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<p>[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2840425, member: 71723"]Getting the First Day order to NGC in time, after the hugely long line to get sets, took up basically the ENTIRE first day of the show. I stood in line while my son worked on judging his exhibit category, and then we switched places. After we got the sets, all I had time for was to grab a set at random and literally RUN to NGC with the form I had pre-filled out before the show. Getting a First Day - ANA set was something almost no non-dealers got to do. Very very few.</p><p><br /></p><p>All I got done August 1 was registration queue management as the show opened, wait in line for EU sets, judge exhibits, run over people getting to NGC, and get ready for dinner. It was nuts. All because the Mint brought ONE point of sale terminal, after 2014 proved that two were woefully inadequate. THAT is what passes for thinking at the U.S. Mint.</p><p><br /></p><p>Only dealers and Early Bird pass holders had access initially to the EU set buying line. Individual attendees were basically scrod unless they burnt the whole day on just that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="V. Kurt Bellman, post: 2840425, member: 71723"]Getting the First Day order to NGC in time, after the hugely long line to get sets, took up basically the ENTIRE first day of the show. I stood in line while my son worked on judging his exhibit category, and then we switched places. After we got the sets, all I had time for was to grab a set at random and literally RUN to NGC with the form I had pre-filled out before the show. Getting a First Day - ANA set was something almost no non-dealers got to do. Very very few. All I got done August 1 was registration queue management as the show opened, wait in line for EU sets, judge exhibits, run over people getting to NGC, and get ready for dinner. It was nuts. All because the Mint brought ONE point of sale terminal, after 2014 proved that two were woefully inadequate. THAT is what passes for thinking at the U.S. Mint. Only dealers and Early Bird pass holders had access initially to the EU set buying line. Individual attendees were basically scrod unless they burnt the whole day on just that.[/QUOTE]
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