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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;divechief, post: 611184, member: 19036&quot;]Hi,&nbsp; I&#039;ve been lurking for quite a while,&nbsp; this is my first post&nbsp; For a quick introduction,&nbsp; I don&#039;t have deep pockets but I have been buying products from the US mint since 1969,&nbsp;&nbsp; I completed my VF and better lincoln cents.&nbsp; I have a pretty much complete 19 and 20th century minor coinage type set.&nbsp; all the modern commemoratives.&nbsp; and I am missing about 6 classic commemoratives (all the classics are in PCGS holders)&nbsp; So,&nbsp; that is pretty much about me.&nbsp; and I am LIVID</p><p><br /></p><p>I have rarely been so angry as I am at the mint right now.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ordered the UHR double eagle in April.&nbsp; the status showed in stock and reserved.&nbsp; a couple days after I ordered the coin my credit card was compromised.&nbsp; a new card was issued and I immediatly called the mint and gave them my new number.&nbsp; Today,&nbsp; weeks later I logged into the mint site expecting to see the coin still &quot;in stock&quot;&nbsp; Instead,&nbsp; I saw that my order was canceled.&nbsp; I called the mint and they said there was nothing I could do except to reorder at the higher price.&nbsp; She would not let me talk to a supervisor,&nbsp; would not give a last name or employee number.&nbsp; she said I was out of luck.&nbsp; I was respectful,&nbsp; but wished I could reach through the phone to choke her.</p><p><br /></p><p>I will be writing all the coin magazines.&nbsp; I will write my congressman about the shoddy business practices of the US Mint.&nbsp; I don&#039;t expect it to do any good,&nbsp; but it is all I can do.</p><p><br /></p><p>If anyone has favorite practices of the mint that would not be allowed by private businesses. please forward them.&nbsp; I will gladly enclude them in my letter to my congressman.</p><p><br /></p><p>Thanks.</p><p>Dave[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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