Well I finally got around to dropping in on the Perth Mint. after looking over the various bars and coins I ended up buying a gramms of 99.99% gold (0.03 oz) in three little lumps. I then found a slightly unpleasent surprise, precious metals in Australia are now only GST exempt in they are coins or have the '9999' stamped on them, so instead of paying 1% over spot I got lumped with a 10% tax on top. Still, pretty yellow lumps. Got to save up for one of the bars now. Just thought I'd share the experience with everyone. cya, Andrew... PS:metalsavings keeps saying they have no gold to do withdrawals with lately, am I just logging on at bad times? --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]