RE: Interesting thought5 May 2019 11:56
Big7, 'Not charging a transaction fee' is not misleading if they dont charge transaction fees. If they said "We dont charge fees" that would be misleadijg. If you read all the Tally terms and conditions and FAQ you will find that with your question about taking delivery of your gold it states "not yet". In fact what you're asking them to do is take the gold storage aspect of Tally and put it in your hands so that they are essentially working for free ("no transactional cost".) They are just not at that stage yet, but if we get bigger then it may well be possible, but you will likely have to pay a premium for it. Once you have taken ownership of your physical gold, how could they keep it on their ledgers up to date, which are audited? How would they know you haven't sold it, all of this makes the premise of the app void (at the moment). Which brings me onto your final point, the ownership of the gold. The gold is stored in one place (or a few if demand will be high) but that does not mean it is "pooled". The gold is owned in accordance with the amount of Tally that you own. Where buys and sells are similar, matching buys and sells of Tally will change the allocation of ownership. The fact that the vault is insured means that all of the gold is at much lower risk than holding all client money in a large pooled bank account which they can take interest on, which is what many banks and large businesses do. It all makes sense, no matter how much of a negative spin you put on things.