When Trump Accepted Gold from APMEX

[Recyclersteve]

Some may not remember this, but back in 2011 "The Donald" rented the entire 50th floor of his 40 Wall Street building to APMEX. APMEX signed a 10-year lease with Trump. I remember seeing Trump flash three 2-pound gold bars that were used as the security deposit by APMEX. I read that those bars at the time were worth something like $200k.

Has anyone else seen anything like this since involving either gold or silver? (Sorry, not bitcoin for this thread.)

I do remember that same year (2011) we needed to have a new roof installed and the roofer offered to have me pay him in silver. He was just some no-name operator I've never heard of and it was difficult to get good references on him, so I passed. But I do have to wonder how often this barter stuff goes on.

I wouldn't be surprised, for instance, if someone bought a Tesla for gold and/or silver.

[InfleXion]

I don't think I ever heard about this. I spent more of my efforts trying to ignore TD ever since I learned about his ACN pyramid scheme. I know a couple people who tried to sell me on it at the time. It was like how do you not know that this is a pyramid scheme. How do you not know why pyramid schemes are bad? And then they'll be persistent, bald faced about finding a bigger sucker. As long as you're not last, you win! No class.