Is BGASC Legit? A Data-Backed Review of the Dealer That Usually Finishes Second

About this review. BullionMetric records the price and stock status of every listing at the major US online bullion dealers, most days of the week. This review uses our tracking from July 13 to October 11, 2026, measured against an independent reference spot price rather than each dealer's own displayed spot. One limit up front: we have no BGASC data from July 30 to September 3, and on eight other days we captured only part of its catalog. Every day count below uses only the 33 days we tracked BGASC's full catalog. Company and policy facts come from BGASC's own pages and the sources linked in each section. How we track premiums →

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The short answer

Yes, BGASC is a legitimate online dealer. It was founded in 2012, has been owned by Gold.com (formerly A-Mark Precious Metals, the parent of JM Bullion) since October 2022, is based in Dallas, Texas, and holds an A+ BBB rating as an accredited business. Shopper Approved buyers rate it 4.8 out of 5 across 5,958 reviews; its Trustpilot score is a weaker 3.5. On price, BGASC is rarely the cheapest dealer we track on the coins and bars most people buy. It's usually the runner-up: second to Hero Bullion on 100 oz silver bars on 15 of the 20 days we could compare, and second on random-year Gold Maple Leafs on 21 of 30. The one place it wins is specific-year coins, where it was cheapest on dated Gold Maples on 28 of 32 days.

That's the verdict. Here's the evidence, including the parts that cost you money.

BGASC almost never wins. That's less bad than it sounds.

We track 11 dealers. On most products, one of them is clearly cheapest.

It's almost never BGASC.

But look one row down and BGASC keeps showing up. Here's how it ranked against the dealers that actually keep stock, on the days we tracked its full catalog:

"Cheapest" means BGASC's median in-stock premium that day was the lowest among dealers that usually have stock, on days at least three of them had the product. Ties count for every dealer tied; BGASC's specific-year Krugerrand count includes 9 tied days and its Buffalo count 7. Silver uses the 20 days from September 5 to October 10, the only stretch when both BGASC's and Hero's silver were fully tracked. Gold uses all 33.

Read it top to bottom and two things stand out.

On the products most stackers buy, BGASC is the reliable second choice. 100 oz bars. Random-year Gold Maples and Buffalos. Silver Krugerrands. It rarely wins, and it's rarely far off.

On specific-year coins, BGASC wins outright. If you want a 2023 Gold Maple or a dated Krugerrand, no dealer we track was cheapest more often.

There's a catch in that second point. We'll get to it.

The race BGASC "won" without Hero in it

One early read of our data needs correcting. In late July, BGASC looked like the cheapest dealer we track on 100 oz silver bars.

It wasn't. Hero Bullion's silver catalog wasn't fully tracked until August 22, so BGASC was winning a race Hero wasn't in. On the 20 days we could compare, Hero was cheaper on 100 oz bars every single day. BGASC was second on 15 of them.

What second place is worth

Percentages make dealers comparable. Dollars are what leave your account.

So here's BGASC against both neighbors: the cheapest dealer, and the next dealer behind BGASC that usually had stock.

Those are medians across the 90-day window, at the check and wire price.

Read the bar row across. Picking BGASC over Kitco saves you about $155. Picking Hero over BGASC saves you about $1,545. Ten times as much.

So the order of operations is simple. Check Hero first. When Hero's out, BGASC is usually the next place to look, and it's usually got the item.

The one contest BGASC wins

Specific-year coins. Here's what those wins are worth:

Real wins. Small ones.

Now the catch. A dated coin costs more than a random-year one, every time. A specific-year Gold Maple at BGASC ran $155.56 over spot. A random-year Gold Maple at Hero ran $82.07. That's about $73 a coin more. Even inside BGASC's own catalog, the dated coin ran about $27 more than its random-year one. Silver's the same story: $13.71 an ounce over spot for a dated Silver Maple at BGASC, $7.02 for a random-year one at Kitco.

So BGASC wins the contest most stackers shouldn't enter.

If the year matters to you, say you're filling a date run, BGASC is a strong first stop. If it doesn't, buy random year and skip this table entirely.

Where BGASC will cost you

On four random-year gold coins, BGASC wasn't close. SD Bullion and Money Metals Exchange were simply cheaper.

