Just a cynical thought....sooooo the dealers were guaranteed 15% of the available coins ....and what would stop them from doing as always and sucking up more but with a huge head start?
@jmlanzaf said:
Was anyone else surprised to see the June availability date? That changes the calculation on these as you may not have to wait 5 months for delivery.
I was under the impression that that was the date the mint would have started or completed minting of the coins. But I'm not an expert on the mint's processes or special terminology.
Same had both I cart...processing...then you know the drill. Oh well. Only wanted 1 of each for collection. I’ll play the 730 game a few days then just wait until secondary market and if not stupid crazy in price will pick them up if not upset. Will use money on other things.
I accidentally ordered a box with 1x O and 2x CC. not what I wanted.
So, I planned to cancel that order after placing one of each.
I got the O into the cart and ordered successfully.
In the process of getting the CC I somehow ended up with 4 in the cart. By the time I got it changed to 1x, they went unavailable.
now I have a box with 1x O & 2x CC
and a box with 1x O.
should I be able to order a box with a 1x CC tomorrow, I'll cancel the order with 1x + 2x
If I can't get a box with a single CC, then I'll have and extra one of each. in that case, if anyone wants a non first strike O and CC, you can post in this thread and maybe we can work something out for cost but that's an IF.
Since I am BST skittish, it’d have to be with someone established.
After a lot of errors and crashes I was able to get in a total of 4 separate orders for a total of 2 of each privy mark. It took staying with it but couldn't believe I was able to. I too noticed the June in stock day, that will probably do away with the cancellations.
Also a question - would it be a reasonable trade of one of these privy mint Morgans for a 75th anniversary WWW II medal?
It's sad how other sites can figure this out... I also am collecting the Music Legends series from the Royal Mint, their latest dropped this morning at 2am mountain time, I set an alarm, when I went to their site, it put me in a queue with a number showing where I was in queue. The number counted down from 1900 to 0 in about 10 minutes, then I got on, ordered the coin and went back to bed. Because the excess traffic sat in queue, once in the site there were no issues at all. I had >20 gateway errors at the US Mint site along with a handful of other frustrating errors.
…I got 3 of each…from an iPhone, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere in coastal CT…so anyone who got screwed needs to upgrade their PC or Mac, thanks all
@3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
…I got 3 of each…from an iPhone, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere in coastal CT…so anyone who got screwed needs to upgrade their PC or Mac, thanks all
There's always that one guy who has it all figured out. lol
@ndeagles said:
Looks like maybe I got one of each, 22 minutes if bad gateway errors and other errors, it signed me out, dropped my credit card, made me reset, I never saw a completed order screen in the mint website, it went to error "page can't be found" but did get an email confirmation of my order.
On one attempt I went to page not found but order wasn't placed.
I jumped on right at noon and had to deal with these problems. My buddy in California called to say that he was having trouble getting through, etc. So I said I'd go in and try to order for him. Lots of gateway errors, and other performance issues. But I got through. The email for "my" order came through at 12:08 and the email for "his" order came through at 12:16. The two number are 55,000 orders apart. So it's not surprising that they sold out in 30 min.
@3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
…I got 3 of each…from an iPhone, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere in coastal CT…so anyone who got screwed needs to upgrade their PC or Mac, thanks all
No, the mints needs to upgrade their servers/routers/gateway and replace the head of the IT department there too!
Had 10 pieces of each in my shopping cart 3 minutes in, got to the final "place order" screen and it crashed with the bad gateway page. Did this TEN TIMES. On time number 11 it informed me that both items are no longer available. #$!% the Mint.
@3keepSECRETif2rDEAD said:
…I got 3 of each…from an iPhone, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere in coastal CT…so anyone who got screwed needs to upgrade their PC or Mac, thanks all
No, the mints needs to upgrade their servers/routers/gateway and replace the head of the IT department there too!
I don't know, it's working for them. All sold out within 20 min. Why would they upgrade?
@jmlanzaf said:
Was anyone else surprised to see the June availability date? That changes the calculation on these as you may not have to wait 5 months for delivery.
@MsMorrisine said:
I wasn't expecting a full sell through today.
I accidentally ordered a box with 1x O and 2x CC. not what I wanted.
So, I planned to cancel that order after placing one of each.
I got the O into the cart and ordered successfully.
In the process of getting the CC I somehow ended up with 4 in the cart. By the time I got it changed to 1x, they went unavailable.
now I have a box with 1x O & 2x CC
and a box with 1x O.
should I be able to order a box with a 1x CC tomorrow, I'll cancel the order with 1x + 2x
If I can't get a box with a single CC, then I'll have and extra one of each. in that case, if anyone wants a non first strike O and CC, you can post in this thread and maybe we can work something out for cost but that's an IF.
@Raufus said:
I got the confirmation email but when I go to the mint site and I go under my orders it says order history not available very bizarre
it is typical that the My Orders page does not work the crazy day.
also, it takes at least 30 minutes, if not more, for orders to show up on non-crazy days. Also the 1-800 people can't see them until that long after, too.
