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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;krispy, post: 856319, member: 19065&quot;]It&#039;s not just &#039;what everyone thinks&#039;... The Mint does resell returned products which are resellable so long as there are orders to fulfill them and if they do not sell to individuals then they are likely sold to the bullion dealers later on to fulfill their bullion demand. Also I do not think the Mint waits until inventory is out to send back out to other customers those products which were previously returned. I suspect the coins returned are inspected and determined by a quality control agent which coins are true rejects and which can go out again, and to look for the reasons people are returning them to learn how to improve initial sales to eliminate the need to inspect returns, restock inventory and loose money to refunds. The fulfillment center likely processes much of these returns and doesn&#039;t see any difference in one order to the next, simply takes what inventory is available to them to fulfill the orders coming in until both inventory has expired (all units shipped) and the return dates per return/refund policy on those orders has expired for the customers. After the customers order returns window has closed and all back ordered / wait-listed customers have had their orders fulfilled from remaining supply, any remaining coins are probably distributed through that bullion dealer network, just as is done with previous years ASEs in the following years until they are all out of the Mint&#039;s inventory. It is a waste of time and money for the Mint to send returned collectors version coins to a refiner to melt and reprocess as blanks to send back to the Mint for future coin production unless of course the demand to do so is so significant that they need to take any and all sources of metals to create new blanks for future bullion demand-- in which case I don&#039;t think you&#039;d even be able to buy any collectors version bullion in a time like that, just as 2009 saw no Proof Eagles in Silver or Gold from the Mint due to demand and supposed lack of blanks due to bullion demand.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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