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在经济衰退时期，越来越多人选择买黄金保值。认识到这一广大市场潜力后，德国一家公司推出了黄金自助售卖机，这样一来，买黄金就跟买巧克力一样容易了。据悉，这部名为“Gold to Go”的自助售金机摆放于法兰克福机场，由总部设于斯图加特的“TG-Gold超级市场”公司设计。售卖的黄金分为1克和10克装，分别售30欧元和245欧元，价格比一般市价高出约30%，且售金机内的金价每隔几分钟便会随市价更新。[文章版权 禁止转载:考试与评价 VX`XTARn'nn5?A:?}FroG]
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Shoppers in Germany will soon be able to buy gold as easily as bars of chocolate after a firm announced plans to install vending machines selling the precious metal across the country.
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TG-Gold-Super-Markt aims to introduce the machines at 500 locations including train stations and airports in Germany.
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The company, based near Stuttgart, hopes to tap into the increasing interest in buying gold following disillusionment in other investments due to the economic downturn.
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Gold prices from the machines – about 30 per cent higher than market prices for the cheapest product – will be updated every few minutes.
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Customers using a prototype "Gold to go" machine at Frankfurt Airport on Tuesday had the choice of purchasing a 1g wafer of gold for �30, a 10g bar for �245, or gold coins.
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A camera on the machine monitors transactions for money laundering controls.
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Thomas Geissler, who owns the company behind the idea, said: "German investors have always preferred to hold a lot of personal wealth in gold, for historical reasons. They have twice lost everything.
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"Gold is a good thing to have in your pocket in uncertain times."
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Interest in gold has risen during the financial crisis, particularly in Germany, according to GFMS, the London-based precious metals consultancy.
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Retail demand reached an estimated 108 tonnes in 2008, up from 36 tonnes in 2007 and 28 tonnes in 2006.
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Jens Willenbockel, an investment banker who saw the machine while passing through the airport, told the Financial Times that he believed there could be a market for the venture.
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"Because of the crisis there is a lot of awareness of gold," he said. "It is also a great gift for children – for them getting gold is like a fairytale."
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