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Ian.

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Time to buy gold...

Rather than rusty tin?

Jeroen

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I have a Portuguese bank account and get charged every month for the privilege of having said account. It's nothing special, merely a basic account to pay bills in Portugal. We're very lucky in the UK to have generally free banking. Businesses normally are charged for cheques, paying in cash etc but not for just keeping money in an account.

I bank with Natwest in the UK and I have to say that since they were bought up by the tax payer they have become hopelessly uncompetitive vs banks like Santander. That said I have a very good relationship with them and do treat as well as customers so I really cannot be bothered to move.

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Mark

1961 Chevrolet Corvair Greenbrier Sportswagon
1980 Dolomite Sprint project using brand new shell
2009 Mazda MX5 2.0 Sport
2018 Infiniti Q30

Both my UK bank accounts (with Natwest, like Mark they treat me fairly well, so I can't be arsed to swap) are overdrawn, so I get charged anyway! But when I did have some money, I bought a static caravan rather than leave it in the bank. It doesn't make a huge profit from letting it out, but my £15K investment netts a steady grand or so a year, which is considerably more than I would have got from the bank on that amount of capital, and I get 4 or 5 weeks cheap holidays a year too.

Steve

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'73 2 door Toledo with Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 8v engine (The Carledo)
'78 Sprint Auto with Vauxhall Omega 2.2 16v engine (The Dolomega)
'72 Triumph 1500FWD in Slate Grey, Now with RWD and Carledo powertrain!

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When has it ever NOT been a good time to buy gold?

Steve

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'73 2 door Toledo with Vauxhall Carlton 2.0 8v engine (The Carledo)
'78 Sprint Auto with Vauxhall Omega 2.2 16v engine (The Dolomega)
'72 Triumph 1500FWD in Slate Grey, Now with RWD and Carledo powertrain!

Maverick Triumph, Servicing, Repairs, Electrical, Recomissioning, MOT prep, Trackerjack brake fitting service.
Apprentice served Triumph Specialist for 50 years. PM for more info or quotes.

Banks have to try new stuff since the PPi scam was made public. They will still make the billions while we pay more.

Tony

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Last time Gordon Brown said "Now is a good time to buy gold"?

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1978 Pageant Sprint - the rustomite, 1972 Spitfire IV - sprintfire project, 1968 Valencia GT6 II - little Blue, 1980 Vermillion 1500HL - resting. 1974 Sienna 1500TC, Mrs Weevils big brown.

That will be when he flogged a load of our reserve to pay for the cost of Tony Blair's unfortunate choice in friends (Bush junior)