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<p>[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 18084717, member: 59677"]By law, the mint has to cover its costs on numismatic products. I personally think the are putting too much of the fixed costs in that bucket.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That's on Congress. They propose commemorative programs and get them enacted into law.</p><p> </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And flippers, but again the quantities minted are largely set by law.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Again they had to cover the costs. That means buying silver from US mines at market rates.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Agree, but again that's on Congress who passed the laws mandating these programs.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Where you can blame the mint is the astonishingly poor performance of their website and their insane ordering policies that leave the decreasing number of people who WANT to buy US Mint products increasingly frustrated.</p><p><br /></p><p>Will the last customer of the US Mint please turn off the presses.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Burton Strauss III, post: 18084717, member: 59677"]By law, the mint has to cover its costs on numismatic products. I personally think the are putting too much of the fixed costs in that bucket. That's on Congress. They propose commemorative programs and get them enacted into law. And flippers, but again the quantities minted are largely set by law. Again they had to cover the costs. That means buying silver from US mines at market rates. Agree, but again that's on Congress who passed the laws mandating these programs. Where you can blame the mint is the astonishingly poor performance of their website and their insane ordering policies that leave the decreasing number of people who WANT to buy US Mint products increasingly frustrated. Will the last customer of the US Mint please turn off the presses.[/QUOTE]
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