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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Vess1, post: 7707035, member: 13650&quot;]Yeah, I can kind of see your point.&nbsp; An auto dealer is a private corporation that forces you to go through their middle men dealers.&nbsp;&nbsp; The Mint is a public entity and should in essence serve the public first.&nbsp; They do supposedly support themselves through the sale of products so they are somewhat removed from answering directly to all of the tax base. </p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; They are pretty much equally beholden to dealers and collectors now which the dealers do pay more to get their product in advance of the sale.&nbsp; Its easier for them to sell in bulk to dealers.&nbsp;&nbsp; I don&#039;t put the late night shows ahead of my own wants but I can&#039;t blame the mint for wanting to cater to them as well.&nbsp;&nbsp; At some point the mint determines what and how much to put out there to satisfy all of their customers.&nbsp;&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p>&nbsp;&nbsp; Everybody has their own ideas.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like how this year is going.&nbsp; I don&#039;t like all of their best products crammed into August.&nbsp; &nbsp; The redundancy of products is a bit much.&nbsp;&nbsp; Why have a silver proof set and a limited edition silver proof set?&nbsp;&nbsp; Just do one or the other!&nbsp;&nbsp; I&#039;m fine with a silver proof ASE.&nbsp; But why do we need an S AND a W.&nbsp; Just do one or the other.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Why do we need a special 2 coin ASE set every year now?&nbsp;&nbsp; I can understand this year but there&#039;s only so many ASEs a guy really needs or can afford.&nbsp;&nbsp; This doesn&#039;t even wade into all of the AGE options or multitudes of commemoratives.&nbsp; Or the coins being release in between that nobody collects.&nbsp; &nbsp; They went from 1954 to 1982 without producing any commemoratives.&nbsp; Then we finally got one for the year.&nbsp; &nbsp; The mint has become a money hungry hog that still does not operate well.&nbsp; &nbsp; They&#039;re still trying to correct their website in 2021 and I know more than the customer service people I get on the phone, IF you can get someone on the phone.&nbsp; &nbsp; And in the end, being a government agency all you can say is we&#039;re lucky it isn&#039;t worse than it is.&nbsp;&nbsp; It&#039;s totally understandable why people have given up.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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