They'd actually also be very likely to get you targeted by thieves as well. Even if you tried to keep quiet about them, there would be an entire chain of custody which would be required inform when such a large quantity of gold bullion where sold or bought, as well as their transportation and the transportation's insurance, if you don't get scammed in the process.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

This is always my question. Like you see these movies about gold and diamond heists, but then.... Wtf do you do with them? Who are you selling this shit to at retail value, or anywhere close to it?

I feel like if somone handed me a bag of diamonds right now I'd have no idea wtf to do with them.

[–] Hathaway@lemmy.zip 7 points 9 months ago

You’d have no idea what to do with them because you’re not in organized crime. I would go look at Larry Lawton on YouTube. I think he posts a lot but if you go to his earlier posts he talks about his organized crime life. Wild.

[–] Katana314@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago

I’m reminded of so many fiction subplots where a character has acquired an extremely valuable XXX they want to sell.

More often than not, it’s such an important object that any interested parties would sooner hire mercenaries to get it, and kill its owner as a witness (and in many of those stories, exactly that happens). Past a certain value, many items are not actually valuable for common people.