I wish I got 10 each but I am sure those who were not able to get 1 today should have no problems picking up one in October once they ship. Maybe go to the BST and see if someone is willing to share their good fortune today to give one up. I ended up getting 1 each so I am happy. I did try and get 2 more each after the 1st purchase but time ran out. I think was all know how the first 20 minutes went.
So how many more of these are there that we go through this every time....?
I am still so thankful that I was able to get a V75 gold Eagle that I cannot let this stuff frustrate me. Or at least I can try to not let this stuff frustrate me...
Crash
Crash
Timeout
Hourglass spinning
Cursing
3 CC in bag, 6 in bag, 9 in bag...whoa!...only want 3 of each!
Delete item from bag
Really cursing
Crash
Crash
Now 3 each in bag
Checking out
Hands shaking
Crash
Timeout
Final approval
Crash
Crash
Hit back space [Not supposed to do that]
Bag Empty
WTF?!?
Crash
Order completed...WEEEE!!!!
Meanwhile, my wife's account on my right hand iPad:
Crash
Crash
2 O's in bag...now 4...now 6!
Cursing while deleting items
Crash
Timeout
Crash
ERROR
Checking out
Sweating profusely
Crash
Old credit card info autofills...from God knows where???
Final checkout
Crash
Timeout
Magic order confirmation email received as hourglass still spinning on screen!!!
AMEN...Got 5 of each!!!
I will now be drinking for the rest of the day.
And PS...my wife was also sitting on the couch hitting the redial on 3 iPhones and a landline to the Mint order people...that was a total farce!
@Raufus said:
So how many more of these are there that we go through this every time....?
I am still so thankful that I was able to get a V75 gold Eagle that I cannot let this stuff frustrate me. Or at least I can try to not let this stuff frustrate me...
This one didn’t frustrate me like the gold v75 and having in my cart and not able to check out for weeks.
If I can get some of these release ok, if not that’s ok too.
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Well, after years of selling coins online, you would think they would realize they have a problem when new coins drop.
Another Failure by the US Mint Servers
Just a cynical thought....sooooo the dealers were guaranteed 15% of the available coins ....and what would stop them from doing as always and sucking up more but with a huge head start?
I was under the impression that that was the date the mint would have started or completed minting of the coins. But I'm not an expert on the mint's processes or special terminology.
I successfully ordered one of each at 9:01.
Checked back 5 minutes later and there was still a CC in my bag. I deleted it from my bag and received the cloud flare.
I checked back at 9:19 and it was still in my bag. Instead of deleting it again I added the O and checked out without a problem.
- Bob -
"Central Valley" Roosevelts
MPL's - Lincolns of Color
20 minutes later and numerous bad gateway errors, I finally got my confirmation page.
Both sold out now.
Got 2 -O's, CC's got kicked out of my order. Will Trade and O for a CC if any one is up for that.
Anyone else refreshing the product page, just in case?
Same had both I cart...processing...then you know the drill. Oh well. Only wanted 1 of each for collection. I’ll play the 730 game a few days then just wait until secondary market and if not stupid crazy in price will pick them up if not upset. Will use money on other things.
No luck. Bad decision from mint on quantity of 10. Lot of angry customers.
Box of 20
I wasn't expecting a full sell through today.
I accidentally ordered a box with 1x O and 2x CC. not what I wanted.
So, I planned to cancel that order after placing one of each.
I got the O into the cart and ordered successfully.
In the process of getting the CC I somehow ended up with 4 in the cart. By the time I got it changed to 1x, they went unavailable.
now I have a box with 1x O & 2x CC
and a box with 1x O.
should I be able to order a box with a 1x CC tomorrow, I'll cancel the order with 1x + 2x
If I can't get a box with a single CC, then I'll have and extra one of each. in that case, if anyone wants a non first strike O and CC, you can post in this thread and maybe we can work something out for cost but that's an IF.
Since I am BST skittish, it’d have to be with someone established.
We'll see what level they hit ebay at next month.
Well, that was a major cluster.
The game is RIGGED,
I guess I'm back to collecting the old ones that really are rare coins.
After a lot of errors and crashes I was able to get in a total of 4 separate orders for a total of 2 of each privy mark. It took staying with it but couldn't believe I was able to. I too noticed the June in stock day, that will probably do away with the cancellations.
Also a question - would it be a reasonable trade of one of these privy mint Morgans for a 75th anniversary WWW II medal?
Are we done for the day and maybe back in the morning. I still have a few in my cart!
So do I understand that was 175,000 of each privy that just sold? 350K coins in about 20 minutes ?
That's maybe 15,000 orders per minute, and $29,750,000 in sales in that 20 minute period. Check my math.
If you're mad the servers failed, think about that velocity.
