I know some of you gold and silver bugs may have actually purchased coins over the internet. What vendors do you consider reputable? A reputable vendor seems important for these reasons:

1) you dont want to send $$ to somebody who wont deliver

2) you dont want to send $$ to somebody who will resell their customer list to a burglary ring (.... not kidding!).

I hear lots of talk about gold and silver among racists, and I see lots of ads on the net, but can anybody vouch for a vendor by personal knowledge?

This would be a good question to email to Ed Steele, seeing as how he's a big advocate of buying these metals, is very knowledgeable, and has probably invested in them himself. Ask who he uses.