costco may be selling up to $200m worth of the bars each month. The bars sell out quickly, and customers are trading advice online about how to get them."

MorelaakIsBack [comrade/them]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

for those that don’t want to click the bait:

costco is (apparently) selling one-ounce gold bars on their website at about market price. silver coins as well. you have to be a costco cardholder to buy, and stock sells out about an hour after it is refreshed.

in other news: down is up, water dehydrates you, and the sun is travelling backwards in the sky, west to east.

BountifulEggnog [she/her]@hexbear.net · edit-2 7 months ago

If they’re being sold at market price, why don’t people just buy them elsewhere? Is it hard to buy gold at “market” price?

regul [any]@hexbear.net · 7 months ago

As a retail consumer? Probably.