Ounce of gold from ceremic processors

**NobleMetalWorks** · 01-05-2013, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Bear

It takes 84 Pentium Pros to get an ounce of gold? (.33=basically 1/3, so 3 per gram, 28 grams to an ounce, so 3x28 = 84)

I have to apologize for the way I answered your question. I say things real blunt and matter of fact, and when responding in a thread on a forum like this, I forget to emote I am being cut and dry, and instead I sound like a know-it-all and kind of snotty. I didn't mean for it to sound that way.

Unless you are dealing with precious metals and buying/selling on a regular basis, you probably wouldn't know that precious metals are measured by the troy ounce, and not avoirdupois ounce. There are 14 troy ounces to a lb, and 16 avoirdupois ounces. It makes it confusing when buying and selling gold bearing material. There are some people who are unscrupulous and will weigh your material based on whatever measurement allows them to steal from you. If you have ever talked with a gold buyer in a mall, they usually measure by penny weight for this exact same reason. Penny weight is not a normal measurement people would run into. It's not even the way most legit precious metal buyer/sellers deal with. It's just another way of leading you to believe you are getting a better deal that you are.

Anyway, I apologize Bear, for the way my answer sounded, that's not how I intended it.

Scott

**Bear** · 01-05-2013, 04:37 PM

It actually made no difference to me at all whether it was a simple ounce, or an avoirdupois, I used that merely as an example

Originally Posted by NobleMetalWorks

I have to apologize for the way I answered your question. I say things real blunt and matter of fact, and when responding in a thread on a forum like this, I forget to emote I am being cut and dry, and instead I sound like a know-it-all and kind of snotty. I didn't mean for it to sound that way.

Unless you are dealing with precious metals and buying/selling on a regular basis, you probably wouldn't know that precious metals are measured by the troy ounce, and not avoirdupois ounce. There are 14 troy ounces to a lb, and 16 avoirdupois ounces. It makes it confusing when buying and selling gold bearing material. There are some people who are unscrupulous and will weigh your material based on whatever measurement allows them to steal from you. If you have ever talked with a gold buyer in a mall, they usually measure by penny weight for this exact same reason. Penny weight is not a normal measurement people would run into. It's not even the way most legit precious metal buyer/sellers deal with. It's just another way of leading you to believe you are getting a better deal that you are.

Anyway, I apologize Bear, for the way my answer sounded, that's not how I intended it.

Scott