Difficulty obtaining president dollars.

Jim Menning wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Jim Menning wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Jim Menning wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Jim Menning wrote:
"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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Jim Menning wrote:
"Dik T. Winter" wrote in message
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In the past I had no problems obtaining the state quarters
and president dollars from my supplier. But as of 2008 he is
apparently not able to provide me with the president
dollars. I do not want rolls, I want single coins. What is
the problem?

Why would you ask here where people can only guess?

ASK YOUR SUPPLIER!

You're assuming that no one here knows anything about the
situation, that Dik has the time to compose a question and get
it to his supplier, and that his supplier will take the time
and incur the expense to send a response, all within the
framework of a "no sale" communication. I see no problem with
asking people who live in the homeland of the coins in
question what is going on, especially when the effort to ask
is as little as it is on rcc. Some of us actually do know
something. James

The only one who knows exactly why he is having trouble getting
them through his particular supplier is HIS SUPPLIER.

An email to his supplier is just as easy as posting here for
SWAGs, and the only way to get a verified answer.

OK, Dik, the Oracle has spoken. Better do what he says.

James the Peon


You were the one that claimed to have the answers.

I made no "claims" whatsoever. All of my explanations were couched
in phrases of uncertainty ("it's possible"), tentative adverbs
("perhaps"), and conditional verb forms ("if so...would have to
buy", "may be", "may I assume"), as opposed to the indicative mood,
which is used to state facts and express certainty. One who is
even marginally fluent in the English language will recognize the
difference between fact and supposition when he sees this type of
grammar and syntax. If you wish to go up against a person who
spent his entire professional life teaching the subtleties of oral
and written expression to high school and college students, lay
on. I'm ready for whatever you've got. James

I was referring to above where you claimed "Some of us actually do
know something" in this thread. You posted as though you knew the
answers. But your latest post is just trying to change the issue.
It's not a question of English. It's whether or not you or anyone
else here can answer with any certainty why Dik's supplier has
failed him.
There is no way you can be sure of the specific reason why Dik's
supplier is failing him, unless you are the supplier or have talked
to the supplier about it.
Dik still needs to contact his supplier to get his explanation, as
he is the only one that knows for sure.

I hereby retract all of my posts so far in this thread. My new
position is that "No one on rcc knows anything about anything. Anyone
asking a question of a lay person that he/she should be
asking of a primary source (and it is expected that anyone making
inquiry here will know the difference) shall be placed on trial for
witchcraft, and if convicted, shall be hanged at sunrise the next
day, or, in the very unlikely case of an acquittal, shall be
permanently banished from the newsgroup. Furthermore, anyone caught
making any posts of a speculative nature, whether in response to an
actual inquiry, or in the form of an original statement, shall be
killed and eaten." James


What a drama queen!

King.

James

"RWF" wrote in message
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Dik complains about not understanding posts about US politics, Dik
complains his dealer won't sell him coins, Dik complains and complains.
Welcome to my killfile, Dik-head!

Suite yourself. I, for one, like that we get people from the other side of
the Atlantic posting here.

"Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com wrote in message
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I made no "claims" whatsoever. All of my explanations were couched in
phrases of uncertainty ("it's possible"), tentative adverbs ("perhaps"),
and conditional verb forms ("if so...would have to buy", "may be", "may I
assume"), as opposed to the indicative mood, which is used to state facts
and express certainty. One who is even marginally fluent in the English
language will recognize the difference between fact and supposition when
he sees this type of grammar and syntax. If you wish to go up against a
person who spent his entire professional life teaching the subtleties of
oral and written expression to high school and college students, lay on.
I'm ready for whatever you've got.


Eh heh... "oral expression" eh hehe heh hehe heeh heeh ehehe heheheh

In article "RWF" writes:
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Dik complains about not understanding posts about US politics, Dik
complains his dealer won't sell him coins, Dik complains and complains.
Welcome to my killfile, Dik-head!

You are deliberately offensive. But I do know you like that. I complain
about statements in articles that are posted world-wide that are
incomprehensible to those not knowing a lot of US politics. I do *not*
complain about my dealer who does not sell me coins. He stated "no, I
do not have them", and so did not add them to my order (%). My serious
question was whether it was difficult to obtain them.
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% My order, as always, included state quarters and president dollars
regardless of the price, if he had them. It worked for the state quarters
through many years and did work for the president dollars in 2007. Sometimes
he added a state quarter for free, most times he charged for it, no problem
at all.
--
dik t. winter, cwi, science park 123, 1098 xg amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

In article "Mr. Jaggers" lugburzman[at]yahoo[dot]com writes:
Jim Menning wrote:
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The only one who knows exactly why he is having trouble getting them
through his particular supplier is HIS SUPPLIER.

An email to his supplier is just as easy as posting here for SWAGs,
and the only way to get a verified answer.

OK, Dik, the Oracle has spoken. Better do what he says.

Yeah. He states he does not have them. So, my question was whether it is
difficult to obtain them singly (i.e. not in a roll, I am not interested
in a roll).
--
dik t. winter, cwi, science park 123, 1098 xg amsterdam, nederland, +31205924131
home: bovenover 215, 1025 jn amsterdam, nederland; http://www.cwi.nl/~dik/

Dik T. Winter wrote:

In the past I had no problems obtaining the state quarters and president
dollars from my supplier. But as of 2008 he is apparently not able to
provide me with the president dollars. I do not want rolls, I want single
coins. What is the problem?

It seems you are having some trouble getting a real answer to your
original question. ;-)

Here is what I know so far. There are principally three ways to get
prezibux in quantity, for dealers and others in the U.S., as follows.
And yes, there are problems.

1. Banks, which depend in turn on the Federal Reserve. I have had some
feedback to the effect that the Federal Reserve feels like there are too
many coins in circulation right now. They are rationing orders for new
coins to some banks this year. This carries through to increased
difficulty for dealers. This is a probable cause for your supplier to
be discouraged.

2. U.S. Mint Direct Ship program. $250 boxes of new prezibux can be
obtained at face value. It's a nice deal when you can get what you
want. $250 may be too much for some people who do not know how to spend
the extra coins. There are security problems with shipping, and
surprise, the Mint does not stay current with new releases. It is
anyone's guess how long customers will have to wait for the new Harrison
dollars this way, perhaps never. You can't order by mint mark, either.

3. U.S. Mint numismatic sales. Anyone can easily get single rolls of
new P or D prezibux this way. However, there is a huge and insulting
markup, about 54% over face value if you just want one roll of each mint
mark. And this for the same ordinary circulation grade coins that some
people get from the bank at face value if they are lucky.

I don't blame a dealer for getting discouraged about prezibux. However
my advice for you is just to move on to a different dealer for this
purpose. I second gogu's endorsement of Chuck d'Ambra, he's an
acquaintance of mine. See gogu's previous message. I do not know
whether he is carrying the prezibux this year.

If you belong to a local coin club, try lowering your own cost by
ordering several prezibux for each issue, or even whole rolls; spread
out the shipping cost; and sell off the extras to your group.

--Dave

? "Dave Allured" ?????? ??? ??????
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Dik T. Winter wrote:

I don't blame a dealer for getting discouraged about prezibux. However
my advice for you is just to move on to a different dealer for this
purpose. I second gogu's endorsement of Chuck d'Ambra, he's an
acquaintance of mine. See gogu's previous message. I do not know
whether he is carrying the prezibux this year.


Yes, he's carrying them as singles:
http://www.telecoins.com/dollars.html

rgrds