On ten random-year Gold Buffalos, buying at SD instead of BGASC would have saved you about $1,004.

Silver coins are the other weak spot. BGASC doesn't list a random-year Silver Eagle or Silver Maple at all. Every 1 oz Eagle and Maple it sells is a specific year. Its dated Silver Eagles ran a median $20.26 an ounce over spot. A random-year Eagle at Kitco ran $11.45. Over 100 coins, that's about $881.

Junk silver, too. BGASC tracks one 90% listing, a $1 face bag of Mercury dimes. It ran $6.39 an ounce over spot, against $2.23 at SD Bullion, and it was in stock on only 19 of the 31 days we saw it.

Stock: the reason second place matters

A runner-up is only useful if it's there when the leader isn't.

BGASC is. Over the last 30 days, 44.5% of its gold and silver listings were in stock. Among dealers with a full gold and silver catalog, only Money Metals Exchange was higher.

*GoldenStateMint is a private mint with a narrow retail catalog. Our tracking records its listings as in stock, but we haven't verified that its stock signal reflects real availability, so we don't report a rate for it. †Kitco has 23 silver listings in our tracking and no gold, so its rate rests on a small catalog.

BullionExchanges and SilverGoldBull post low prices on many gold products, but fewer than 10% of their listings were in stock, and neither has silver in our tracking.

The products people buy look better still. On the 33 days we tracked BGASC's full catalog, it had at least one listing in stock:

• 100 oz and 10 oz silver bars, 1 oz gold bars, Pre-1933 $20s: every day.
• Dated Gold Eagles, Krugerrands, Silver Eagles and Silver Maples: every day.
• Its random-year Gold Eagle, Philharmonic, Buffalo and Krugerrand listings: every day we saw them. Its random-year Gold Maple was out once.

Two real gaps. Silver Britannias (BGASC lists only dated ones) were in stock on just 9 of 33 days, with one stretch of 23 tracked days out. Junk silver was out for 12 tracked days straight.

And the overall rate barely moved. On every fully tracked day it sat between about 36% and 49%.

About the gap in our data

You may have seen figures suggesting BGASC was out of stock for weeks this summer. As far as we know, it wasn't. From July 30 to September 3, we simply didn't record BGASC at all. That's our gap, not BGASC's. We also captured only part of its catalog on July 13 to 16, September 4, 14 and 22, and October 6. We've left all of those days out of every count on this page, and we make no claim about BGASC's stock on days we didn't see it.

"BGASC is a scam": one buyer's story, and what the record shows

Search "BGASC reviews" and a Reddit thread titled "BGASC is a scam" sits right under BGASC's own site.

That's a rough first impression. So we read it.

It's one buyer's story, posted about nine months ago. They ordered a kilo of silver and three coins that BGASC's site showed as in stock. After the order, BGASC emailed to say the listing was an error and the items weren't actually available. It then gave three different dates for when they'd ship. By then silver had climbed from about $50 an ounce to about $80, and BGASC offered a refund rather than the metal. You can see why that stung.

The thread drew a handful of upvotes and five replies. One suggested pushing BGASC to deliver. Another asked for an update and mentioned a recent order of their own. The older thread that ranks above it, from about seven years ago, is simply a buyer asking whether anyone had used BGASC; a reply from two years ago points out that JM Bullion now owns it.

One story, in a fast market, isn't a pattern. Here's what the wider record shows. BGASC's BBB file has 7 complaints over three years. Trustpilot has received only 5 reviews in the past 12 months. Against a business that reported more than 120,000 customers when it was sold in 2022, that's a small number. The complaints that do exist repeat four themes:

1. Cancelled orders after payment. Several buyers report BGASC cancelling an order days after taking payment, sometimes citing a review it wouldn't explain. BGASC's terms reserve the right to cancel orders flagged in fraud or compliance screening, or listed at an incorrect price.
2. Slow shipping. Buyers describe shipping labels created days before a package reached the carrier. In one BBB case from late 2025, BGASC blamed record order volume during a market swing.
3. Signature and pickup rules. Orders with $1,000 or more of product need a signature, and BGASC's insurance terms don't cover packages left anywhere but with you.
4. Condition disputes. A few buyers report dented coins or loose packing.

