Glint | Buy Gold Instantly

I absolutely love this app. Don’t get me wrong. This platform is amazing but taking up to seven days or more to do a simple transfer or not being able to get out of a lot of ATMs. Yeah only certain banks it’s complicated. Also, the having to be a US citizen or UK or European Union citizen is a bit stressful. Meaning Americans without a Social Security number would have to pay x-ray to get an individual taxpayer ID. Also, when I sell something, I don’t want it to be pending all weekend or even during the week if it’s over a certain amount I want to get my money and get it out or move it to the next place. This is my core for liquidity It needs to act as a liquidity tool. Also, I think they should eliminate the fees for transactions or eliminate the fee for just having an account or slash them both in half. Wright pick one or the other keep the transaction fees eliminate the just holding fees.

I setup my Glint account 4 years ago. I find buying gold to be straight forward and the premium very low. Gold is allocated and stored in Swiss vaults. I have interacted with support staff initially on 2 or three occasions and have found their staff to be well informed and highly motivated to provide fast responses. The APP is simple and straight forward. My desire/goal was to protect my current bank USD fiat funds from debasement by transferring them into gold and silver bullion. I have most of my account in gold and silver bullion but keep a small amount in USD for small monthly vaulting fees. My card is set to make purchases out of only cash, not gold or silver. This keeps my Internet fraud potential loss at a minimum if my Glint debit card was compromised lost or stolen. It is limited to the $100 I keep in cash. This account is real savings. In today’s economy. While I do not consider it to be an investment in the long term, it has outperformed all of my other investments in real estate, equities, fiat cash. Gold and silver are a hedge against debasement of various domestic and foreign currencies. I guess you can say that I am a very satisfied Glint customer.

These guys have been nothing but hard to work with ever since I opened my account with them. Even though I had originally opened an account which I could use in Europe with Euros or Pounds they insisted I get a USA account (though I am a dual national and have and Irish passport). They made me transfer my account to the USA and I had to have it sent to a USA address even though I live overseas. Then when I went to use the card no one accepts it so it’s been virtually useless to me as a MasterCard. Next I tried to withdraw money to my bank ccount and they held up the withdrawal asking for a bank statement and did not sent me any notification of that even though they said they sent an email to me informing me of that. I thought this would be an easy, seemless way to trade in gold and for that part I guess it’s okay; but it has beeen far from seemless and your funds are not liquid as they have so many freaking rules and regulations and contrary advice from England to the USA; it’s simply a pain in the tush (posterior). So caveat emptor. Finally, this morning one of their people was helpful and responsive and assured me that my withdrawal is on its way to my bank. An update: if you have any spending discrepancies re. Price paid while overseas their staff is very responsive and will follow up on it.