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		philsnow 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: My Impressions of the MacBook Pro M4 There's a reason the Zurich airport has a vending machine that sells slips of gold, platinum, and palladium

willis936 5 months ago [–]

I'm not sure what the actual reason is, but my first instinct is "tax evasion".

walletdrainer 5 months ago | [–]

Paying the 30% premium at a gold ATM and then selling for maybe 95% of spot seems like a terribly inefficient way of avoiding taxes.

These machines are just for souvenirs

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