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<p>[QUOTE="tanner520, post: 59040, member: 1613"]Well, I didn't think I would ever see this but Shop @ Home actually had an item that they were selling close to current street price. Of course, we all know what the Westward Journey Coin/Medal set originally cost them from the Mint but they were selling these for $69.95 with a Stretch Pay of around $23. That's about what I've been seeing these on eBay so I pulled the trigger.</p><p><br /></p><p>Since I've been backorderded on this set from the Mint over and over, I figured that I'm going to be paying that much anyway when they finally cancel my order and I have to go to the secondary market to buy one of these. And besides, if I do get my order from the Mint then I can always sell this set for what I paid for it and still come out OK.</p><p><br /></p><p>I didn't think I'd ever find something that they were selling that I'd consider worth buying, since they're so over-priced by 2 to 3 times but whaddayaknow. But before we pat them on the back too quickly let's figure out how they aquired so many of those sets......hmmmmmmm......could it be that every employee and their family members ordered 5 sets each in order to give them the quantity they needed. They probably dug up ever dead relative in the family tree.</p><p><br /></p><p>Of course, they sold out within 15 minutes of airing the item. Anyway, I finally got one coming and the Mint can play whatever game they want with the ship dates. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie8" alt=":D" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="tanner520, post: 59040, member: 1613"]Well, I didn't think I would ever see this but Shop @ Home actually had an item that they were selling close to current street price. Of course, we all know what the Westward Journey Coin/Medal set originally cost them from the Mint but they were selling these for $69.95 with a Stretch Pay of around $23. That's about what I've been seeing these on eBay so I pulled the trigger. Since I've been backorderded on this set from the Mint over and over, I figured that I'm going to be paying that much anyway when they finally cancel my order and I have to go to the secondary market to buy one of these. And besides, if I do get my order from the Mint then I can always sell this set for what I paid for it and still come out OK. I didn't think I'd ever find something that they were selling that I'd consider worth buying, since they're so over-priced by 2 to 3 times but whaddayaknow. But before we pat them on the back too quickly let's figure out how they aquired so many of those sets......hmmmmmmm......could it be that every employee and their family members ordered 5 sets each in order to give them the quantity they needed. They probably dug up ever dead relative in the family tree. Of course, they sold out within 15 minutes of airing the item. Anyway, I finally got one coming and the Mint can play whatever game they want with the ship dates. :D[/QUOTE]
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