Yes - when I called a while back it sounded close to the same, We sell gold at X, and we buy silver at X... so the double premium on both sides really hurts. I need to find someone who will give a better deal, or just to the online guys I guess.

Was the the capital gains just for 1oz? I have hard rumors of them really starting to tighten up on how much you can buy without paper work. The Govt hates cash, precious metals and crypto, hard to impossible to track or enforce.