Any suggestions as to where to purchase silver bars for investment?

Have you asked at a gold shop ?

As you asked in Chiang Mai Forum you might check this out:

Trusted Silver Dealers in Thailand - Silver Connection

In Bangkok there are several well known companies offering a similar service.

Bowins

On 1/1/2026 at 7:38 PM, Bill97 said:

Bowins

I bought my silver bars from Bowins and paid for delivery to Chiang Mai.

I would be more concerned in Thailand on the authenticity of any bullion purchased here.

Don't buy it. Plenty of fake silver from China. Paper silver is actually safer.

20 minutes ago, Celsius said:

Don't buy it. Plenty of fake silver from China. Paper silver is actually safer.

Sure there is no fake paper around

4 minutes ago, Bill97 said:

Sure there is no fake paper around

Buy a silver etf

You wish to be a Captain?

10 minutes ago, Harrisfan said:

Buy a silver etf

No thanks

I like having the real stuff

Totally free of the paper games

How much do you want?

Morris and Watson have an office in Bangkok

Precision in Precious Metals Since 1928 | Morris & Watson

Kitco ships to Thailand

https://www.kitco.com/

You want to guy gold or silver, book a flight to Switzerland where you will have the world class reliable banks or specialised stores on the streets, that sell physical gold silver bars over the counter. I would also feel more comfortable with gold or silver coins or bars, rather then virtual bitcoins. Because if somebody pulls out the internet plug oneday, what will happen ?

44 minutes ago, SingAPorn said:

You want to guy gold or silver, book a flight to Switzerland where you will have the world class reliable banks or specialised stores on the streets, that sell physical gold silver bars over the counter. I would also feel more comfortable with gold or silver coins or bars, rather then virtual bitcoins. Because if somebody pulls out the internet plug oneday, what will happen ?

Would it not make more sense to buy it online and have it shipped here?

1 hour ago, SingAPorn said:

You want to guy gold or silver, book a flight to Switzerland where you will have the world class reliable banks or specialised stores on the streets, that sell physical gold silver bars over the counter. I would also feel more comfortable with gold or silver coins or bars, rather then virtual bitcoins. Because if somebody pulls out the internet plug oneday, what will happen ?

Some issues bringing into Thailand legally, did you check them?

Just be aware that you have to pay VAT on silver bought from a trader

Why do the links in the above posts not work ?

http://www.ausiris.co.th/content/index/silver.html

I would check the current price before considering a purchase. The price is dropping sharply this morning

Perhaps the long bull run is stopping. At the least, it looks like a good correction so you could buy at a better price once it's settled.

53 minutes ago, FlorC said:

Why do the links in the above posts not work ?

Yes, for some reason the links in posts are not directly clickable.

Workaround: highlight the link, right-click, choose "open link in new window"

On 1/1/2026 at 5:49 PM, msbkk said:

As you asked in Chiang Mai Forum you might check this out:

Trusted Silver Dealers in Thailand - Silver Connection

In Bangkok there are several well known companies offering a similar service.

Silver connection are way too expensive

27 minutes ago, IsaanT said:

I would check the current price before considering a purchase. The price is dropping sharply this morning

Perhaps the long bull run is stopping. At the least, it looks like a good correction so you could buy at a better price once it's settled.

It could be the end, but it's up about 13% in the last five days, and it's already off its lows.

Yesterday's little equity bounce could have some moving from silver and gold

WARNING, as someone said

you pay 7% VAT when you buy, on top of spot price

you as an individual, just lost 7%, if you want to resell the bars to the same company

they pay spot price, NOT the 7% VAT

so silver has to go up way more than the 7% you just lost on the VAT

no VAT on gold, hence, preferred to most Thai people

2 hours ago, Jimbolkb said:

WARNING, as someone said

you pay 7% VAT when you buy, on top of spot price

you as an individual, just lost 7%, if you want to resell the bars to the same company

they pay spot price, NOT the 7% VAT

so silver has to go up way more than the 7% you just lost on the VAT

no VAT on gold, hence, preferred to most Thai people

Still a better deal than buying in Europe.

4 hours ago, klauskunkel said:

Yes, for some reason the links in posts are not directly clickable.

Workaround: highlight the link, right-click, choose "open link in new window"

No does not work for me in either FF or edge.

BullionStar in Singapore, just store it in their vault.

On 1/3/2026 at 10:22 PM, Yellowtail said:

Would it not make more sense to buy it online and have it shipped here?

I guess it's a matter of TRUST ?

3 hours ago, cracker1 said:

I guess it's a matter of TRUST ?

Why? It's insured

20 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

It could be the end, but it's up about 13% in the last five days, and it's already off its lows.

Yesterday's little equity bounce could have some moving from silver and gold

I just discovered something interesting.

Starting today (January 8th) until the 14th, there will be an annual rebalancing of commercial portfolios to comply with the Bloomberg Commodity Index (BCOM) rules. This is the largest technical event in the commodity world. Because Silver performed so exceptionally well in 2025 (+172%), its "actual" weight in these multi-billion dollar funds drifted up to roughly 9% of the entire index.

The Target Weight: For 2026, the BCOM index rules have mandated a "target weight" for silver of approximately 3.9%.

The Sell Requirement: To get from 9% back down to 3.9%, passive index-tracking funds (like ETFs and Pension Funds) are forced to sell roughly $5 billion to $6 billion worth of silver futures. In simple terms, roughly one in eight silver contracts need to be sold in the next six days.

My short position is doing very well and knowing this is happening in the background is very encouraging. Even more reasons not to be buying silver at this time.

I would not be buying silver or gold either one now.