$2,600

Maybe the mint should do a week of "order we do a hold your credit card you get a lottery number if your number is draw at the date and time you get a coin and the billing goes though otherwise the hold is release"

 

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I like the lottery idea.....

 

I looked at the prices and said "NO WAY!"

 

Got all the way to the confirm button three times before “A problem occurred”. Since then I can’t even select my card. Back to my regular life. Not waiting anymore.

Rick L.

 

Goat rodeo . . . LOLOL!

 

Type your card in manually. It was the only way I managed to finally get through checkout.

 

Well, I am glad to hear someone got through......@virginian I never got to the checkout phase....locked, then banned, after trying to add to the cart. Banned on the PC, banned on the tablet, banned on the cell phone.....well, got to get back to work.

 

Continuous oops screens. Refresh...Error 1015, banned.
Got it in my cart. FINALLY got through the are you human screen. Entered ALL information. Placed order....OOPS!!!
Got through again, This Item Is No Longer Available.
The frustration and resulting anger.....aaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrhhhhhhhhhh

I did get the parting gift though. I was successful getting the silver with privy. Whoopdy doo

 

The answer is “just say no” to mint products and concentrate on older items sold by dealers who are really interested in pleasing you. The mint does not give a rat’s tail about its regular customers.

 

I think I am a first and last time US mint customer same as I am done with the Royal Canadian Mint

 

No one is forcing you to play.

I collect ASEs and I like to try to get all the "beanie babies." More beanie babies, please.

Meanwhile, I'm stil hoping that any of the folks who claimed that the gold coins were overpriced by the mint will sell me one for the mint's price. Please? Pretty please??

 

I got one of each

 

Any tricks that you care to share? Please?

 

work for the government? I have no idea.

 

Don’t use a pre-inputted card. You have far more success manually putting in your CC info. Make sure your address and billing address are preset though.

 

Right, actually take pre-orders for say 40,000 of them then on the actual sale day you tell 38,000 customers "Oops, sorry you're not going to get one after all."

You REALLY think that is going to make people any happier?

It doesn't matter what the mint does, their customers are NOT going to be happy, and they are going to complain.

 

The solution is the mint should make and sell the number of coins demanded, with a pre-set limit of say 100,000, for a specified period of time. There would a per customer sales limit of one to five. Whoever wants one has a chance to buy it. The end of the ordering period or quantity limit would end the sales.

This system would create some naturally low mintage items, like the Jackie Robinson $5 gold pieces. At the same time it would fair to collectors.

Limiting the mintage to 1,945 coins is garbage. When the mint blew it in the distribution of its offerings the first time around, it could be called a mistake. Now it’s just collector abuse. My reaction is to walk away almost completely (I still do buy the annual silver Proof sets.) unless it happens to be something I find appealing. Even then, if they are going to play games, I will say that I was not meant to add it to my collection.

 

I am sure it would but I think it would be fair to say "Here is your lottery number if you are one of the lucky one you gets pulled out of the hat you get a coin" maybe it ok be you preorder then have 24 hours to finalize and pay or it goes to the next wait list person. It avoids a mad "Black Friday" style dash and is easy to do

I guess they thought it was a cool and meaningful number it still comes across as a bit of made for the "Home Shopping Network" and not collectors or people looking for a peice of history number

 

I looked at the guaranteed instant profit and said PLEASE let there be a WAY! But alas, twas not to be. I would have flipped that gold coin like a veteran fry cook at IHOP.

 

same here. oh well... I didnt think i would luck out anyway