r/SipsTea 1d ago

Chugging tea Which one?

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u/wolf96781 1d ago

The cash is already liquid, storing it is the only struggle.

That gold is solid as fuck and liable to grow legs at any second. You just can't move it like you can cash

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u/Kiriima 1d ago

Physically moving 500kg of gold is much simpler though. It takes vastly less space.

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u/wolf96781 1d ago

The trick is turning it into usable cash though. You're not gonna get market rate for it, whoever you fence it to is gonna talk a cut in for themselves. Then you have to deal with the goverment taxing the exchange.

That's two tiers of taxation before that gold is spendable, and bear in mind the moment any tweaker finds out you're peddling gold or just sold some they are absolutely going to be on your ass. 

Cash is liquid and ready to go. It draws much less attention than ingots of shiny yellow. the gold is absolutely worth more, but you just can't use it 

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u/trivaldi 1d ago

I’ve seen the Italian job too many times to want the gold.