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[–] [email protected] 19 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I buy $1M worth of gold. Definitely something that could be done in a day, and it's a good investment and highly liquid.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

That's only about what twenty pounds? That actually seems pretty reasonable.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Good call! How would you even get your hands on a millions worth though? Although you could probably just buy a load of Tiffany's stuff and resell it

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'd find a well-established shop that sells gold bullion, go there, and tell them I'd like to purchase a million dollars' worth. Probably not the most efficient way, but it would be very fast and I think I can get by with losing a few percent of my new fortune.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

If you live in a city with a decent size manufacturing scene you could also absolutely buy a million dollars worth of metal from a supplier in town. Especially higher end alloys and metals

But I think it'd probably be easier to buy a million dollars worth of jewelry.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Gold jewelry doesn't have as much inherent value as bullion, so it would be harder to sell without losing money. And in 24 hours I could easily drive to a big city for the purchase (or just book a flight with a tiny fraction of the money).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I don't think you have to sell it though? At least not from reading the original post

But a million is also not that much. I'd imagine any jewelry store in a mall has multiple millions worth of inventory

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

I don't have to sell it, but I assume I'll want to eventually. And yeah a million isn't really that much for a precious metal shop anyways.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

Online dealers order to house?