To be precise, they are mass-based holdings (grams, troy oz). Else your e-gold would change in value relative to its distance from the center of the earth... ----- Original Message ----- From: "Viking Coder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "e-gold Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 3:54 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Questions?..... > > >Why do some otherwise ostensibly intelligent GBC dealers trade in > > >highly suspect crap like OSgold? > > > > They obviously don't share your taste. > > They are businessmen. They will sell what their customers want to buy. > However, it is interesting when they complain about e-gold being used for > HYIPS/scams/etc... and then buy/sell OSgold. > > How many of the other GBCs run, or even endorse, guaranteed investment > plans? Until OSOpps actually launches (they are still in their 2nd > pre-launch phase), they are nothing more than a simple pyramid scheme. > "Pay $85 to enter and then we will pay you $15 for every person you > refer". This EGBC (ether GBC) has probably gained the vast majority of > it's membership from HYIP runners and seekers, becuase that is who they > were promoting themselves to. Besides, the scammers don't care if the > currency they use is stable (after all, they aren't), gold-backed, > redeemable, etc... Hardly any of them even get the concept of weight-based > holdings. > > > > Just a few months ago, when e-gold was on the only one, people talked about > > e-gold, but that is no longer the case. There are not various GBCs and people > > will advertise the ones they like, and point out the downfalls in the others. > > However, this is still the **e-gold** list. > > > > Also, IMO, its hard to promote something that doesn't promote itself. > > 'Tortoise and the Hare'... > > They've done pretty well without a full-force marketing dept. > > > > If you look at the various GBCs, you'll notice that e-gold has pretty much > > been left behind in the industry they started. > > They still seem to be the most widely used and accepted of all the GBCs to > me. > > > > Standard Reserve has a debit card attached to their accounts > > Only to the SR-USD part of the account, not the SR-AUG part. > > SR charges some pretty high fees for the debit card and for account > holding/maintenance. Their accounts are good for quick&inexpensive > international money transfers, but not so practical for normal day-to-day > usage. > > e-bullion hasn't posted the vital stats on their cards yet, but their > transaction fees seem pretty steep (1 flat fee equiv. to e-gold's maximum > fee for all transactions). > > > > I personally have promoted the hell out of e-gold. > > And have started to pretty much dis-promote it lately. Given your last few > posts, you seem to be increasingly belligerent towards e-gold. > > > > But its has become harder and harder to promote it when IMO 80% of its > > circulation goes towards something that I would rather not know about (scams, > > HYIP, etc..) > > And OSGold is any better? e-gold has the lion's share of the scams in the > gold economy because they have the lion's share of the gold economy. It's > that simple. We had all wished that the scammers would all vacate for > OSGold (who seems to want them), but it hasn't happened. The scams will > not just simply 'go away'. They are a part of human nature. They were here > long before e-gold and will continue to be around until the end of time. > However, there are also many legitimate users & merchants. > > > Viking Coder > ________________ > Worth Two Cents? > http://www.two-cents-worth.com/?VikingCoder > > --- > You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
