[e-gold-list] China Gold

2003-10-16 Thread Joseph Firmino
I got this from a paid subscriber service http://www.safemoneyreport.com/ China's four largest banks have applied to the Shanghai Gold Exchange for permission to trade gold for their customers now that China has deregulated (allowed private ownership of) gold. These would be The Bank of China,

[e-gold-list] Re: TGC, publicity, how to evaluate it

2003-09-20 Thread Joseph Firmino
My thoughts on judging them are: look at their casino. It has thousands of users who have placed millions of bets, and the bets have paid off. What more do you really need to know? I'm not a gambler but if I were I wouldn't shrink from losing lots of gold at blackjack or roulette to them

[e-gold-list] Re: Danny's 130$

2003-09-20 Thread Joseph Firmino
- This statement is grammatically incorrect. I for one cannot understand it as it is written. True. I apologize. No harm done. I'm sure you have a better command of English than I do of my keyboard. Joe www.loavesandfishessoupkitchen.com --- You are currently subscribed to

[e-gold-list] Re: TGC, publicity, how to evaluate it

2003-09-20 Thread Joseph Firmino
No, he's confusing usage with grammar. The idiomatic expression have a seat refers to the use of the chair, not the chair itself. It is equivalent to be seated which might be something he would find more...comfortable. Pretty good. I think I'll just have to explain it to him your way.

[e-gold-list] Re: Danny's $130

2003-09-19 Thread Joseph Firmino
--- Arik Schenkler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that the publicly selling of TGC shares is quite dangerous and This statement is grammatically incorrect. I for one cannot understand it as it is written. I have two possible variations. 1. I think publically selling TGC shares is quite

[e-gold-list] Re: first transaction, and thoughts on auto-verification

2003-08-17 Thread Joseph Firmino
It's GOLD for crying out loud. Er... it's not actually gold. It's value back by gold, numbers in a computer anchored to gold's value. It's *virtual* gold! I stand corrected to an extent. I was only generalizing the idea. Why do I say this? The laws of some countries forbid people to

[e-gold-list] Re: JPM is responsible!

2003-08-16 Thread Joseph Firmino
It's interesting to note that the 3rd payment I ever received in e-gold, was from JPM, as a welcome bonus gram, after I brashly declared I was going to make a mark on the [e-gold] world. Graham Kelly CEO What a generous bunch. My first payment was from Douglas Jackson. Memo: For my

[e-gold-list] Re: first transaction, and thoughts on auto-verification

2003-08-16 Thread Joseph Firmino
Dear Joseph, I'm curious to know what type of marketing it was that enticed yourself, Tril and Graham, to find out about e-gold in the early days? Joel, To be truthful I don't think it was any type of marketing of the type we see today. I came across it while looking through some tens of

[e-gold-list] Re: first transaction, and thoughts on auto-verification

2003-08-16 Thread Joseph Firmino
e-metalĀ® payment confirmation: Batch 22504174 Paid To: 100414 (Joseph E Firmino) Amount: 2 grams of Gold Memo: Wow, ancient account!!! Thanks JMR I never win anything. This must be my lucky day. Joe --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe

[e-gold-list] Re: first transaction, and thoughts on auto-verification

2003-08-15 Thread Joseph Firmino
- Well, I'm not inclined to brag but Jim Ray seems to want to give a gram to the earliest batch number, so here's mine: 10/29/97 20:20 InExchange Batch #595 Gold +0.936680 300.00 USD Me either but here's a useless batch number just in case no one is paying attention and I get the

[e-gold-list] Re: Dear God, Another rip?!

2002-12-11 Thread Joseph Firmino
Daniel wrote: Sorry to hear of the rip for the loaves and fishes CAPULIN dropped $1400 to the same or similar scammers.. perhaps we socially conscious type, heartfelt folks, are dumber than rocks?!? Let's just say unaware of the dangers. I'm very sorry these lessons have been so

[e-gold-list] Another rip

2002-12-10 Thread Joseph Firmino
I was informed today that Loaves and Fishes account at e-gold was unceremoniously wiped out by some rascal. The password was compromised (not by me) through one of those emails that have been going around. This particular one stated that Loaves and Fishes was the recipient of some type of

[e-gold-list] Re: Norfed Disclaimer

2002-12-01 Thread Joseph Firmino
Fascinating, but it looks to me like the key clause is 'intended for use as current money'. If the money is being passed-off as US Dollars, then it looks like the law is being broken. All of Chapter 25 is concerned with counterfeiting and forgery. I'm almost tempted to delve into this but it

