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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;treehugger, post: 1408154, member: 28451&quot;]That&#039;s a good attitude.&nbsp;&nbsp; The mint-direct purchases I have made have been from the U. S. Mint, Perth Mint and Royal Canadian Mint.&nbsp;&nbsp; My experience is each has their strong and weak points.&nbsp;&nbsp; I would summarize them as follows.&nbsp;&nbsp; Again, this is drawn from my experience only.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>U. S. Mint&nbsp; --</p><p><br /></p><p>Good price points for items.</p><p>Generally bland item offerings.</p><p>Average delivery time.</p><p>Good production quality.</p><p>Terrible ordering system during peak demand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perth Mint&nbsp; --</p><p><br /></p><p>Expensive price points for items.</p><p>Interesting and innovative item offerings.</p><p>Super-fast delivery time.</p><p>Great production quality.</p><p>Good ordering system during peak demand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Royal Canadian Mint&nbsp; --</p><p><br /></p><p>Expensive price points for items. </p><p>Interesting and innovative item offerings.</p><p>Fast delivery time.</p><p>Good production quality.</p><p>Unknown ordering system performance during peak demand.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Depending upon which aspects are more important to a person, they might prefer a particular mint over another.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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