very true, many of them graduated from college in the 2009 recession and could not find a job in their field of study, so many just settled on a low pay job and still have no recovered
@jmlanzaf said:
+71 this week (210,400 from 210, 329) All in that one day they were on sale, I presume. Still no sell-out.
HO... Ho... Ho.. Called the Mint asking when the set will be available again.... Was told The Mint is making more sets and they put me on the list to be notified .. Ho Ho Ho !!!! .....Merry Christmas
@jmlanzaf said:
+71 this week (210,400 from 210, 329) All in that one day they were on sale, I presume. Still no sell-out.
HO... Ho... Ho.. Called the Mint asking when the set will be available again.... Was told The Mint is making more sets and they put me on the list to be notified .. Ho Ho Ho !!!! .....Merry Christmas
Maybe, although I've never found their customer service to be that dialled in. Doesn't really matter to me. I've always made my analysis around the 225,000 number.
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
@jmlanzaf said:
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
@jmlanzaf said:
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
what happened to "inevitable slide"? You don't believe in a premium for the sets. So how can the premium you don't believe in disappear?
The sets have almost always sold in the $30 to $35 range (shipping included) with the BE exception. The Mint will be selling them at $29.95 + $5 shipping. So, as has been the case since August, the price will remain unchanged.
There is no "premium" on the sets now. Never has been since August 2nd. I expect that the price will continue to be the same until a year or two from now when it creeps up to $40-ish once the key dates are properly noted and series collectors start adding them.
@jmlanzaf said:
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
@jmlanzaf said:
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
what happened to "inevitable slide"? You don't believe in a premium for the sets. So how can the premium you don't believe in disappear?
The sets have almost always sold in the $30 to $35 range (shipping included) with the BE exception. The Mint will be selling them at $29.95 + $5 shipping. So, as has been the case since August, the price will remain unchanged.
There is no "premium" on the sets now. Never has been since August 2nd. I expect that the price will continue to be the same until a year or two from now when it creeps up to $40-ish once the key dates are properly noted and series collectors start adding them.
I'm actually starting to find you amusing....
Still waiting to buy much under market .. set is a dog .. only matter of time ,unless rush of Christmas customers here depletes friend's stock of 15 boxes of the 225th sets sitting in storage
Still waiting to buy much under market .. set is a dog .. only matter of time ,unless rush of Christmas customers here depletes friend's stock of 15 boxes of the 225th sets sitting in storage
Set is beautiful! The cent really pops. The half and dollar really pop. Ultimately, it has a low mintage and will be appreciated for what it is...except by you!
I called the mint and they said these will go off sale dec 31 since it’s an annual set and they will not be releasing any additional items in any significant quantity
@jessewvu said:
I called the mint and they said these will go off sale dec 31 since it’s an annual set and they will not be releasing any additional items in any significant quantity
I agree about those reps not knowing anything. I’ve had hundreds of orders at the mint over the years and have trained them on some of the old system when things were “easier”. Now a days they think they know it all and are mostly completely uninterested in actually helping with reasons I’d need to call in for.
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
@BigA said:
No clue what "it's an annual set" has to do with why it would go off sale on 12/31. Tons of "annual sets" are in stock for years
the reps you call have no clue what is going on with production or future sales. They can deal with your order issues but that's about it.
With that said, these should be toast anyway...12/31 or earlier
...and it's really not an annual set. It was a one time deal
It's an "annual set" in that the coins are dated. They can't legally mint them after 12/31. So, if they haven't minted them yet, they aren't going to. The other sets stay on sale because they minted large numbers of them and they wait for them to sell out. Apparently they trashed 14,000 of these sets...if the rep can be believed, that is.
