Complete nightmare! Both CCs were hit and received order acknowledgment emails from mint.
Five minute time difference between roughly 10,000 orders.
USM 11483xxx
USM 11492xxx
Got mine at 11:13 CDT. The website crashing, errors, etc we’re all expected. I never saw the Are You Human or any captchas. But what in the world is a Handshake error?!
"What we are never changes, but who we are ... never stops changing."
Wow, who would have though this would still be available 30 minutes later? > @RichR said:
Are they actually still available 43 minutes in? If so, I'm beyond shocked!
I can't get back in to look.
Yes, they are STILL available. I'd be shocked, but this was by far the worst experience I've ever seen. The reason they are available is that nobody can actually succeed in checking out.
Finally got my order through at 1218...good thing I checked my email as I never got the order confirmation page but I did get an order conformation email.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
@MrBear said:
Crashing non-stop from Noon until now. FYI a "500" error (I've been getting 504 errors) means that your browser is pinging the web server and getting no response at all.
At EVERY step, it was crashing on me. I had to type in my credit card 4-5 times, even though it's the credit card saved on the account. I guess that's the same as everyone else. Eventually I got through, but this is much worse than the Morgans or other ASE's that I've ordered this year.
You don’t have to enter CC each time if saved. It will EVENTUALLY auto fill. I always wait for auto fill I don’t want to confuse a computer.
48 minutes of misery - at one point it was telling me that I was not a human, the website must've picked up something that thought I was a bot. I must've circled around about 8 times in the credit card area before I got an order through.
What makes this an awesome set? How is it any different than the 2011, 2012 and 2013 sets? This set should be sold as soon as possible before the perceived value of the set nose dives. If you want a set for your collection wait a year or two and buy one then.
The main difference is that this is the "Designer Edition" and features the old AND new reverse designs.
@djm
I guess this one just hits a sweet spot for me. I love the look of reverse proofs, and I like the side by side of the T1 and T2. I've been collecting OGP silver eagles for a while, so this was a set I've been excited about for a long time. I make to claims about future value, just a set I want to own.
If you didn't get a confirmation email you should check your spam folder. Apparently I got through at 12:12 p.m. but kept trying until 12:38 because after I hit place order the website kept crashing. Then I thought after 3 seperate place order attempts....what the hell...maybe I should check my spam folder🤣😂
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Holy cow, this was the worst ever. What a way to close out perhaps my last dealing ever with the U.S. Mint. After an unbelievable number of web site failures, I finally managed to complete an order at 12:52 PM Eastern time. I was ready to give up at around 12:30 PM but then I realized that the household limit was one for this offering so I estimated that the ordering window would likely be open for about an hour.
I should add that the U.S. Mint seems to use Cloudflare for load balancing or something and not all parts of the country have equal access to the ordering process. I suspect those that managed to complete an order very early live in a large metropolitan area on the East coast.
@grote15 said:
Finally got my order through at 1218...good thing I checked my email as I never got the order confirmation page but I did get an order conformation email.
Same here too. Got email confirmation while the status was still spinning on my order...so weird but happy!
So... I'll be excited to hear about how the Mint spins the "upgrades" to their site for this one. This one seemed to have everything, captcha airplanes (check), prove you are a human (check), html errors (check), full website crash (check), long availability (check), worst experience ever (check).....
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Just got a confirmation/order number from the mint.
37 minutes…finally got one
Just got a confirmation/order number from the mint.
That was 37 minutes of freakin hell! lol
worse ever with the mint!
I got one...and my sister in law got one!
I still prefer 37 minutes of hell instead of an instantaneous 5 minute sellout where you didn't have a chance!
What a nightmare. I got acknowledgement of order,but no confirmation yet. Took around 35 minutes.
Complete nightmare! Both CCs were hit and received order acknowledgment emails from mint.
Five minute time difference between roughly 10,000 orders.
USM 11483xxx
USM 11492xxx
Are they actually still available 43 minutes in? If so, I'm beyond shocked!
I can't get back in to look.
12:43 just got one. Wow that was more of a pain than the Morgan and peace dollars
https://youtube.com/channel/UC6XjGFyoSVFc8X4VhwuOY3A
Got 1 at 11:44!
Got mine at 11:13 CDT. The website crashing, errors, etc we’re all expected. I never saw the Are You Human or any captchas. But what in the world is a Handshake error?!
