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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to
bunch up my orders at the mint. However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in. Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following: The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007 First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in the event cancellations occur. [...] That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? -- Jim Seymour |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
In article , Jim Seymour
wrote: I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to bunch up my orders at the mint. However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in. Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following: The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007 First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in the event cancellations occur. [...] That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? I wuz fairly confident that there would be a quick sell-out on these koin-like items as soon as the Mint cancelled the "subscription" option for these a few weeks ago. I suspect that they received more than 40,000 subscription orders, and didn't want to have a "sold out before official offering" situation ... So I popped onto the Mint website promptly at 0900 Pacific Time and ordered my First Spice koin-like items ... looks like these will be quite a winner in the aftermarket ... And kudos to the U S Mint for apparently upgrading their web hosting equipment. It took almost twenny minutes of slow page rendering to get through the order process, but I did not get a single error message or timeout during the entire session ... unlike several past first-day ordering adventures ... -- Ken Barr Numismatics P. O. Box 32541 website: http://www.kenbarr.com San Jose, CA 95152 (souvenir cards, MPC, Hickey Bros tokens) 408-272-3247 Next show: Alameda CC, June 27 (tentative, no table) |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
Dang! Another woulda shoulda coulda. Forgot all about the release date
being today. This pretty much guarantees that any ya'll receive will sell on the aftermarket for 5K or better. Good on ya. John -- "The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it." Albert Einstein "Jim Seymour" wrote in message ... I hate having to pay too many per-order shipping charges, so I like to bunch up my orders at the mint. However, this morning, I decided that the First Lady gold coins were going to go fast, so I placed my order as soon as I could get in. Good thing, too... Now, the site says the following: The United States Mint is continuing to take orders for the 2007 First Spouse Series One-Half Ounce Gold Proof Coin - Martha Washington. Although orders have already been taken that meet the maximum limit for this product, we will continue to accept orders in the event cancellations occur. [...] That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? -- Jim Seymour |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
I had my order done and confirmed at 12:01 EDT for 5 ea of the 4 coins, 20 total. Worked smooth for me. Of course the wife will see the AMEX bill next week and might have a comment or two... |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
"Jim Seymour" wrote in message ... That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? Hey no fair! I was in Australia! :-D |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
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says... I had my order done and confirmed at 12:01 EDT for 5 ea of the 4 coins, 20 total. Worked smooth for me. Of course the wife will see the AMEX bill next week and might have a comment or two... Just tell her that you were buying another wife. -- Get Credit Where Credit Is Due http://www.cardreport.com/ Credit Tools, Reference, and Forum |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:56:48 -0700, Jim Seymour
wrote: That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? Definitely quicker than I thought it would be, considering the price. Does anyone know if there are plans for replicas?, like there is for the 2006 Buffalo. I already have what will be probably my one and only god coin, so I didn't even consider buying the gold spouse coins. But I do like the look of the Spouse coins and would not mind owning a replica of one or two if the price is right, preferably under $20. |
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First Spouse Gold: That was fast!
On Jun 20, 12:24 pm, Jon Purkey wrote:
On Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:56:48 -0700, Jim Seymour wrote: That's ... what ... less than four hours for a sellout? Definitely quicker than I thought it would be, considering the price. Does anyone know if there are plans for replicas?, like there is for the 2006 Buffalo. I already have what will be probably my one and only god coin, so I didn't even consider buying the gold spouse coins. But I do like the look of the Spouse coins and would not mind owning a replica of one or two if the price is right, preferably under $20. The Mint is selling bronze versions for $3.50 a piece ... |
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