@jessewvu said:
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
LOL. The joke is that Bestie has no skin in the game either. It's a little disturbing that he cares so much
@jessewvu said:
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
LOL. The joke is that Bestie has no skin in the game either. It's a little disturbing that he cares so much
@jessewvu said:
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
LOL. The joke is that Bestie has no skin in the game either. It's a little disturbing that he cares so much
Oh he’s got several thousand sets.
set = small change money .. friend wants to dump his 225th sets, for a trade of some of my ebay bonus bucks wins..... accumulated from last several years ..like in Cc dollars
Keep on buying those Gold coins at/near melt when ebay bonus bucks offers show up....Gold set for a strong rally soon
@jessewvu said:
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
LOL. The joke is that Bestie has no skin in the game either. It's a little disturbing that he cares so much
Oh he’s got several thousand sets.
set = small change money .. friend wants to dump his 225th sets, for a trade of some of my ebay bonus bucks wins..... accumulated from last several years ..like in Cc dollars
Keep on buying those Gold coins at/near melt when ebay bonus bucks offers show up....Gold set for a strong rally soon
i thought their website and fulfillment center was ran by a contractor.
Besides, if they couldn't be sold in 2018, they would have had to have been removed before today. I have a feeling there are a lot about to go on sale.
@jessewvu said:
i thought their website and fulfillment center was ran by a contractor.
Besides, if they couldn't be sold in 2018, they would have had to have been removed before today. I have a feeling there are a lot about to go on sale.
More likely it's just the Set that Time Forgot.
With the 2018 issues going into production and circulation, hard to imagine they spent any time over the holidays minting these so they could put them on sale AFTER the holiday shopping season. Well, unless the Mint expects these to be big sellers for Ukrainian Christmas
@jessewvu said:
i thought their website and fulfillment center was ran by a contractor.
Besides, if they couldn't be sold in 2018, they would have had to have been removed before today. I have a feeling there are a lot about to go on sale.
More likely it's just the Set that Time Forgot.
With the 2018 issues going into production and circulation, hard to imagine they spent any time over the holidays minting these so they could put them on sale AFTER the holiday shopping season. Well, unless the Mint expects these to be big sellers for Ukrainian Christmas
A Ukie ? .. say it is not so....... Jan 6 , is also Christmas for Russian ,Greek Orthodox... beside Ukrainians
Merry Christmas !!!!!!! to all.....for a 2nd time around
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
Not even close. I sold 60 dimes today, 49 half dollars on Tuesday and 60 cents last weekend. People are just starting to become aware of some of these coins. I'm actually down to 44 complete sets and about 40 partials. I'm probably going to be out before the price starts escalating. LOL.
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
I don't understand what is going on with these at the Mint. They haven't had any in weeks. Last time, they had like 60 of them. This time, how many? The don't seem to have 10,000 laying around. They can't legally mint them anymore. So, what is going on?
And it shipped today! I wasn't sure if there were really sets for sale or some mistake by the mint.
I really don't want to open the packaging, I mean it really might the fourth from last set sold, so a last strike set might pair nicely with unopened first strike eligible set. On the other hand, I want to see the condition of the set...
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
What does your friend want for the 488 sets?
People he doesn't know .. retail..... his last price to me... was $26
I don't understand what is going on with these at the Mint. They haven't had any in weeks. Last time, they had like 60 of them. This time, how many? The don't seem to have 10,000 laying around. They can't legally mint them anymore. So, what is going on?
Do you think they have the 10,000 sets laying around somewhere ,but forgot where stored ...like in trailer trucks ?
A relative works for a food processor where they misplace a 40,000 # truck load of lettuce . fruit.... found it later spoiled
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
What does your friend want for the 488 sets?
People he doesn't know .. retail..... his last price to me... was $26
So, you don't want them at $26, but he wouldn't sell me 500 sets at $26? Hmph! My money is better than yours - I'm willing to part with it!
I don't understand what is going on with these at the Mint. They haven't had any in weeks. Last time, they had like 60 of them. This time, how many? The don't seem to have 10,000 laying around. They can't legally mint them anymore. So, what is going on?