Got one, finally!!! 42 minutes of bad handshakes, timeouts, bad gateways, servers down,... wow, hope it was worth it!
The Mint's website is always the worst with popular new product offerings. Expect apologies tomorrow.
43 Minutes of pure browser combat.
but i finally got checked out...never give up never giving up
Loves me some shiny!
“Often wrong, but never in doubt.”
At least there's no backorder notice.... yet!
Wow, who would have though this would still be available 30 minutes later? > @RichR said:
Yes, they are STILL available. I'd be shocked, but this was by far the worst experience I've ever seen. The reason they are available is that nobody can actually succeed in checking out.
Finally got my order through at 1218...good thing I checked my email as I never got the order confirmation page but I did get an order conformation email.
Collecting 1970s Topps baseball wax, rack and cello packs, as well as PCGS graded Half Cents, Large Cents, Two Cent pieces and Three Cent Silver pieces.
Holy Moley - took till 12:46 but actually got one! And just got confirmation email! Keep trying,
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
just got through after fighting the website for 45 minutes... pretty weak!!!
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Persistence paid off in this case.
Got one at 12:24
USM11492xxx
You don’t have to enter CC each time if saved. It will EVENTUALLY auto fill. I always wait for auto fill I don’t want to confuse a computer.
12:51 I finally got one, on my cell phone. USM1151XXXX.
Don't stop trying
He who knows he has enough is rich.
They're selling on eBay for $450
Still struggling, can't even sign in...FML
48 minutes of misery - at one point it was telling me that I was not a human, the website must've picked up something that thought I was a bot. I must've circled around about 8 times in the credit card area before I got an order through.
USM11509xxx
@djm
I guess this one just hits a sweet spot for me. I love the look of reverse proofs, and I like the side by side of the T1 and T2. I've been collecting OGP silver eagles for a while, so this was a set I've been excited about for a long time. I make to claims about future value, just a set I want to own.
If you didn't get a confirmation email you should check your spam folder. Apparently I got through at 12:12 p.m. but kept trying until 12:38 because after I hit place order the website kept crashing. Then I thought after 3 seperate place order attempts....what the hell...maybe I should check my spam folder🤣😂
Unbelievable 🙄
Just got one and the email and the bank ping
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Holy cow, this was the worst ever. What a way to close out perhaps my last dealing ever with the U.S. Mint. After an unbelievable number of web site failures, I finally managed to complete an order at 12:52 PM Eastern time. I was ready to give up at around 12:30 PM but then I realized that the household limit was one for this offering so I estimated that the ordering window would likely be open for about an hour.
I should add that the U.S. Mint seems to use Cloudflare for load balancing or something and not all parts of the country have equal access to the ordering process. I suspect those that managed to complete an order very early live in a large metropolitan area on the East coast.
My Order Number is: USM11511xxx
WOW, Just now, 12:56pm
ord #USM11514XXX
Yeah, quite a ride!
Same here too. Got email confirmation while the status was still spinning on my order...so weird but happy!
14 successful orders, whew. Think I'm done there, I'll leave the rest for everybody else.
Just kidding.
"It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
My cart says processing. I doubt it goes through
Got the darned purchase in my bag and can't check out.....AGH!
Order numbers? Trying to track how many orders.
Finally after exactly one hour!!! Holy Batman. Unbelievable.
I was early 10:10 MT, USM11469
Just got one after an hour of trying.
Around 12:53 I have: USM11512XXX
The only reason this is still available an hour in is the website itself. (Yeah I know, I’m the King of the obvious)
Still available! Keep trying!
I have been stuck on the
“Please wait
Your order is being processed
Please do not hit back button or refresh page”
For about 60 minutes
This stinks
Still available after 63 minutes. If there are any available tomorrow, at what time do they lift the HHL?
I don't friggin' believe it. Got confirmation at 1:00. USM11517xxx. Man that was a fight!
I probably wasnt the first to get one but the difference is 43k meaning they might have quite a few still available.
I got mine shortly after it recovered from the first major server crash
Appears to still be up.
So... I'll be excited to hear about how the Mint spins the "upgrades" to their site for this one. This one seemed to have everything, captcha airplanes (check), prove you are a human (check), html errors (check), full website crash (check), long availability (check), worst experience ever (check).....
Finally, after one hour, my order was processed and confirmed. Numerous errors, system crash and refreshes later...there's got to be a better way.