What to ask a vault
Five Questions to Ask Before You Store Metal Anywhere
Ask these of us and of every competitor. The answers vary far more than the marketing does, and a vault that will not answer in writing has told you something.
Come and see the vault before you move anything. No account relationship is required to visit.
Allocated
Your specific bars. Not a claim on a pool
9R
Highest UL vault rating available
1983
Operating on the Galt Ocean Mile since
Audited
Independent verification, and you can attend
5 what to ask a vault
Our answers are on each page. Compare them.
Is It Allocated and Segregated?
Three words that sound similar and mean very different things. This is the question that matters most and the one most often answered vaguely.
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How Is It Insured?
Every vault says "fully insured". The useful questions are who the insurer is, what the limit is, what is excluded, and who is the named insured.
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Who Audits It?
An audit performed by the custodian on its own holdings is a stock check. Independence is what makes it an audit.
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What If the Vault Fails?
The uncomfortable question, and the one that most cleanly separates arrangements that differ only in marketing.
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How Do I Get It Back?
Easy to get metal in. The arrangement is defined by how easy it is to get out, and that is the part nobody demonstrates before you join.
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Tell us what needs to move.
What, from where, and roughly when. You do not need an inventory to start the conversation, and if the job belongs with an armored carrier we will say so on the call.