The waiting room is a joke. It seems like its just luck of the draw or tech savvy people know a way around it. I logged in at 7:20 this morning and was immediately dumped into the waiting room for about 40 minutes. I'm not expecting to get in on every drop but i cant get anything anymore.
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
5 hour window on release day to place your "order" for one item per HH/per account. Checkout the item.
After the five hour window closes the USM "vets" the orders to determine any HHL violations, one item per CC (no virtual card numbers), cross ref cc address with shipping address, or whatever other cross checks filter out any bad orders. Pick the winners randomly.
Notify by email the "winners" which will have their order fulfilled (similar to email that go out about confirmed orders today)
Others not fulfilled just have thier CC authorizations drop off thier accounts.
5 hour window on release day to place your "order" for one item per HH/per account. Checkout the item.
After the five hour window closes the USM "vets" the orders to determine any HHL violations, one item per CC (no virtual card numbers), cross ref cc address with shipping address, or whatever other cross checks filter out any bad orders. Pick the winners randomly.
Notify by email the "winners" which will have their order fulfilled (similar to email that go out about confirmed orders today)
Others not fulfilled just have thier CC authorizations drop off thier accounts.
@coiner said:
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
While you bring up some very good points and frustrations, the Mint in 2027 will most likely just be happy to sell whatever they have to whoever wants it, regardless of what we say.
The waiting room is frustrating at its clock sometimes makes less than zero sense in how it waffles from one minute to one hour and back again.
@bramn8r said:
I had the same problems with the waiting room, didn’t get mine. Yesterday, two arrived from my subscription I thought wouldn’t be fullfilled.
That’s very fortunate. What made you feel your sub wouldn’t be fulfilled?
@coiner said:
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
While you bring up some very good points and frustrations, the Mint in 2027 will most likely just be happy to sell whatever they have to whoever wants it, regardless of what we say.
The waiting room is frustrating at its clock sometimes makes less than zero sense in how it waffles from one minute to one hour and back again.
Nah. If this was true, they wouldn't be purging the bot orders today. But they do -- that's where inventory for drops like today come from.
If they really want to get a handle on this and don't want to invest in whatever technology is available to effectively frustrate the bots, the move is to either make every single thing available for early purchase via subscription. That will frustrate the buyers clubs that don't know a nickel from a dime. Sorry, but I have sympathy for anyone shut out now when these were available for months by subscription. They are no better than the buyers clubs, just waking up now because there is a flip.
If they want to take it one step further, they can do what other world mints do, and open staggered order windows, where your level of access is determined by your past purchase volume. Basically a retail version of the bulk buyer program. It has the virtue of rewarding the best customers while also locking out randos who only come in for the flips.
Or, they can continue doing what they are doing, and keep turning off actual long time collectors. Hopefully people will give Hollis an earful at the upcoming ANA show. He seems very tuned into the retail market, as evidenced by all the things, good and not so good, he has done since taking over, so I bet he will be receptive to feedback on this.
@coiner said:
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
While you bring up some very good points and frustrations, the Mint in 2027 will most likely just be happy to sell whatever they have to whoever wants it, regardless of what we say.
The waiting room is frustrating at its clock sometimes makes less than zero sense in how it waffles from one minute to one hour and back again.
Nah. If this was true, they wouldn't be purging the bot orders today. But they do -- that's where inventory for drops like today come from.
If they really want to get a handle on this and don't want to invest in whatever technology is available to effectively frustrate the bots, the move is to either make every single thing available for early purchase via subscription. That will frustrate the buyers clubs that don't know a nickel from a dime. Sorry, but I have sympathy for anyone shut out now when these were available for months by subscription. They are no better than the buyers clubs, just waking up now because there is a flip.
If they want to take it one step further, they can do what other world mints do, and open staggered order windows, where your level of access is determined by your past purchase volume. Basically a retail version of the bulk buyer program. It has the virtue of rewarding the best customers while also locking out randos who only come in for the flips.
Or, they can continue doing what they are doing, and keep turning off actual long time collectors. Hopefully people will give Hollis an earful at the upcoming ANA show. He seems very tuned into the retail market, as evidenced by all the things, good and not so good, he has done since taking over, so I bet he will be receptive to feedback on this.
I hope he is receptive to this, as I’ve seen so many better ideas here on this forum that what we’ve seen in action from the Mint.
While bot orders have obviously been purged for several big items this year, it’s not a constant feature of Mint action. Granted, it seems to be more prevalent here lately.
Any idea (or does anyone else) how many of these EU Silvers came back today? One poster points out at least 220 came between his 3 orders of 5.
@coiner said:
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
While you bring up some very good points and frustrations, the Mint in 2027 will most likely just be happy to sell whatever they have to whoever wants it, regardless of what we say.
The waiting room is frustrating at its clock sometimes makes less than zero sense in how it waffles from one minute to one hour and back again.
Nah. If this was true, they wouldn't be purging the bot orders today. But they do -- that's where inventory for drops like today come from.
If they really want to get a handle on this and don't want to invest in whatever technology is available to effectively frustrate the bots, the move is to either make every single thing available for early purchase via subscription. That will frustrate the buyers clubs that don't know a nickel from a dime. Sorry, but I have sympathy for anyone shut out now when these were available for months by subscription. They are no better than the buyers clubs, just waking up now because there is a flip.
