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<p>[QUOTE="green18, post: 2713283, member: 10103"]First, let me state that I missed out on this issue through no fault but my own.....I forgot all about game day until late afternoon and by then it was too late.</p><p><br /></p><p>It seems to me that the Mint has an 'I don't give a hoot' attitude when it comes to popular series and coins/medals being issued. How many times has this happened in the last five or six years? I think we all have to face one fact.........they ain't listening to us (collectors) and what's more, they don't care. If they did (care) they'd fix it. I'm tempted to take [USER=23778]@sakata[/USER] 's advice, but I don't think it will send a message. What will send a message is boycotting the fat cats, who got a disproportionate allotment of product, and letting them choke on it. But that won't happen either because there are just too many folks out there who gotta get it first and they don't care what they pay. As long as there are people like that (and there will always be people like that) you will continue to see such practices. </p><p><br /></p><p>The mint should have known (and I believe they did know, and just didn't care) that this issue was going to be very popular and they should have at least limited the ordering to a max of 5 units. That would have made it more difficult for the fat boys to obtain product.........they would have had to enlist their minions and that cuts into their profit margin.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="green18, post: 2713283, member: 10103"]First, let me state that I missed out on this issue through no fault but my own.....I forgot all about game day until late afternoon and by then it was too late. It seems to me that the Mint has an 'I don't give a hoot' attitude when it comes to popular series and coins/medals being issued. How many times has this happened in the last five or six years? I think we all have to face one fact.........they ain't listening to us (collectors) and what's more, they don't care. If they did (care) they'd fix it. I'm tempted to take [USER=23778]@sakata[/USER] 's advice, but I don't think it will send a message. What will send a message is boycotting the fat cats, who got a disproportionate allotment of product, and letting them choke on it. But that won't happen either because there are just too many folks out there who gotta get it first and they don't care what they pay. As long as there are people like that (and there will always be people like that) you will continue to see such practices. The mint should have known (and I believe they did know, and just didn't care) that this issue was going to be very popular and they should have at least limited the ordering to a max of 5 units. That would have made it more difficult for the fat boys to obtain product.........they would have had to enlist their minions and that cuts into their profit margin.[/QUOTE]
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