What can our data say about any of this? A little, and it's worth being straight about the limit. We record the stock flag BGASC's own site shows. If the site says "in stock" and the warehouse disagrees, as in the Reddit buyer's case, we can't see it. That's true of every dealer we track. What we can say: BGASC's prices were steady, and its site showed core products in stock every day we fully tracked it.

So, a scam? No. A scam doesn't hold an A+ BBB rating under a NYSE-listed parent and answer its complaints. But the friction is real and specific. In a fast-moving market, confirm your order before you count on it. On a large first order by bank transfer, expect a verification hold. And be home for the delivery.

Can you trust them?

Price only matters if the coins show up.

Company. BGASC stands for Buy Gold and Silver Coins. The business started on February 8, 2012, according to its BBB file, and was historically based in Southern California. Today the site is operated by Buy Gold and Silver Corp, with a legal address at 6125 Luther Lane #474, Dallas, Texas 75225. Its BBB file lists Tom Fougerousse, Vice President of Operations, as its contact. (BBB, Terms and Conditions)

Ownership. JM Bullion, a subsidiary of A-Mark Precious Metals, bought BGASC's website, brand, customer list and intellectual property on October 25, 2022, for $4.5 million in cash. BGASC is now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gold.com, Inc. (NYSE: GOLD), the rebranded parent company formerly known as A-Mark Precious Metals, Inc. (Nasdaq: AMRK) until December 2, 2025. Gold.com lists Buy Gold and Silver Corp as a subsidiary in its 2026 annual report. JM Bullion and Provident Metals are sister brands. In our data, BGASC and Provident listed the identical price for the same product on the same day 12% of the time. (Acquisition announcement, Gold.com brand page, Gold.com 10-K, Exhibit 21)

Sister brand doesn't mean same prices. BGASC was cheaper than JM Bullion on all three products in our second-place dollar table. A random-year Gold Maple ran $128.42 over spot at BGASC against $154.36 at JM.

BBB. Rated A+ and accredited since January 3, 2023. Seven complaints in the last three years, five closed in the last 12 months. Five are marked answered and two resolved; none is listed as unanswered.

Shopper Approved. 4.8 out of 5 across 5,958 reviews, 84% five-star, with 23 two-star and 22 one-star ratings. Note that 4,770 of those reviews, about 80%, were left at checkout, before the order arrived. The 1,188 left after delivery also average 4.8. Customer service is its lowest-rated category, at 4.5 across 129 ratings. (Shopper Approved)

Trustpilot. 3.5 out of 5 across 7,721 reviews. That score looks odd next to the star mix, which is 87% five-star and 1% one-star. The reason: BGASC hasn't invited reviews recently, so new reviews are unprompted, and the last year's handful are mostly complaints. BGASC claimed the profile in 2014 but hasn't replied to negative reviews. (Trustpilot)

Legal. We found no lawsuits, attorney-general actions or regulatory actions naming BGASC in web searches as of October 14, 2026. Gold.com's 2026 annual report describes its legal matters as ordinary-course claims it doesn't expect to be material.

Shipping, payment and returns

Sources: Shipping, Payments, Terms and Conditions.

One line in that table quietly changes everything above it.

Every price on this page is the check and wire price. Pay by card and you lose the 4% discount. On a 100 oz silver bar, that's about $2.80 an ounce more. On a 1 oz Gold Maple, about $180.

That card markup is nine times BGASC's entire edge over Kitco on 100 oz bars. If you're at BGASC for the price, pay by eCheck or wire.

Should you buy from BGASC?

Find your line:

• Specific-year gold coins: yes, check BGASC first. Cheapest on dated Gold Maples on 28 of 32 days, dated Krugerrands on 21 of 33.
• Specific-year Silver Maples: yes. Cheapest on 15 of 20 compared days.
• 100 oz silver bars: your backup. Check Hero Bullion first; BGASC was next on 15 of 20 days.
• Random-year Gold Maples and 1 oz gold bars: your backup. Hero first.
• Random-year Gold Eagles, Buffalos and Philharmonics: no. SD Bullion was much cheaper. See our SD Bullion review.
• Random-year Krugerrands: no. Money Metals Exchange was cheaper. See our Money Metals Exchange review.
• Silver Eagles: no. BGASC lists no random-year Eagle, and its dated ones ran about $9 an ounce more than a random-year Eagle elsewhere.
• 10 oz bars and junk silver: no. Hero and SD Bullion were cheaper.
• Graded coins: limited. We track 86 graded products at BGASC and 2,690 at APMEX. Start with our APMEX review.
• A big first order by bank transfer: fine, with patience. Expect a verification hold, and plan to sign for the package.
• Card only: a weaker fit. The 4% card price eats BGASC's edge.