--Severian the Lame
Well that came from these message boards
had both in my cart, but could not pay for them as the site kept crashing and burning; end result - zip. I am not a happy camper.
My wife and I both ended up getting 10 of each, after many refreshes. Was not expecting them to sell out so fast.
It's sad how other sites can figure this out... I also am collecting the Music Legends series from the Royal Mint, their latest dropped this morning at 2am mountain time, I set an alarm, when I went to their site, it put me in a queue with a number showing where I was in queue. The number counted down from 1900 to 0 in about 10 minutes, then I got on, ordered the coin and went back to bed. Because the excess traffic sat in queue, once in the site there were no issues at all. I had >20 gateway errors at the US Mint site along with a handful of other frustrating errors.
Ended up with 2 CC and 10 O through 3 separate orders. What a mess.
Got 10 each. First CC order number USM09579XXX, second O order number USM09675XXX. Credit card was pinged for first order.
Was able to get 10 cc at 9:19 am
…I got 3 of each…from an iPhone, on a farm, in the middle of nowhere in coastal CT…so anyone who got screwed needs to upgrade their PC or Mac, thanks all
I got one order of 4 each. Then another order of 1 cc. I’ll see how things go but probably want the 1 cc for my self regardless.
I had an order confirmation page on one but didn’t get an email and no CAC charge
There's always that one guy who has it all figured out. lol
The New Ultimate Custom Dansco US Type Set Album.
On one attempt I went to page not found but order wasn't placed.
I jumped on right at noon and had to deal with these problems. My buddy in California called to say that he was having trouble getting through, etc. So I said I'd go in and try to order for him. Lots of gateway errors, and other performance issues. But I got through. The email for "my" order came through at 12:08 and the email for "his" order came through at 12:16. The two number are 55,000 orders apart. So it's not surprising that they sold out in 30 min.
No, the mints needs to upgrade their servers/routers/gateway and replace the head of the IT department there too!
Had 10 pieces of each in my shopping cart 3 minutes in, got to the final "place order" screen and it crashed with the bad gateway page. Did this TEN TIMES. On time number 11 it informed me that both items are no longer available. #$!% the Mint.
RIP Mom- 1932-2012
I don't know, it's working for them. All sold out within 20 min. Why would they upgrade?
I got the confirmation email but when I go to the mint site and I go under my orders it says order history not available very bizarre
I can't find where it says that?
1st in line on this?
it is typical that the My Orders page does not work the crazy day.
also, it takes at least 30 minutes, if not more, for orders to show up on non-crazy days. Also the 1-800 people can't see them until that long after, too.
Let's try tomorrow morning?
I wish I got 10 each but I am sure those who were not able to get 1 today should have no problems picking up one in October once they ship. Maybe go to the BST and see if someone is willing to share their good fortune today to give one up. I ended up getting 1 each so I am happy. I did try and get 2 more each after the 1st purchase but time ran out. I think was all know how the first 20 minutes went.
10 and 10 for me. Great success!
Professional Numismatist. "It's like God, Family, Country, except Sticker, Plastic, Coin."
So how many more of these are there that we go through this every time....?
I am still so thankful that I was able to get a V75 gold Eagle that I cannot let this stuff frustrate me. Or at least I can try to not let this stuff frustrate me...
I went to check that myself on the odd chance that one of my order attempts went through... same thing happened.
RIP Mom- 1932-2012
My experience:
My account on left hand laptop:
Crash
Crash
Timeout
Hourglass spinning
Cursing
3 CC in bag, 6 in bag, 9 in bag...whoa!...only want 3 of each!
Delete item from bag
Really cursing
Crash
Crash
Now 3 each in bag
Checking out
Hands shaking
Crash
Timeout
Final approval
Crash
Crash
Hit back space [Not supposed to do that]
Bag Empty
WTF?!?
Crash
Order completed...WEEEE!!!!
Meanwhile, my wife's account on my right hand iPad:
Crash
Crash
2 O's in bag...now 4...now 6!
Cursing while deleting items
Crash
Timeout
Crash
ERROR
Checking out
Sweating profusely
Crash
Old credit card info autofills...from God knows where???
Final checkout
Crash
Timeout
Magic order confirmation email received as hourglass still spinning on screen!!!
AMEN...Got 5 of each!!!
I will now be drinking for the rest of the day.
And PS...my wife was also sitting on the couch hitting the redial on 3 iPhones and a landline to the Mint order people...that was a total farce!
This pissed me off so much I went on EBay and bought 2 1921's (ungraded raw) UNC's
Twenty minutes for ten unsuccessful checkout on ten ccs. Sold out. Went for the os and checked out first time one time at 23 minutes. Email confirmed.
I've played this game before. Felt as if the checkouts were going to work but they did not.
This one didn’t frustrate me like the gold v75 and having in my cart and not able to check out for weeks.
If I can get some of these release ok, if not that’s ok too.
So damned angering.
My PCGS profile
Well, don't I feel silly! LOL