Do you think they have the 10,000 sets laying around somewhere ,but forgot where stored ...like in trailer trucks ?
A relative works for a food processor where they misplace a 40,000 # truck load of lettuce . fruit.... found it later spoiled
I wouldn't put anything past them. It is rather bizarre. Especially with the handful suddenly showing up last weekend out of nowhere. Sadly, I sold 20 halves and 20 dollars yesterday. I'll probably have nothing left soon.
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very true, many of them graduated from college in the 2009 recession and could not find a job in their field of study, so many just settled on a low pay job and still have no recovered
+71 this week (210,400 from 210, 329) All in that one day they were on sale, I presume. Still no sell-out.
HO... Ho... Ho.. Called the Mint asking when the set will be available again.... Was told The Mint is making more sets and they put me on the list to be notified .. Ho Ho Ho !!!! .....Merry Christmas
What number did you call?
Maybe, although I've never found their customer service to be that dialled in. Doesn't really matter to me. I've always made my analysis around the 225,000 number.
Customer service .. he would not say if set would become available.... until verified I was a Mint customer
Believable... wanted my email again to make sure I would be notified when the 225th set becomes available
Because you are obsessed with this set and want to buy another 1000 sets....we know, you don’t have to hide your enthusiasm behind pretend disgust....
Don't quote me on that.
1-800 reps are unreliable
Hard to believe that this is their Christmas week project. There's 12 days left in the year, including 1 week where no one is working. Seems hard to believe they are spending time on sets that lose money rather than working on coins that turn a profit.
I'm glad to see Best Day is staking his reputation on 1-800 reps.
What's the matter, Bestie, are you afraid the secondary market would run out of sets soon?
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
what happened to "inevitable slide"? You don't believe in a premium for the sets. So how can the premium you don't believe in disappear?
The sets have almost always sold in the $30 to $35 range (shipping included) with the BE exception. The Mint will be selling them at $29.95 + $5 shipping. So, as has been the case since August, the price will remain unchanged.
There is no "premium" on the sets now. Never has been since August 2nd. I expect that the price will continue to be the same until a year or two from now when it creeps up to $40-ish once the key dates are properly noted and series collectors start adding them.
I'm actually starting to find you amusing....
Prices on PCGS SP70FS Nickels are selling higher now that a month or 2 ago.
I have 46 pcs now
Waiting for a price drop to get back in and finish my 50 coin box.
I have at least 5 pcs of all the different type labels.
LOL... seems like any premium in the sets will go poof once new Mint sets hit the market
Still waiting to buy much under market .. set is a dog .. only matter of time ,unless rush of Christmas customers here depletes friend's stock of 15 boxes of the 225th sets sitting in storage
Set is beautiful! The cent really pops. The half and dollar really pop. Ultimately, it has a low mintage and will be appreciated for what it is...except by you!
I called the mint and they said these will go off sale dec 31 since it’s an annual set and they will not be releasing any additional items in any significant quantity
No clue what "it's an annual set" has to do with why it would go off sale on 12/31. Tons of "annual sets" are in stock for years
the reps you call have no clue what is going on with production or future sales. They can deal with your order issues but that's about it.
With that said, these should be toast anyway...12/31 or earlier
...and it's really not an annual set. It was a one time deal
Mine keep moving. Perhaps the issue is that buyers have moved from show to livingroom. Just saying
Best place to buy !
Bronze Associate member
Off sale dec 31
Good one
I called for another reason and figured I’d ask.
I agree about those reps not knowing anything. I’ve had hundreds of orders at the mint over the years and have trained them on some of the old system when things were “easier”. Now a days they think they know it all and are mostly completely uninterested in actually helping with reasons I’d need to call in for.
