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Converted Friends to the PP
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:10 pm
by FarmerD
Recently I was able to get two friends interested in the PP. Over the past two weeks I've gotten 5-6 phone calls from these people asking me to clarify certain points. Outside of giving some pointers on how to buy gold, most of the time I just had to point out the appropriate article in Craig's blog (Thanks Craig!).
I get the impression this site has helped quite a few other people as well.
Re: Converted Friends to the PP
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:16 pm
by moda0306
Which specific article is it?
Re: Converted Friends to the PP
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:55 pm
by Lone Wolf
Nice work! My results have been mixed but I've got a (very small) handful of "converts".
The nice thing about the gold bit is that even if someone is feeling a little skittish about physical gold, the ETFs are there as a more "mainstream" fallback if someone is just too darn nervous. Can't make the perfect the enemy of the good and all that.
Re: Converted Friends to the PP
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 3:57 pm
by FarmerD
moda0306 wrote:
Which specific article is it?
Maybe I didn't write that clearly enough. What I meant was I referred them to the appriopriate article that answered their question each time they called, so I actually had them read several of Craig's blog posts/FAQs. Questions questions dealt with things like 1) How do I purchase gold from a dealer?, 2) Why can't I just use long term corporate bonds since they have a higher yield?, 3) What are the rebalancing bands?.
The lengthiest question for me to answer was the gold buying questions. From my personal notes to these guys I just typed up my post on the gold buying forum which I put up a few minutes ago.
Re: Converted Friends to the PP
Posted: Wed Aug 31, 2011 4:09 pm
by moda0306
Thanks FarmerD... I thought Craig maybe had some kind of mind-altering megapost usable to convert anyone to the PP, from Gold-bugs to Grandma.
I misinterpreted.