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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
John Carney wrote: "Harv" wrote What I want to know is if i order them on the Web site, are they going to charge me immediately, or not until they ship at the end of April, and I can't find this information anywhere, which is why i'm trying to call them and getting nowhere. Sigh.. Harv "Buffalo Dollar redux?".. Harv, evertime I've had my order "backordered, the Mint has not charged my credit card until my items have shipped. This last happened with the 12 Marine Corp Commems I ordered. This could be a problem -- my card expires in two years. |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
wrote in message oups.com... John Carney wrote: "Harv" wrote What I want to know is if i order them on the Web site, are they going to charge me immediately, or not until they ship at the end of April, and I can't find this information anywhere, which is why i'm trying to call them and getting nowhere. Sigh.. Harv "Buffalo Dollar redux?".. Harv, evertime I've had my order "backordered, the Mint has not charged my credit card until my items have shipped. This last happened with the 12 Marine Corp Commems I ordered. This could be a problem -- my card expires in two years. Actually, this isn't quite as funny as it sounds. One of the Marine Corp Commem orders I had been waiting for hadn't shipped on the date it was supposed to. I called the Mint and the nice lady told me that the credit card they had on file had expired before the ship date. She said I'd called just in time...they were about to cancel the order. She updated my info and I had the coins within a week. -- John Visit the RCCers favorite coins web page http://mysite.verizon.net/jcarney44/coins/rccers.html |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
"andyandy68" wrote in message ups.com... That last time I ordered something with a waiting period from the US Mint, my credit card was not charged until they actually shipped. That actually works better for a store, because if things get screwed up and they can't send someone an order, they don't have to go through the process of processing refunds. Amazon.com does things the same way. Harv wrote: What I want to know is if i order them on the Web site, are they going to charge me immediately, or not until they ship at the end of April Always the same with me. Credit card not billed until item actually shipped. Bruce |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
When I got my initial email from the US Mint about these coins, I believe
that the email stated that delivery of these coins would not be until after 4/30/06. I'll have to search my archived mail at work to see. I just logged into the website and purchased 1 of each of the 4 coins. Took less than 3 minutes to complete the transaction. Bob "Harv" wrote in message ... All of them are marked "product available for shipping 4/30/2006".. what the!? Did i finally get onto the US Mint's site too late? Did anyone who got on earlier see the same three and a half month wait or did they sell so many earlier today that now new orders are pushed back that far? Harv |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
Same problem. Mint site was slow and the coins are on back order.
Harold "Harv" wrote in message ... All of them are marked "product available for shipping 4/30/2006".. what the!? Did i finally get onto the US Mint's site too late? Did anyone who got on earlier see the same three and a half month wait or did they sell so many earlier today that now new orders are pushed back that far? Harv |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
On Tue, 17 Jan 2006 20:09:40 GMT, "Harv" wrote:
All of them are marked "product available for shipping 4/30/2006".. what the!? Did i finally get onto the US Mint's site too late? Did anyone who got on earlier see the same three and a half month wait or did they sell so many earlier today that now new orders are pushed back that far? Tried getting on and ordering from work about 20 minutes after the start of sale. Could not get through. Came home for lunch and got through but ever so slowly (around an hour after start of sale). Same ship date as you. Got 2 of each coin and 2 of the coin and chronicles, my largest Mint order to date. I'm sure they will tank :-) Just hope now my better half doesn't see the Visa statement in May. -- Ron K |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
"andyandy68" wrote in message ups.com... That last time I ordered something with a waiting period from the US Mint, my credit card was not charged until they actually shipped. That actually works better for a store, because if things get screwed up and they can't send someone an order, they don't have to go through the process of processing refunds. Amazon.com does things the same way. Harv wrote: What I want to know is if i order them on the Web site, are they going to charge me immediately, or not until they ship at the end of April I think it's also law, although i'm not sure if it's a Federal law, that any merchant who charges your plastic has to ship what you paid for within thirty days or refund your money. Someone here will know for sure. I did find on the Mint's site that they won't charge (for these Ben Franklin coins, for example..) .. until around the time they ship so that's a relief. I hate having to keep track of money out, nothing in. Like when ordering from the Vatican. Apparently that US law doesn't apply to them becaue they charge you but you don't get their coins in the mail for at least two months. Then again, their coins are instant sell-outs and instantly worth 10x to 20x what you paid for them, so they're worth waiting for. My last order from them was for their 2005 sets, I got two Mint sets, one Proof set and one Sede Vacante set. Total outlay about $260.00. I put one of the Mint sets on eBay and got $275.00 for it, so selling that one set paid for all four and the three I'm keeping, which are worth about $1500.00 at high retail are now "free." At least that's the way I look at it. Harv |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
"Harv" wrote in message ... All of them are marked "product available for shipping 4/30/2006".. what the!? Did i finally get onto the US Mint's site too late? Did anyone who got on earlier see the same three and a half month wait or did they sell so many earlier today that now new orders are pushed back that far? Harv Everyone always rushes out to order new things from there. It doesn't make a bit of difference as far as recieving a higher quality coin if you order on the first day or the last day since the coins get all jumbled up. I've gotten some of the best coins I have from there by waiting for as long as I feel safe to wait for. And you'll won't have to worry that they'll sell out either. They have never sold out anything on the first day. I don't think they've ever sold something out in the first month even. The Marine commems were probably the fastest selling coin they ever made and those didn't sell out until months later. Congress was also late authorizing coins to be made--pretty bad when such a simple thing as authorizing the making of money is pushed back so late in the year--I'll wager that the US Mint will be cutting off sales early for something this year since they got such a late start. |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
"bri" wrote in message nk.net... And you'll won't have to worry that they'll sell out either. They have never sold out anything on the first day. I don't think they've ever sold something out in the first month even. The Marine commems were probably the fastest selling coin they ever made and those didn't sell out until months later. Wrong on both counts. The 2001 Buffalo Dollar Coin and Currency set sold out in four days and all 500,000 Buffalo Dollars sold out in two weeks. That beats by FAR the Marine Commemoratives. I can't remember recent examples of any one-day sellouts but I believe there have been a couple. Harv |
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Ben Franklin Commemoratives not shipping until the end of April?
On Wed, 18 Jan 2006 05:51:46 GMT, "Harv" wrote:
I can't remember recent examples of any one-day sellouts but I believe there have been a couple. I believe the Connecticut quarter mini-bags sold out in a little over 5 hours. This thrilled the RCC Connecticut Quarter Cartel until we learned a few days later that the Mint sold over 70,000 bags in those 5 hours, well above the 10,000 bag limit for the first 4 States Quarters. |
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