I don’t have much skin in this game but it’s fun to see the opposing sides fight it out. Sorry for the double lost, I am not trying to keep this post count going
It's an "annual set" in that the coins are dated. They can't legally mint them after 12/31. So, if they haven't minted them yet, they aren't going to. The other sets stay on sale because they minted large numbers of them and they wait for them to sell out. Apparently they trashed 14,000 of these sets...if the rep can be believed, that is.
LOL. The joke is that Bestie has no skin in the game either. It's a little disturbing that he cares so much
Oh he’s got several thousand sets.
Don't quote me on that.
set = small change money .. friend wants to dump his 225th sets, for a trade of some of my ebay bonus bucks wins..... accumulated from last several years ..like in Cc dollars
Keep on buying those Gold coins at/near melt when ebay bonus bucks offers show up....Gold set for a strong rally soon
WTF?
sales of these sets come to a halt ever since the cutoff date to receive by Chistmas passed
thread too long.... reread .. 15 boxes of sets ..if price is right
210,398
Negative 2 this week
Happy Holidays!!!
still on sale... i guess they will run well into 2018
No one there today to update the website. Watch this space for the rest of the week....
Don't quote me on that.
i thought their website and fulfillment center was ran by a contractor.
Besides, if they couldn't be sold in 2018, they would have had to have been removed before today. I have a feeling there are a lot about to go on sale.
More likely it's just the Set that Time Forgot.
With the 2018 issues going into production and circulation, hard to imagine they spent any time over the holidays minting these so they could put them on sale AFTER the holiday shopping season. Well, unless the Mint expects these to be big sellers for Ukrainian Christmas
Actually, the "last chance" items did go poof. So someone was maintaining the website today.
I don't get the "still on sale" thing. Says "currently unavailable" as it has for a while
Looks like the mint is making a 2018 silver reverse proof set.
Box of 20
A Ukie ? .. say it is not so....... Jan 6 , is also Christmas for Russian ,Greek Orthodox... beside Ukrainians
Merry Christmas !!!!!!! to all.....for a 2nd time around
Net ZERO this week - no sales, no returns. Yet, still not sold out....
I say it's sold out...Mint just needs to confirm....
Don't quote me on that.
BWAhahahahaha....
I ordered one, because I could.
Hurry! There's three left!
Brutal...
POST NUBILA PHOEBUS / AFTER CLOUDS, SUN
Love for Music / Collector of Dreck
lol..... not returns ??..Dealer friend after Fun show, offered to finally sell his stash of the 225th sets...488 sets..I passed ...people have forgotten about 225th set ..
Not even close. I sold 60 dimes today, 49 half dollars on Tuesday and 60 cents last weekend. People are just starting to become aware of some of these coins. I'm actually down to 44 complete sets and about 40 partials. I'm probably going to be out before the price starts escalating. LOL.
What does your friend want for the 488 sets?
Weird....
I don't understand what is going on with these at the Mint. They haven't had any in weeks. Last time, they had like 60 of them. This time, how many? The don't seem to have 10,000 laying around. They can't legally mint them anymore. So, what is going on?
And it shipped today! I wasn't sure if there were really sets for sale or some mistake by the mint.
I really don't want to open the packaging, I mean it really might the fourth from last set sold, so a last strike set might pair nicely with unopened first strike eligible set. On the other hand, I want to see the condition of the set...
People he doesn't know .. retail..... his last price to me... was $26
Do you think they have the 10,000 sets laying around somewhere ,but forgot where stored ...like in trailer trucks ?
A relative works for a food processor where they misplace a 40,000 # truck load of lettuce . fruit.... found it later spoiled
So, you don't want them at $26, but he wouldn't sell me 500 sets at $26? Hmph! My money is better than yours - I'm willing to part with it!
I wouldn't put anything past them. It is rather bizarre. Especially with the handful suddenly showing up last weekend out of nowhere. Sadly, I sold 20 halves and 20 dollars yesterday. I'll probably have nothing left soon.
Holy cow!! These must be getting scarce! I saw a set sell for $40 at the Devens MA show yesterday