In the paper the other day, there was this strange offer for one of the new presidental dollars: "Please enclose 3 first class 39 cent postage stamps to recieve your presidential dollar!" Postage stamps??? Kinda weird...
Think about it a little. Three 39 cent stamps. 3x39=$1.17 You are paying $1.17 for a coin that is worth a dollar. He is making about 17 cent a coin. I'm thinking it is a ploy to make a little money. I don't quite understand it completly, but that is my guess. Also add another 39 cents for the stamp you are shipping it with, comes to $1.56. But that is merely a guess. Phoenix
Don't forget, he's making that 17¢ profit less the 39¢ he'll spend to mail it to you for a net loss of 22¢. If you think he's doing that out of the goodness of his heart please contact me off-forum about a real bargain I have for you in a bridge for sale.
It isn't a real presidential dollar unless the guy is an idiot. So..... a. A chocolate covered one or some such other tin-foil thing b. Does anyone know of any other country that has a "dollar" coin with a president on it? This might be it. c. You get a form or advertizement back telling you how to get one for $xxx. There are probably a bunch of other possibilities! Say CoinKid, I just passed the virtual hat around and came up with 3 virtual 39 cent stamps. Could you send off and see what you get?
How so? Total weight of an envelope, cardboard stiffener, and coin is well under one oz., and an envelope costs a fraction of a cent.
He will send you the coin plus some advertisement for other coins he has for sale or a bid sheet on coins you can bid on. He may also sell you name and address to some coin publications or coin company like Littleton. He will make some $$$$ on the deal. Lou
I'm pretty sure that would get to be over an ounce. I used to work for PO, that kind of stuff can't run through their machines, requires special handling. I doubt you get that through for 39 cents. About 6 sheets of paper approaches the limit of an envelope.
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...ages?q=dbcs+machine&gbv=2&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G these machines aren't coin friendly
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metal mail On a side note, if you use an envelope for coins, let the people at the post office know it contans metal so they don't send it throuhg the auto-sorters. My postmaster told me this too can jamb the machines.
I frequently mail one or two coins by cutting a hole in one side of a small piece of corrugated cardboard, taping a piece of plain paper over the coin and the hole, and sticking the cardboard piece in a #10 envelope. Do you think maybe my scale and/or my calipers are defective when they shows the whole "package", including stamp, to weigh around .75-.9 oz., and be less than 1/4" thick? If so, I must have successfully scammed the PO dozens of times. Anyhow, the point is that this scam artist is in fact spending more than a dollar (exactly how much more is irrelevant) each time he sends a DeadPrez coin in exchange for $1.17 in stamps. That means he must be One of Aidan's favorite terms - braindead; A truly great philanthropist, or A scam artist making his money by selling your name/address, or in some other nefarious manner. Does anyone want to fade my bet on #3?
