Despite a slow connection from home, I was able to quickly order the
special March of Dimes limited edition sets promptly at 9AM Pacific this
morning.

Previous attempts to order limited edition items have often required
tens of minutes for the Mint website to painstakingly crunch through the
webpages, but this time the time between clicking the "order" button and
rendering the "checkout" page was only a few seconds. They seem to have
removed the "quick checkout" option, so I had to reenter my credit card
info again, but even that wuz quick. I wasted a few more seconds
because I forgot to click the "Accept Terms" checkbox before clicking
the "checkout", but I still got the "confirm" screen a minute or so
after that.

The "confirmation" email from the Mint hit my inbox at 9:09 AM, which
I'm pretty sure is a record for this type of set. Either A) nobody
gives a rat's hindquarters about Roosevelt dimes or B) the Mint
actually has done a good job of modernizing its website for burst
activity.

Probably a combination of the two -- we'll know better when the sets
sell out -- they are still available (though on "Back Order" now) at
9:40 AM, so it looks like the site wasn't overwhelmed selling the 75,000
sets available ...

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