I've come over all odd.....
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Ive had the sudden urge to start buying semi-exotic metals/materials, and have been trawling ebay finding some quite good bargins from the look of it.
Titanium seems to be a good example, people selling huge blocks of it off for big money, and then someone sellig a big block for peanuts. Im sure there must be a way to make money out of this
But mainly i just want to have a big bar of titanium sat at home, its seems a manly thing to do 
Theres also the more boring stuff like aluminium, copper, steel of varying strength etc, but theres also some rather more interesting stuff too. Found a 1kg bar of pure cadmium just now, and its only at 15 pounds atm
Also found tungsten, and some other things blended into steel.
No real idea what id do with these things, just have an inexplicable desire to have lumps of the stuff handy
Titanium seems to be a good example, people selling huge blocks of it off for big money, and then someone sellig a big block for peanuts. Im sure there must be a way to make money out of this
But mainly i just want to have a big bar of titanium sat at home, its seems a manly thing to do Theres also the more boring stuff like aluminium, copper, steel of varying strength etc, but theres also some rather more interesting stuff too. Found a 1kg bar of pure cadmium just now, and its only at 15 pounds atm
Also found tungsten, and some other things blended into steel.No real idea what id do with these things, just have an inexplicable desire to have lumps of the stuff handy
You are probably certifiable.
But if it helps, I collect minerals and fossils (among many other things), so don't feel too bad.
However, the rare elements collectors who pay huge sums for small amounts of a particularly pure element are a bit odd. But each to their own.
Here you go:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-2-cm-Native-IRIDIUM-Califo...
Or how about a whole bar?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NIOBIUM-metal-High-Purity-me...
ETA - I can't find some of the really rare stuff that was up a month or so ago for thousands...
But if it helps, I collect minerals and fossils (among many other things), so don't feel too bad.
However, the rare elements collectors who pay huge sums for small amounts of a particularly pure element are a bit odd. But each to their own.
Here you go:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/0-2-cm-Native-IRIDIUM-Califo...
Or how about a whole bar?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NIOBIUM-metal-High-Purity-me...
ETA - I can't find some of the really rare stuff that was up a month or so ago for thousands...
Edited by AlexKP on Tuesday 24th March 23:12
Rotary Madness said:
No real idea what id do with these things, just have an inexplicable desire to have lumps of the stuff handy
Stop licking the lumps of metal. It will send you mad, half-blind, deluded and gibbering, eventually.There is a moderately amusing comparison with certain British politicians to be had there, but I can't be arsed.
Rotary Madness said:
Titanium seems to be a good example, people selling huge blocks of it off for big money, and then someone sellig a big block for peanuts.
What you do is this...find a commodity, and sell it on ebay to mate for a vastly inflated price, and get your mates to do similar stuff between themselves.
After a month, start selling the commodity at inflated prices to people who think they'll make a quick buck.
The classic con trick
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