[e-gold-list] Re: US Bank assistance

2002-10-28 Thread Joseph Firmino
Can anybody on this list suggest a 'decent' US bank that has REAL online banking or that accepts wires by fax? We need to be able to fully manage an account remotely, any chance? marco SunTrust Bank http://suntrust.com/ A clip from the section of the website that happened to include

[e-gold-list] Re: Quick, easy, critical... but clearly missing

2002-09-23 Thread Joseph Firmino
As I continue to use e-gold for more and more real business transactions, one thing continues to stick out like a sore thumb: Lack of an email confirmation sent from e-gold to both parties with all transaction details, under all circumstances. I'm pretty sure they already have this in the

[e-gold-list] Re: Exchange rates

2002-09-21 Thread Joseph Firmino
Can anyone help with this? I am looking for a site where I can pull the most recent exchange rates (ZAR/USD) from for use in one of my scripts - I am using Perl. I've been using FXTrade at http://fxtrade.oanda.com/home.shtml . It's a completely automated currency exchange service. ZAR is

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
healthy inventory of e-gold but I really think you've cut the boat in half. I'm not sure what you mean here. Gold Age, for example, accepts money orders, Western Union, and even PayPal, which can be funded by credit card. It is not direct funding, but it's damn close. The fees are

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
This sounds like the (Latvian) debit cards that Graham Kelly (www.GoldNow.st) sells. Apparently you can fund IN OUT e-gold debit card at ATMs throughout the world. I remember him offering one for that price on this list a few months ago, having auctioned a few (that went for about that

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
An exchange service can convert a hard payment to a softer payment, and hence can fund your debit card or PayPal account with your hard payment. However, an exchange service cannot perform the transaction in reverse without being targetted by internet thieves. Well then I guess I'm just

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
But I'm not sure what the point would be really? Is it not easier to fund the e-gold account directly than to fund the card using a similar method then use it to buy e-gold... Any opinions? Nick, Maybe I'm dreaming but I envision being able to buy e-gold in the shortest time frame

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-28 Thread Joseph Firmino
Sorry e-forexgold. I meant to send this to the list. The answer to that is Yes. We can fund not only our debit cards but also the Cirrus cards distributed by cardaccounts.tv, x-cards and GoldNow.st. We accept funding by e-gold, e-bullion. GoldMoney, evocash and WebMoney. Normal funding time is

[e-gold-list] Re: We can fund your debit cards!

2002-07-28 Thread Joseph Firmino
and because y'all are Christians, I was wondering if you had any insight about selling the idea of taking e-gold to the Christian community. If you have any thoughts on this matter, Wanda (cced) and I would be very interested. We are about to reach out to this community locally with a

[e-gold-list] Re: [dgc.chat] workman worthy of his wages

2002-06-02 Thread Joseph Firmino
Again, anyone who can do so, please simply state in English typing what that extra gold in the trust is. (If you don't DEFINITIVELY KNOW, type nothing) 3. DECLARATION OF TRUST 3.1The Trustees shall hold the Trust Fund and the income thereof upon the trusts and with and

[e-gold-list] Xtran Money Transfers

2002-05-09 Thread Joseph Firmino
This seems to be similiar to whatever it is a few of you have been mulling over. As far as I can see it's anonymous, cash based, reasonably secure, cheaper and faster than a bank wire and seems to be looking for a market maker or two. An Xtran customer provides the retail clerk with money to be

[e-gold-list] Re: Is e-gold income taxable?

2002-03-23 Thread Joseph Firmino
What your tax software is telling you is that the subsequent sale of the gold in exchange for fiat is taxable as a capital gain or loss. OK, let's not get all turned around the tax-go-round here. I knew it was a capital gain before I entered it on Schedule D Capital Gains and Losses so my

[e-gold-list] Re: Is e-gold income taxable?

2002-03-23 Thread Joseph Firmino
You hav eto have the person's Social Securtiy number to file a 1099-Misc, don't you? Julie Yes. Joe www.loavesandfishessoupkitchen.com --- You are currently subscribed to e-gold-list as: archive@jab.org To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use e-gold's Secure

[e-gold-list] Market Maker Rates?

2002-03-21 Thread Joseph Firmino
I've had an e-gold account for years now and believe it or not I really havn't found a need to use scads of wile and/or whatever to get my money turned into gold. (my primary objective) On the other hand I can't really see the use in paying 15% for a convenience transaction even if I understand

[e-gold-list] Re: [dgc.chat] Here we go again....(scam alert!)

2002-03-05 Thread Joseph Firmino
I vaguely remember hearing that there was actually a concerted effort in Nigeria to destabilize Western economies through rampant fraud. I don't remember where I heard this or how reliable it was, though. The simple desire for immoral profit is probably the motive for most of these I want

[e-gold-list] RE:RE: Funbond Yields -- Options/Futures?

