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    He says he doesn't have the space, time, ambition and good sources for more stuff and accuses me of wasting his time. HA!

    50/50 split huh?


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    Quote Originally Posted by medal View Post
    I find the right person, we could start making money just with the stuff I already have, and with the space we've created, and all the good boards, we could start reclamation. The right person- someone who can figure things out. Not much help here, everyone's rather salty. ****ed Net is ruining humanity, even in the forums. That's alright, if everyone just wants to waste my time, I'll go elsewhere.

    Couple things, this is not a refining forum, so, as other have said, the gold refining forum is where you want to be for info on that. Additionally, and Ive said this to others on here, because you are not the first and wont be the last, person to come on here thinking they will be able to make money doing gold reclamation. You likely won't. It is not economical to do unless done at scale, like.... large scale. You may think you have a lot of material, but unless you have literal truck loads, and a continued supply of similar quantities, it just isn't economical to do refining (but you could make a ton just selling it as is).

    Now, tons of people just do it for fun and as a hobby and that is totally cool and fine! It is neat for sure, but you wont make money reclaiming yourself. It's like saying you want to make money by refining crude oil.... sure you probably COULD do it yourself, but you'll never be able to be efficient enough or at scale enough to make money from it unless you already have serious money to invest upfront.

    If you want to make money, sell the stuff you have as is. If you just want to try out the refining process cause you think it is cool, the refining forum can tell you how, and you can give it a try, but again, you will very likely not make money from it. We are not saying this to be buttholes or discourage you, we are saying this trying to help save you lots of time and effort only to discover the same thing many many others have already.


    So, in summary, you came into a forum that isnt dedicated to what you are trying to do, but got advice from people anyways, then didnt like the advice and got hostile. We aren't buttholes here I promise, but people come on here very frequently, make a new account, and ask to be spoon fed information to get rich quick. And everyone here know that's not how it works.

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    Quote Originally Posted by hills View Post
    you'll figure out for yourself that the youtube guys are full of baloney. (it's more probable that they make their money from page views than refining.)
    ^^^^^^^exactly^^^^^^^^

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    I thought I was being a perfect gentleman. Imagine what the GRF will do to him.

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    Thank you.
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    That's twice I tried to respond to a different comment, and it put it here.

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    Here's the 3rd try.

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    Well, that's it for this... can't even get the site to work now.
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    Quote Originally Posted by jimicrk View Post
    I thought I was being a perfect gentleman. Imagine what the GRF will do to him.
    Hahaha, yea if you want to read some real burns go to GRF and read responses to those who fail to read the materials recommended to new members. 73 to all, Mike
    "Profit begins when you buy NOT when you sell." {quote passed down to me from a wise man}

    Now go beat the copper out of something, Miked

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    Iust tryin this first...


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