Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

* IMPORTANT!

All orders are final as you have made a binding agreement with DPM’s Trading Platform. This binding agreement applies whether you are buying from us or selling to us.

Your purchase price is LOCKED-IN at the time you place your order, however, we do have a volatility clause. See the check-out page for more details.

To avoid cancellation of your order, please satisfy your obligations by sending your payments IMMEDIATELY.

You may use the many payment methods available on the PAYMENTS PAGE

Durham Precious Metals retail store is located at: 378 King St. West, Oshawa ON, L1J 2J9. Ample FREE PARKING available. Walk-ins are welcome. No appointment necessary. Telephone: 905-720-7771

Mon-Fri: 10am – 5pm
Sat: CLOSED
Sun: 11am – 5pm

Yes, our prices are LIVE and updated every 15 seconds.

Durham Precious Metals recognizes that the American dollar (USD) is recognized around the world for trade. In Canada, even our radio stations broadcast the price of precious metals in the American dollar. For your convenience, we have a conversion button for American (USD) or Canadian (CAD) dollars. Select your choice of currency and the LIVE price along with all the product prices on the entire website will be converted for your convenience.

For more information please see our Payments Page.

No. All Bullion .995+ are Tax Exempt because they are deemed financial instruments.

All transactions are private & confidential. EXCEPT: Durham Precious Metals adheres to the requirements set forth by FINTRAC which stipulates that any CASH transactions exceeding $10,000 must be logged and reported. FINTRAC has been implemented to detect and deter money laundering. If this concerns you, please read both points of the following excerpt from FINTRAC GUIDELINE 7A, SECTION 3.2 The Federal FINTRAC Law is as follows;

When does a large cash transaction report have to be made? If you are a reporting entity as described in section 2, you have to send a large cash transaction report to FINTRAC in the following situations: If you receive an amount of $10,000 or more in cash in the course of a single transaction. Each such transaction must be sent to FINTRAC separately, in its own report. If you receive two or more cash amounts of less than $10,000 each that total $10,000 or more. In this case, if you are an individual, you have to make a large cash transaction report if you know the transactions were made within 24 consecutive hours of each other by or on behalf of the same individual or entity. If you are an entity, you have to make a large cash transaction report if your employee or senior officer knows the transactions were made within 24 consecutive hours of each other by or on behalf of the same individual or entity. For more information please see the Fintrac guidelines.

No. Your only costs are the prices we post on our website at your time of payment. Durham Precious Metals believes in transparency and making sure you know exactly what you are getting and how much money is expected for each transaction. You will not be surprised with hidden fees.

Your price is locked in at time of placing your order on our website, however, we do have a volatility clause. See client contract on the check out page. 

Yes. When viewing our products on our website you will see the volume discounts listed.

Durham Precious Metals believes, depending on individual objectives, your net worth and risk tolerance, that there should always be 10-30% of an individual’s total portfolio value diversified in the precious metals market. Disclaimer: Durham Precious Metals is not responsible for the information it gives regarding opinions of investment options and the choices clients make.

Please contact us and we will be glad to help guide you through the process of understanding Precious Metals Investing. Also our website page have some videos to help you in your research. Learning about the history (and the futures forecast) of Precious Metals is a good start as it will help reassure you in your decisions. * Please keep in mind that investing in Precious Metals should not be a difficult task. It is not as complicated as some make it out to be. It is really quite a simple process and once you have experienced purchasing Metals you may be relieved at how simple, private & reassuring it can be. If you have a questions that have not been answered, please contact us by email or phone at 905-720-7771. We will be happy to help you in any way we can.

Alternatively, you can visit our YouTube Channel and learn more!

Yes! You can visit out retail store at 378 King St. West in Oshawa, Ontario. 

To see a more detailed list of some things we buy, you can visit out Sell To Us Page.

No minimums! We are happy to offer you a price for anything as small as a single gram of silver.

Yes! You can place an order on our website, pay, and once your payment has cleared we will call you and let you know your order is ready for pickup.

For online orders, there is a minimum order amount of $300.

For purchases made in-store, there is no minimum order amount as long as we have available stock of the product.

Your order is a Legal Binding Agreement and we allow NO CANCELLATIONS.