2001-11-21 Thread Joseph Firmino
- Original Message - From: GoldCom Admin. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] While I haven't traded commodities futures, I have fiddled around with options (which apply to equities) and my uderstanding is that options are essentially the same thing as futures

[e-gold-list] OffshoreMetals.com

2001-10-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
OK, I tried out the site and was fairly impressed. Anyone wanting to do quick (10 min.) e-gold purchases should check this site out. I transferred $25.00 from my paypal debit card to OSM to e-gold with a fee of only $1.42 due to the difference in the price spread between e-gold and OSM. There

[e-gold-list] Re: GBC

2001-08-18 Thread Joseph Firmino
e-gold isn't and has never been backed by gold. It can't be. It's a payment system. What's so hard to understand about this. So what if people are calling e-gold a GBC. The terminology doesn't decide what reality is. It's the payment system that allows gold itself to circulate

[e-gold-list] Re: GBC

2001-08-18 Thread Joseph Firmino
www.loavesandfishessoupkitchen.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: e-gold Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 9:53 PM Subject: [e-gold-list] Re: GBC In that thought experiment, in what sense would you say egold is backed by gold or has a

[e-gold-list] Re: XOdds (or TradeOdds) - comments?

2001-08-01 Thread Joseph Firmino
Guys: Comments (good or bad) on XOdds betting on Forex/Stocks/Metals? I guess what I really want to know is if they are reputable. If I win, will I get my money? I've been doing futures for years. It looks like these guys are calculating option positions, and taking the short side

[e-gold-list] Re: Gold Bar weights

2001-07-26 Thread Joseph Firmino
If it is possible to produce a 1kg bar, why is it impossible to produce a 12.5kg (400 oz) bar? I saw this explained on a late night documentary about gold production and other gold related miscellany. The reason is that the consistancy of the molten gold prevents it from being cast into

[e-gold-list] Re: E-Gold New Story 7/10/01

2001-07-10 Thread Joseph Firmino
Let me see if I have this right. Instead of transferring conventional dollars and cents as payment for various items (securities etc.) through the established maze. You just send a digital gold certificate which represents title to a certain amount of gold. Someone please correct me if I'm

[e-gold-list] Re: Building web traffic for the gold economy

2001-07-03 Thread Joseph Firmino
I'm pretty sure it says on the site that you can use any URL you like. Yours or your friend's etc. I imagine you could put e-gold's URL if you wanted but I suppose it would be a good idea to get the permission of whoever else's site other than your own that you will send hits to. I signed up

[e-gold-list] Re: Charlotte's Story

2001-06-07 Thread Joseph Firmino
This brings to mind another question, though. How could anyone prove that Charlotte's site, or that soup-kitchen/ministry, aren't scams? It's somewhere between hard and impossible to prove a negative. My hope is that reputation in the community is valued over the grams that could be

[e-gold-list] Re: Charlotte's Story

2001-06-07 Thread Joseph Firmino
In my haste I neglected to thank those of you who put aside your reservations about what's real what's not and sent Loaves Fishes some of your hard earned sweat. It will be put to good use. Joe www.loavesandfishessoupkitchen.com - Original Message - From: Joseph Firmino [EMAIL

[e-gold-list] Re: omni, egold, price, expliciticity

2001-05-29 Thread Joseph Firmino
Or indeed, are those rates set by e-gold, and Omnipay happens to choose to follow them? It's all quite confusing and non-formal, I believe. If my memory is correct, in the beginning there were e-gold and GSR only. GSR was the only market maker. Two quite distinct entities. It seemed

[e-gold-list] Re: Capital gains

2001-05-24 Thread Joseph Firmino
I don't see what the problem is unless you can't figure out the tax code. I don't operate a business but I have lots of buys and spends because I'm a dabbler and I only have to have to put up with my own mess. Nevertheless I use Microsoft Money and count my ounces of gold as you would shares of

[e-gold-list] Re: HYIP mentality

2001-05-07 Thread Joseph Firmino
Steven wrote: Care to elaborate on that HYIP reference ? How many have you tried and what were their names. Precisely what I've been saying. The suckers who fall for HYIPs seem to lack the ability to discern that it's a scam, and when they are burnt lack the reasoning to understand why

[e-gold-list] Re: Money Froze!!!! Latest Update of EE-Ventures

2000-12-13 Thread Joseph Firmino
I don't see what it has to do with being an independant contractor in the first place. The Gov't is very strict about classifications in this category. I have done this type of work before and what they were more concerned about were things such as job duties, who pays for supplies, and believe