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<p>[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7885461, member: 100459"]I am one of the most gullible coin collectors. When the U.S. Mint gives us a list of coins or medals, I look them over an make a list of those that I would like to add to my collection. I am grateful for the Enrollment feature that collectors can get several of coins that are annual releases and because of this, I have been able to add each of the American Silver Eagle releases, however, they don't go far enough. The Enrollment helps them decide how many coins they will produce for the Enrollment purchases, which also guarantees a sales figure they can work with to prepare their budget. The more coins they allow to be in the sellers Enrollment, the more information they can work with. They can also control how many coins the collectors can purchase of each coin. Maybe they have looked at it and it doesn't seem feasible.</p><p>I was also thinking that instead of cutting sales off when the maximum number of coins have been sold, they could set up a lottery system and every caller gets a number (like the military draft in 1968 and later). They might be able to eliminate the "bot" purchases. Anyway, they need to figure out a system that the average citizen might be able to get at least one coin.</p><p>Oh yeah, I don't know how many collectors bought or tried to buy the latest two-coin set that has American Silver Eagle Two-Coin Reverse Proof Sets, but I signed on about 2:30PM and went right in and didn't have any trouble getting one. Maybe not everyone is as gullible as I am.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Jim Dale, post: 7885461, member: 100459"]I am one of the most gullible coin collectors. When the U.S. Mint gives us a list of coins or medals, I look them over an make a list of those that I would like to add to my collection. I am grateful for the Enrollment feature that collectors can get several of coins that are annual releases and because of this, I have been able to add each of the American Silver Eagle releases, however, they don't go far enough. The Enrollment helps them decide how many coins they will produce for the Enrollment purchases, which also guarantees a sales figure they can work with to prepare their budget. The more coins they allow to be in the sellers Enrollment, the more information they can work with. They can also control how many coins the collectors can purchase of each coin. Maybe they have looked at it and it doesn't seem feasible. I was also thinking that instead of cutting sales off when the maximum number of coins have been sold, they could set up a lottery system and every caller gets a number (like the military draft in 1968 and later). They might be able to eliminate the "bot" purchases. Anyway, they need to figure out a system that the average citizen might be able to get at least one coin. Oh yeah, I don't know how many collectors bought or tried to buy the latest two-coin set that has American Silver Eagle Two-Coin Reverse Proof Sets, but I signed on about 2:30PM and went right in and didn't have any trouble getting one. Maybe not everyone is as gullible as I am.[/QUOTE]
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