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<p>[QUOTE="Moen1305, post: 1291785, member: 2544"]Other than cleaning of the cache memory, or upgrading RAM, or only having the cookies for the US Mint website saved, changing the port or even the changes I just mentioned will make a negligible if unnoticeable difference in your connection speed. </p><p><br /></p><p>Simple ideas such as shill buyers with multiple Mint accounts using different credit cards and addresses would increase your chances far more than any minor adjustments in your hardware/software in my opinion. I have an account, my wife has an account, my three kids have accounts, and I use different credit cards for each purchase. I have them sent to my mother-in-law's address, my work address, my wife's work address, and other family members addresses. Getting through to the Mint by phone and computer seems to also increase the likelihood of making multiple purchases. You just need a good network of people connected by cell phones. I only bought 5 this time because I wasn't sure how well they'd be selling aftermarket but I wanted to take a bigger risk initially and I kind of wish that I had now. Live and learn. I bought 10 sets of the 20th Anniversary ASEs and they didn't really take off like I thought they would so I was a bit gun-shy when it came to the 25th Anniv. set.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Moen1305, post: 1291785, member: 2544"]Other than cleaning of the cache memory, or upgrading RAM, or only having the cookies for the US Mint website saved, changing the port or even the changes I just mentioned will make a negligible if unnoticeable difference in your connection speed. Simple ideas such as shill buyers with multiple Mint accounts using different credit cards and addresses would increase your chances far more than any minor adjustments in your hardware/software in my opinion. I have an account, my wife has an account, my three kids have accounts, and I use different credit cards for each purchase. I have them sent to my mother-in-law's address, my work address, my wife's work address, and other family members addresses. Getting through to the Mint by phone and computer seems to also increase the likelihood of making multiple purchases. You just need a good network of people connected by cell phones. I only bought 5 this time because I wasn't sure how well they'd be selling aftermarket but I wanted to take a bigger risk initially and I kind of wish that I had now. Live and learn. I bought 10 sets of the 20th Anniversary ASEs and they didn't really take off like I thought they would so I was a bit gun-shy when it came to the 25th Anniv. set.[/QUOTE]
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