Costco selling gold and silver bullion

[Casey Jones]

Looking at those price tags reminds me of my trip to Europe when every country had its own currency and I had to mentally figure what that numeric figure meant in actual money.

Now that almost everyone has a flat pocket-computer, it should be much easier...as the Euro and the dollar collapse into nothing.

It shouldn't be hard to make an app do it - enter a currency, or two currencies, and the app uses spot values on each to get an accurate conversion rate.

At least then, you know what the banks or exchange counters, are ripping you off for.

 

[pmbug]

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The movements of Iranian diplomats are severely limited in New York, but one proposal being floated would bar them from shopping at big, members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club without first receiving the express permission of the State Department.

Such stores have been a favorite of Iranian diplomats posted to and visiting New York because they are able to buy large quantities of products not available in their economically isolated country for relatively cheap prices and send them home.

It was not immediately clear if or when the proposed shopping ban for Iran would take effect, but the memo said the State Department also was looking at drafting rules that would allow it to impose terms and conditions on memberships in wholesale clubs by all foreign diplomats in the U.S.
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US may ban Iranians from shopping at Costco during UN meeting

The movements of Iranian diplomats are severely limited in New York, but one proposal being floated would bar them from shopping at big, members-only wholesale stores like Costco and Sam’s Club.

nypost.com

They probably don't want them buying the Costco gold and silver...

 

[Fatrat]

The levels of chicken shit are amazing while Israelis ass ram our politicians...