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<p>[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2192275, member: 41863"]The simplest solution is to stop having limited mintage numbers. Seriously. Have a time limit of production, say 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, etc. That way anyone who wants one has a fair chance to obtain them.</p><p><br /></p><p>That knocks the big dealers down SEVERAL notches as there is no perceived rarity for a limited mintage, and they will eventually stop buying up so many sets and the collectors who want them will be able to get them. After production if you are sitting on a 100 sets and they only ended up with a 50,000 mintage, you may do well, if production soars, then those dealers get burnt and might not try to buy up all the large quantities next time.</p><p><br /></p><p>Seems super simple to me. Mint them to demand for a set period of time. What downside is there to that? No low mintages or artificial demand. Well at least everyone who wanted one was able to actually get one.</p><p><br /></p><p>PLUS the mint wouldnt have to deal with leftovers that needed melting or sold later.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="treylxapi47, post: 2192275, member: 41863"]The simplest solution is to stop having limited mintage numbers. Seriously. Have a time limit of production, say 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, etc. That way anyone who wants one has a fair chance to obtain them. That knocks the big dealers down SEVERAL notches as there is no perceived rarity for a limited mintage, and they will eventually stop buying up so many sets and the collectors who want them will be able to get them. After production if you are sitting on a 100 sets and they only ended up with a 50,000 mintage, you may do well, if production soars, then those dealers get burnt and might not try to buy up all the large quantities next time. Seems super simple to me. Mint them to demand for a set period of time. What downside is there to that? No low mintages or artificial demand. Well at least everyone who wanted one was able to actually get one. PLUS the mint wouldnt have to deal with leftovers that needed melting or sold later.[/QUOTE]
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