One more thing. Like Hero Bullion, BGASC sells marked-down coins and bars: 22 listings labeled with abrasions, cleaning or "varied condition." Its random-year Gold Maple with abrasions ran $120.92 over spot. We kept these out of every comparison above.

The verdict

BGASC is a legitimate, 14-year-old dealer owned by the same public company as JM Bullion.

And on price, it's the dealer that keeps finishing second.

That's more useful than it sounds. Its core products were in stock every day we tracked its full catalog. It was usually the next-cheapest option behind Hero Bullion on 100 oz bars and random-year Gold Maples. And on specific-year gold coins, nobody we track was cheaper more often.

The limits are just as clear. SD Bullion was much cheaper on random-year Gold Eagles, Buffalos and Philharmonics. BGASC lists no random-year Silver Eagles or Maples. Its card price runs about 4% above the wire price. And the complaints about cancelled orders and slow shipping, while few, keep coming back to the same things.

So here's how we'd use it. Check Hero first for silver bars and Gold Maples, and SD Bullion for Gold Eagles and Buffalos. Keep BGASC as your backup when they're out, and your first stop when you want a specific year. Pay by eCheck or wire.

Before you order, check today's prices across every dealer we track. A 90-day median tells you who's usually cheapest. Today's price tells you who's cheapest now.

Related: Is Hero Bullion legit? · Is JM Bullion legit? · Is APMEX legit? · How much over spot should you pay for silver? · How much over spot for gold? · Where is the cheapest place to buy silver? · Today's prices: Gold Maple Leafs · Silver Maple Leafs · Silver Philharmonics · American Silver Eagles

How we measured this

BullionMetric records the listed price and stock status of every tracked product at US online dealers most days. Eleven dealers are tracked: APMEX, BGASC, BullionExchanges, GoldenStateMint, Hero Bullion, JM Bullion, Kitco, Money Metals Exchange, Provident Metals, SD Bullion and SilverGoldBull. BullionExchanges and SilverGoldBull have no silver products in our tracking. That's a gap in our coverage, not a statement about their catalogs.

The window is July 13 to October 11, 2026. No prices were collected for any dealer from September 29 to October 2 because of a data-collection outage. We have no BGASC data from July 30 to September 3, and only part of its catalog on July 13 to 16, September 4, 14 and 22, and October 6. BGASC day counts use the 33 days we tracked its full catalog: July 17 to 29, September 5 to 10, 15 to 20 and 23 to 25, October 4, and October 7 to 10. Silver comparisons use the 20 of those days from September 5 onward, because Hero Bullion's silver wasn't fully tracked before August 22. Dollar medians use every in-stock observation in the window, the same basis as our other dealer reviews. The 30-day in-stock rate covers September 12 to October 11. Premiums are measured against an independent reference spot price, the midpoint of each day's price range. Prices are each dealer's check and wire price. Stock status is what each dealer's own site shows.

Included: in-stock listings only, premiums between 0% and 300%, 1 oz coins weighing 0.95–1.05 troy oz, 1 oz gold bars, 10 oz and 100 oz silver bars, Pre-1933 $20 gold and 90% junk silver. Excluded: graded and certified coins, proofs and special finishes, privy and limited editions, listings marked off-quality, abrasions, cleaned or damaged, gift packaging, and multi-coin tubes, rolls and boxes. "Cheapest" on a day means the lowest median premium among dealers that usually have stock (more than 20% of gold and silver listings in stock over 30 days, with GoldenStateMint excluded because its stock signal is unverified), on days when at least three of them had the product. "Random year" includes listings sold as random year or with no year stated; listings for a specific year are compared separately. Full methodology →

Last updated: October 14, 2026. Premium data through October 11, 2026.