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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 1071960, member: 19065&quot;]<b>+1</b> After the 2010 Proof quality issues and the erroneous email sent out from the Mint to subscribers I cancelled all of my Mint subscriptions as well.</p><p><br /></p><p>What&#039;s bound to be a better route: buy newly graded US Mint products that are offered for sale early on by dealers in the secondary market selling graded products at the grades you want in the first place. Avoid those TPG fees of submitting to grading yourself, avoid the quality control issues rampant with the Mint and if personally necessary buy empty OGP from coin shows or dealers or on eBay. Keep the graded coins in the TPG slab or crack them out and reassemble an OGP if that&#039;s your thing. The value of this trouble may be nominally different from what you&#039;d get with a hit-or-miss order direct from the Mint. Also avoid having to deal with the Pitney Bowles Govt Services (Fullfillment Center) FedEx to USPS hand-off delivery non-sense when taking delivery, risk of receiving damaged merchandise, or not receiving the right items at all, and any problems with returns/exchanges and the 7-day Mint return policy therein. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Mint raises prices but will they raise the bar on quality controls and customer service or are these price hikes in accord with paying for the new brand identity they recently unveiled?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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