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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;steve1942, post: 1290602, member: 21699&quot;]My order is time stamped 12:34 PM (Eastern time) and my order status reads &#039;held&#039; (on the &#039;my account&#039; screen) and &#039;Your order request is on hold&#039; (on the track order&#039; screen) with 5 units backordered expected to ship on 11/11/2011. My order# is: 38329XXX Did these sets really sell out in about half an hour? I was hoping I made it before the cutoff. But it looks like I didn&#039;t<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I didn&#039;t realize that &#039;held&#039; meant the same thing as being on the waiting list<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie3" alt=":(" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p>May be my mistake.&nbsp; I had read that at a previous site.&nbsp; However, I&nbsp; noticed that your order number is actually lower than mine so dug&nbsp; deeper.&nbsp; This is from &quot;Mint News&quot; and seems to be very good for you:</p><p>&quot;</p><p>&nbsp;<i>The Mint is both manufacturer and seller, so when they say&nbsp;&nbsp; “backorder,” they mean that the order is backed up until the coins are&nbsp;&nbsp; minted, assembled, and then shipped to the fulfillment center for&nbsp;&nbsp; mailing.</i></p><p>&nbsp;<i>The Mint uses “hold” to mean that they need time to&nbsp; verify that&nbsp; the order is legitimate (in this case, not more than 5 sets&nbsp; per&nbsp; household) and that the customer’s credit card has sufficient&nbsp; funds. “In&nbsp; process” means that verification has been done, and now all&nbsp; it takes is&nbsp; for the Mint to see if there are enough sets ready for&nbsp; mailing.</i></p><p>&nbsp;<i>“In stock and reserved” means that the coins have been assembled into sets and ready to be shipped to the fulfillment center</i></p><p><i>&nbsp;</i></p><p><i>This looks like good news for you!</i><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000">Read more: <a href="http://www.cointalk.com/t194104-8/#ixzz1c6qfcxia" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cointalk.com/t194104-8/#ixzz1c6qfcxia">http://www.cointalk.com/t194104-8/#ixzz1c6qfcxia</a></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #000000"><br /></span></p><p>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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