Order Options and Schedule of Charges

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An overview of order options and fees by order type.

Order Type Advantages / Disadvantages
Local
Take physical possession of your bullion in Singapore
Conventient - same building - self-storage option in a Certis Cisco safe deposit box
Subject to 7% Singapore Goods and Services Tax (GST) (taxes will be removed after Oct 1st 2012)
Export Take physical possession of your bullion but it must be exported out of Singapore - see Export Process
Not Subject to 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST)
We require a deposit for GST, which will be refunded once we receive proof of export.  
Not available to Singaporeans or Singapore residents, requires sizable orders
Export Permit option to save GST will be removed after Oct 1st 2012 as GST will no longer apply and qualifying bullion can be freely imported or exported.
S.T.A.R. Secure Storage with full liability protection in Singapore - see S.T.A.R. Storage Details
Not Subject to 7% Goods and Services Tax (GST)
No residency restrictions and no requirement to be physically present in Singapore
Option to take physical delivery of bullion ( No fixed delivery charges for October 2012 deliveries. See Details)
Option to sell bullion back to us 24/7 online
Yearly storage charges and sizable orders required
S.T.A.R. Storage in the Singapore FreePort - View of the Lobby
Singapore FreePort Lobby
Order Type Schedule of Charges by Order Type
Local Local Buy / Sell Prices for each product
No other charges
Export Export Buy / Sell Prices for each product
Export price includes export permit paperwork, no other charges
Fully Refundable GST deposit required to insure export is completed
S.T.A.R. S.T.A.R. Buy / Sell Prices for each product
S.T.A.R. Price includes first 6 months of storage
Additional storage months at S$16.61 SGD ($12.99 USD) per 500 oz of Silver
Optional conversion of SGD to another major currency on sellback incurs a 0.5 % conversion charge
Optional delivery in Singapore at S$299.00 SGD ($233.92 USD) + 0.5 % of original purchase value.
  Singapore delivery also incurs GST tax (7.00 % as of 2012) on original purchase value
Optional bulk delivery to Hong Kong, Bangkok or Tokyo vary depending on destination and volume.
Please also note that:
All charges are in SGD. USD amounts shown are indicative only based on the current exchange rate of 1.2782.
Upon sale or delivery of parcels any unused / overdue storage months will be refunded / deducted on pro-rated basis.
Fixed bank wire fees - typically 50 SGD - will be borne by receiver.


S.T.A.R. Storage - October Parcel Delivery Consolidation Program avoids Fixed Delivery Fees:
Purchase S.T.A.R. Storage Bullion, take delivery in early October tax free and enjoy:
  • No Storage Costs - as six months storage is included in all orders
  • No Fixed Delivery Fee - the usual SGD 299 fixed delivery fee is waived for deliveries scheduled for October - see details below

As you know Singapore will exempt most bullion types imported into Singapore, including all S.T.A.R. Storage bullion products, from the 7% goods and services tax (GST) from 1 October onward.

Until then, any imported bullion is still subject to this tax, however S.T.A.R. Storage is already exempt from GST due to the Singapore FreePort’s bonded (duty free) vault status. Customer can therefore purchase bullion through S.T.A.R. Storage today and take physical delivery after 1 October without your bullion being subject to GST.

We expect a large number of delivery requests in the month of October as customers - mostly Singaporeans - choose to take possession of their bullion once local taxes are removed. To facilitate this, we will consolidate our customer delivery requests into a few large deliveries from the FreePort Vault (tax free area) to our Certis Cisco depository and allow customers to pick up their parcel at their convenience over the next few weeks.

This consolidation greatly reduces vault exit costs as vault / customs clearance and armored transport costs will be spread over much larger shipments, allowing us to waive the usual SGD 299 fixed per-delivery fee. Furthermore, October is roughly six months away so you will only be charged a prorated minimal – if any - storage fees as we offer six months of free storage for every parcel ordered through S.T.A.R. Storage. So upon delivery you will only need to pay a flat administrative charge, equal to 0.5% of the purchase value of the bullion.

To take advantage of this promotion by late September / early October simply select your parcels though the online S.T.A.R. Storage interface and choose to collect the parcel at our Certis Cisco depository. We will send a reminder to all S.T.A.R. Storage customers about this delivery option – including the waived delivery fee - as we approach October.

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In-Stock Inventory:
AVAILABLE: LOCAL S.T.A.R.
Silver 40,763 oz 10,500 oz
Gold 26 oz 70 oz

S.T.A.R. BULLION STORAGE:
86,400 oz owned by customers
10,500 oz available in vault
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Spot Price / Ounce
Silver Bid Ask
in USD 28.73 28.75 0.05
in SGD 36.72 36.75 0.06

Gold Bid Ask
in USD 1,591.50 1,592.00 -0.85
in SGD 2,034.26 2,034.89 -1.09

Platinum Bid Ask
in USD 1,448.70 1,458.70 0.00
in SGD 1,851.73 1,864.51 0.00

Palladium Bid Ask
in USD 598.80 604.80 3.00
in SGD 765.39 773.06 3.83

SGD/USD 1.2782
Updated 20/5/2012 1:51
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