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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;illini420, post: 2193939, member: 19423&quot;]There are lots of people out there that have lots of free time... and often, those people will do a little work for a little extra cash.</p><p><br /></p><p>I know that when I want to get more than my household limit, I can easily call a few of my younger sister&#039;s friends and they&#039;ll buy whatever I need and whenever I need it for a few extra bucks.&nbsp; And with a little more work and a little more incentive cash, I&#039;m sure I could recruit 50 or more people to get online and order for me if I really wanted a large quantity of something.&nbsp; Most of us here could do that too, just depends on how bad you want it.</p><p><br /></p><p>For example, I know of one dealer who has his son in college recruit kids in the dorms to order coins... think about it, an easy $25-$50 for a college freshman is quite a bit of easy pizza/beer money!&nbsp; Very easy for him to get as many coins as he needs by just going room to room at the dorms offering some easy money with zero downside risk.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course it can sometimes suck for those of us who can&#039;t set aside specific time to be on the web to buy coins (think about the folks in Hawaii who have to be on at 6AM to get these Mint releases, that doesn&#039;t seem very fair vs. 12 noon for the East Coast buyers).&nbsp; But every one of us has the opportunity to learn the rules and know when items go on sale. If it&#039;s something you really want, every one of us can find a friend to order for us and/or pay someone an incentive to order for us.&nbsp; It&#039;s a pretty level playing field I think, so I don&#039;t feel bad at all for those who whine that they didn&#039;t get in and now see the higher prices in the aftermarket (they don&#039;t always end up being higher either).</p><p><br /></p><p>Where it stops being a level playing field is when there is no household limit and the really big players order in mass quantities which sometimes affords them special privileges not available to the rest of us.&nbsp; There have been issues like that where the big guys get their coins sent first (or can pick up @ the Mint) and other times where they even get a bulk discount.</p><p><br /></p><p>Finally, I think it&#039;s great how the Mint website works now.&nbsp; Very quick and easy to order and no more frozen pages or waiting room garbage.&nbsp; And if you get your orders in fast, the Mint has been getting the coins out lightning fast too.&nbsp; Those collectors/dealers just getting into this stuff have no clue how easy they have it now.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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