Monthly Acquisition Plan

Build your gold and silver holding a little at a time.

 

Franklin Sanders began offering the Monthly Acquisition Plan(M.A.P.) in 1981 with the understanding that many cannot afford to drop thousands of dollars into gold and silver at once. This program offers you a way to invest just a little each month (or every few months), as your budget allows.  Franklin Sanders no longer fulfills the MAP plan, but recommends Volunteer Precious Metals (started by two of his sons) M.A.P. plan.  If you are interested in starting the M.A.P. plan please click the following link to signup through Volunteer Precious Metals:  VPM M.A.P. Plan web page

Please read this entire page carefully. If you don’t understand anything, just ask us.

How it works

  1. We email you a reminder each month.
    • If you want to invest, fill out the reminder and mail it to us with a check for whatever amount you want to invest.
    • Your payment must reach us by the 15th of the month.
    • If we don't receive a payment from you by the 15th, we will hold your order until the next month's M.A.P. purchase.
  2. If you send a payment, we will enter your order at the market price on the 15th. We pool all of the M.A.P. orders so that you receive a lower commission rate.
  3. We will ship your coins by registered mail within 3 weeks from the day we enter the M.A.P. order. We will deduct postage from the amount you sent us.

How To Enroll

  1. Download the MAP agreement and enrollment form -- This link will redirect you to Volunteer Precious Metals M.A.P. Plan web page, the agreement form is located at the bottom of the page on VPM's website.
  2. Print it, fill it out, and mail it to the address at the bottom of the last page.

How to fill out your reminder and enter AN order

  1. Determine the amount you want to invest (if anything).
    • If you order, the minimum investment is $300. There is no maximum.
    • Please keep your order(s) in steps of $50, e.g., $350, $450, $450, etc.
    • You may increase or decrease your monthly investment at any time.
  2. You can specify an investment in gold, silver, or both.
    • GOLD -- We choose the least expensive gold coins available and put the balance into US 90% silver coins.
      • We cannot carry balances over from month to month
      • We cannot accept requests for specific gold coins
    • SILVER -- We will choose US 90% silver coins unless you request silver rounds.
    • BOTH -- We will split the amount you send and put approximately half in gold coins and half in 90% silver coins.
      • Please do not specify the percentage of the split.
    • OR.....If you send a reminder with no metal selected or mail your check without a reminder, we will select the metal for you that is the best buy at the time.

How to Pay

  1. Unless you are a previous customer, the first three months, we require payment by U.S. Postal Service (only) money order.
  2. After three months, you may pay by personal check. If your personal check is returned for insufficient funds, we must cancel your membership.
  3. We also accept payment by Bill Pay, ACH, and automatic check. If you send electronic payment, you must notify us. An email is fine, just let us know how much you'll send, how often, and what you would like for your investment.

Very Important Tidbits

  1. When you join the M.A.P. program and order from us, you will send money to us and we will actually ship gold and silver coins to you each time you order. Sorry, we can't hold any orders or store coins.
  2. By joining the M.A.P., you do not obligate yourself to buy anything from us, ever. When you send in the form with the $12.00 yearly fee, you merely obligate yourself to receive a reminder from us each month.
  3. We guarantee the authenticity and safe delivery of every coin we sell.
  4. We reserve the right to cancel or change this program at any time on thirty days' notice.
  5. Our acceptance of Federal Reserve notes in exchange for gold & silver money is a function of our common law "moneychanging" only, and is not an admission on our part, by implication or construction, that we recognize Federal Reserve notes as lawful or constitutional money. The expression of the "price" in Federal Reserve notes is for your convenience only. What we actually do is buy your "obligations" (Federal Reserve notes, 12 USC 411) and pay for them with gold and silver money.
  6. Currently we do not ship or deliver in the state of Tennessee.
  7. The yearly membership fee is $12.00. If your membership has expired and you enter an order, we will subtract the yearly fee from that order.
  8. If you have some special need or request, please let us know and we will do our best to accomodate you.