[mieko]

Yeah: Literally make it illegal for shops to possess the platinum or palladium without documentation of provenance.

Unless you're cool with the thefts that are going on, or think any government regulation is "overstepping."

[yjftsjthsd-h]

> Unless you're cool with the thefts that are going on, or think any government regulation is "overstepping."

Strawmanning anyone who disagrees with you makes your position look worse.

[bluGill]

You can process those metals in your backyard with a bag of charcoal. Sure industrial processes will extract more, but the backyard processes work.

[mrguyorama]

Who is methhead steve selling his backyard, low yield, low grade platinum to? The value is because an industrial process can recover clean platinum.