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<p>[QUOTE="ClairHardesty, post: 1300463, member: 34169"]I have been buying from the mint website for over 11 years and for the past three have been keeping detailed records of my purchases (the last 70 or so orders). I have also been reading posts like these over that same period, watching with special attention the popular products like these sets. I have absolutely no inside information. I just do careful analysis and use as much of the anchor in my skull as I can keep working. </p><p><br /></p><p>I just received two more single set packages, one marked as "shipped" at 8AM ET yesterday and the other "shipped" at 12:30PM. Both have identical tracking info, with the "Order Processed: Ready for UPS" time right around 3:30PM ET, the same as every UPS shipment I have had from the mint, at least as long as PBGS has been fulfilling orders.</p><p><br /></p><p>Just as a side note to all, giving a little insight into the way PBGS operates, one of the things that I don't like: The CC holds for three of my five single set orders have expired before they could be finalized by PBGS, including the holds for the two sets I just received. I fully expect PBGS to eventually charge me for these items but this haphazard CC policy as used by PBGS has bitten them before. Every once in a while they screw up and never charge for an order. It hasn't happened to me but others have reported it. They also open themselves up to anyone mad or greedy enough to cancel their CC after getting the product but before being charged. Not a very smart business practice.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ClairHardesty, post: 1300463, member: 34169"]I have been buying from the mint website for over 11 years and for the past three have been keeping detailed records of my purchases (the last 70 or so orders). I have also been reading posts like these over that same period, watching with special attention the popular products like these sets. I have absolutely no inside information. I just do careful analysis and use as much of the anchor in my skull as I can keep working. I just received two more single set packages, one marked as "shipped" at 8AM ET yesterday and the other "shipped" at 12:30PM. Both have identical tracking info, with the "Order Processed: Ready for UPS" time right around 3:30PM ET, the same as every UPS shipment I have had from the mint, at least as long as PBGS has been fulfilling orders. Just as a side note to all, giving a little insight into the way PBGS operates, one of the things that I don't like: The CC holds for three of my five single set orders have expired before they could be finalized by PBGS, including the holds for the two sets I just received. I fully expect PBGS to eventually charge me for these items but this haphazard CC policy as used by PBGS has bitten them before. Every once in a while they screw up and never charge for an order. It hasn't happened to me but others have reported it. They also open themselves up to anyone mad or greedy enough to cancel their CC after getting the product but before being charged. Not a very smart business practice.[/QUOTE]
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