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[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'd find a well-established shop that sells gold bullion, go there, and tell them I'd like to purchase a million dollars' worth. Probably not the most efficient way, but it would be very fast and I think I can get by with losing a few percent of my new fortune.

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

If you live in a city with a decent size manufacturing scene you could also absolutely buy a million dollars worth of metal from a supplier in town. Especially higher end alloys and metals

But I think it'd probably be easier to buy a million dollars worth of jewelry.

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Gold jewelry doesn't have as much inherent value as bullion, so it would be harder to sell without losing money. And in 24 hours I could easily drive to a big city for the purchase (or just book a flight with a tiny fraction of the money).

[–] Lv_InSaNe_vL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I don't think you have to sell it though? At least not from reading the original post

But a million is also not that much. I'd imagine any jewelry store in a mall has multiple millions worth of inventory

[–] LostXOR@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

I don't have to sell it, but I assume I'll want to eventually. And yeah a million isn't really that much for a precious metal shop anyways.