I went to the MoneyShow on Saturday, which had been preceded by a convenient fall in the price of silver.
I was comparing the price of CID who I knew were going to be there with their 100kg gold mapleleaf - the size of a pizza.
There was another company I'd not heard of before, bullionbars.eu. aka Atkinsons the Jewellers. He was not as competitively priced, as he was selling Umicore 100g bars of silver. He talked about his margins, and I said what a shame it was I couldn't buy second-hand stuff, because of the VAT only being levied on his profit margin, rather than on the full value.
He thus presented me with a 10oz Johnson Matthey bar for which I paid £174. Beat that!
He said it was worth getting in touch if I wanted to buy more, so I will. I'm sharing this news with you guys as my needs are modest.