[e-gold-list] FW: [GATA] An Internet petition to clarify U.S. policy on gold

2001-07-28 Thread Paul Vahur
11:16p ET Friday, July 27, 2001 Dear Friend of GATA and Gold: GATA supporter Barrie Walsh of Halifax, Canada, who has done heroic work for GATA, is at it again, as you'll see below. Please consider signing his electronic petition. CHRIS POWELL, Secretary/Treasurer Gold Anti-Trust Action

[e-gold-list] Re: 100,000 Gold-(99% or so)-Funded Accounts

2001-07-28 Thread jpm
We've now hit 100,000 Gold-Funded accounts. However, the number of accounts with over 10 grams has fallen a bit in the past couple of weeks to 11,236 from about 11,750. The amount of gold is now at a record-high of 143 bars of 'almost' 400ozs each. HAAHAHAHAH! :) SnowDog hilarious...

[e-gold-list] Re: e-gold based Lottery - is a useless idea, unfortunately

2001-07-28 Thread jpm
So there hasn't yet been a good example of online lottery to point to There have been two dozen (that I know of) full-scale attempts (ie, hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars spent) at online lottos. Every One Flopped, as it happens. That is why, most anyone who works in the online

[e-gold-list] Re: Fundamentals

2001-07-28 Thread jpm
I think some people are missing something as regards the gold bars, the weight thereof. These gold bars are similar to security on a loan. While they do sometimes bail new ones in (or out), this is not their main intention. If you put these gold bars in a vault in London and the bank states that

[e-gold-list] downline trends and more

2001-07-28 Thread jpm
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[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread Julian Dibbell
Craig, Thanks for the thoughtful reply: However, based on the self-reported receipts of these same sites (which imply very significant amounts of money) they do not seem to be nearly sufficient to plausibly account for the velocity figures. The numbers are off by *over* an order of

[e-gold-list] Re: If Russia creates a gold-based economy.....

2001-07-28 Thread Bob
Dale Pond wrote: Russians Anticipate Dollar and Bush Crash by Rachel Douglas Russia is getting ready for the dollar to crash. Preparedness measures have moved from the realm of published warnings, to concrete actions, such as the Central Bank's decision to put the gold chervonets coin

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread SnowDog
Even so, you have to remember that there are *at least* 10 healthy HYIPs running at any given time, so that kicks the figures back up an order of magnitude, for a wash. Do you know of 10 healthy HYIPs running in the e-gold system? From what I understand, E-Gold tries to keep these shut down,

[e-gold-list] Re: If Russia creates a gold-based economy.....

2001-07-28 Thread GoldSpender
James, As you know I live in Russia and as soon as these chervonetzs will be released, I will let you know and maybe even sell some of them to you. WBR, Paul Heh. I still have to read that one, but so many people have talked to me about it that I'm finally going to get around to it. JMR

[e-gold-list] Re: Who the heck is Desmond Wong?

2001-07-28 Thread Ian Green
-- From: Paul Ewing [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: Who the heck is Desmond Wong? Date: Saturday, 28 July 2001 9:46 AM SNIP That is the current worm that is going around. Delete them quick, don't use Outlook, etc. SNIP

[e-gold-list] Proportion of HYIP scam to legitimate transactions

2001-07-28 Thread Ian Green
-- From: Julian Dibbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [e-gold-list] Those mysterious microspends Date: Saturday, 28 July 2001 9:54 AM SNIP 2. More generally, what portion of the total value and number of daily e-gold spends would you guess is

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Jul 2001, at 3:50, Julian Dibbell wrote: 1. How many of the funded accounts belong to HYIP investors? One reputable market maker says 90% of e-gold buyers are in it for the HYIPs; Hello Julian, I think you are referring to a statement I made. Well keep in mind that the number I

[e-gold-list] Re: If Russia creates a gold-based economy.....

2001-07-28 Thread James M. Ray
At 09:59 AM -0400 07/28/2001, GoldSpender wrote: James, As you know I live in Russia and as soon as these chervonetzs will be released, I will let you know and maybe even sell some of them to you. ... Hi Paul. Thanks very much! I really know nothing of your money, will there be more than one

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Jul 2001, at 7:18, SnowDog wrote: Do you know of 10 healthy HYIPs running in the e-gold system? From what I understand, E-Gold tries to keep these shut down If they are healthy, why would e-gold keep these shut down? HYIPs are not necessarily Ponzi's. Claude

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc.
On 28 Jul 2001, at 10:49, SnowDog wrote: I disagree; all HYIPs are Ponzi schemes, Craig, You know that there are thousands of investments on stocks markets around the world that return hundreds of percent per year to their investors. I am not saying that they do this on a constant basis,

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread Edwin Woudt
Julian Dibbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: which we can round down to $10 for simplicity's sake. Remember, though, that the path of that $10 from one end of the e-gold system to the other generates more than just a single $10 spend. First the in-exchange entails a $10 spend from a market

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread Edwin Woudt
Edwin Woudt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my experience [*], the path followed is not exactly this one. The payouts from one HYIP are many times invested again in another HYIP or even the same HYIP again (to show their 'confidence' in the program). This would mean that the total value of

[e-gold-list] Re: If Russia creates a gold-based economy.....

2001-07-28 Thread GoldSpender
James, Thanks very much! I really know nothing of your money, will there be more than one size? AFAIK there will be the only one size of chervonetz. Are they still doing palladium coins? Do you ever see Ballarinas (Pd. coins that once graced e-gold Ltd.'s reserves, along with the cool

[e-gold-list] The Chevronetz

2001-07-28 Thread James M. Ray
At 03:35 PM -0400 07/28/2001, C. Cormier - Ormetal Inc. wrote: ... Hello Paul, do you know the weight of a chevronetz and how many coins the governement wants to mint? Good question, also do you know how pure they'll be? Lesser purity would suggest a greater possibility of circulation. Thanks

[e-gold-list] Re: Those mysterious microspends

2001-07-28 Thread Craig Spencer
Julian, Bear in mind that this is all guess work. The facts we actually know are few and while they may suggest our conclusions they by no means prove them. Our conclusions are certain to be wrong. The only question is whether or not they are completely wrong. 1. How many of the funded

[e-gold-list] Re: The Chevronetz

2001-07-28 Thread GoldSpender
James, Hello Paul, do you know the weight of a chevronetz and how many coins the governement wants to mint? Its weight is 7.74234 AUG. As I now know, it has already been released and is in turnover of the Russian Federation. Good question, also do you know how pure they'll be? Lesser purity

[e-gold-list] Re: Proportion of HYIP scam to legitimate transactions

2001-07-28 Thread jpm
If my disagreement prevents such a 'consensus' then so be it. How would either Claude or JP know the amount of business actually conducted by scams compared to legitimate business and personal transactions? Just for the record Ian, my PERSONAL estimate of the amount of HYip/similar activity on

[e-gold-list] Re: The Chevronetz

2001-07-28 Thread Julian Morrison
GoldSpender wrote: Not all yet know about the crisis coming in the US, What crisis? but I know and the best decision would be buying Gold (and also Chervonetzes) or Deutsch Marks (DEM) and later Euro EUR. DMs will have to be exchanged for euros, they'll stop being spendable. I've heard

[e-gold-list] Re: The Chevronetz

2001-07-28 Thread Bob
Julian Morrison wrote: GoldSpender wrote: Not all yet know about the crisis coming in the US, What crisis? With both parties in the US saying there's a surplus when there is none because unfunded liabilities are growing at over a trillion USD a year, there's bound to be some type of