If they want to take it one step further, they can do what other world mints do, and open staggered order windows, where your level of access is determined by your past purchase volume. Basically a retail version of the bulk buyer program. It has the virtue of rewarding the best customers while also locking out randos who only come in for the flips.
Or, they can continue doing what they are doing, and keep turning off actual long time collectors. Hopefully people will give Hollis an earful at the upcoming ANA show. He seems very tuned into the retail market, as evidenced by all the things, good and not so good, he has done since taking over, so I bet he will be receptive to feedback on this.
I hope he is receptive to this, as I’ve seen so many better ideas here on this forum that what we’ve seen in action from the Mint.
While bot orders have obviously been purged for several big items this year, it’s not a constant feature of Mint action. Granted, it seems to be more prevalent here lately.
Any idea (or does anyone else) how many of these EU Silvers came back today? One poster points out at least 220 came between his 3 orders of 5.
I'm sure quite a few. 220 was the order count. With no limits, I'm sure a lot more than that was sold. Plus, that doesn't even account for all of the orders. Again, given that everyone was able to get at least 10 ahead of time, no sympathy for those who only woke up at the end and then got shut out.
Arrived this morning. Looks like a 70 under several loops. Has two tiny black spots on obverse field that turned out to be turds on the inside surface of the plastic capsule. The positions move with careful rotation of encapsulated coin. Phew !
Compared to a 70 commercial strike 2026 ASE, this one has significant features to warrant an above average difference.
I have compared the 2013 EU ASE pics to this, and I have a love/hate impression with the former. At a distance it appears attractive with the striped skirt. Up closer it becomes a bit cheesy for my tastes. I like the flag detail though.
@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
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@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
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@HoneyMarket said:
Was this (American Eagle 2026 One Ounce Silver Enhanced Uncirculated Coin) available today?
Yes it was. Thousands of them. I was only able to get into the site one hour after the 7:30 usual drop time, but saw 2444 of them and dropping rapidly. They were gone in under 5 minutes from when IO noticed them.
@OKCC said:
With the constant bot bombardment, is there even a point in trying to order these in the morning? Even if one adds them to their cart, their bag is immediately emptied somehow.
How about an email bombardment campaign to Hollis citing the 'bot' invasion!
You don't need to e-bomb him, just send him an email with your concern. I emailed him about other issues and got a lengthy reply. He is obviously putting in the hours that shows me he is not just some bureaucrat but actually cares about the Mint and collectors.
@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
I really don't think that the mint was prepared with sufficient hardware or perhaps AWS support for 2026. And this was all pre-Hollis preparation.
@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
I really don't think that the mint was prepared with sufficient hardware or perhaps AWS support for 2026. And this was all pre-Hollis preparation.
The disappearing order history and subscriptions is an old "feature". It's been going on for years. In fact, in my primary account, I have no visible order history and haven't had one in at least 5 years despite ordering multiple items every year.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
I really don't think that the mint was prepared with sufficient hardware or perhaps AWS support for 2026. And this was all pre-Hollis preparation.
The disappearing order history and subscriptions is an old "feature". It's been going on for years. In fact, in my primary account, I have no visible order history and haven't had one in at least 5 years despite ordering multiple items every year.
Finally, someone with a positive take on this not whining about it. Good show!
They probably have been using the same old Commodore 64 to run the Mint order program since I still had brown hair.
Elon said that he was appalled by the ancient systems in use throughout the government considering how much the government spends.
@bramn8r said: @mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
I really don't think that the mint was prepared with sufficient hardware or perhaps AWS support for 2026. And this was all pre-Hollis preparation.
The disappearing order history and subscriptions is an old "feature". It's been going on for years. In fact, in my primary account, I have no visible order history and haven't had one in at least 5 years despite ordering multiple items every year.
Finally, someone with a positive take on this not whining about it. Good show!
They probably have been using the same old Commodore 64 to run the Mint order program since I still had brown hair.
Elon said that he was appalled by the ancient systems in use throughout the government considering how much the government spends.
Yeah. It's something in the structure of the software itself. I'm surprised they don't just farm it out like they did the fulfillment.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
@HoneyMarket said:
Was this (American Eagle 2026 One Ounce Silver Enhanced Uncirculated Coin) available today?
Yes it was. Thousands of them. I was only able to get into the site one hour after the 7:30 usual drop time, but saw 2444 of them and dropping rapidly. They were gone in under 5 minutes from when IO noticed them.
I guess the Mint must have dusted off that Commodore 64 to send out their text notifications about availability.
I rcvd a text notification at 9:11 am (EDT) that there was availability of this coin...logged in and there of course, was none...
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The waiting room is a joke. It seems like its just luck of the draw or tech savvy people know a way around it. I logged in at 7:20 this morning and was immediately dumped into the waiting room for about 40 minutes. I'm not expecting to get in on every drop but i cant get anything anymore.
what will eventually happen is the "end" collector will get frustrated and will not be a buyer at higher levels......the middle men will pull their buy offers and the folks with the bots will be sitting on product - ready for return.
the USM HAS to fix this if they plan on haveing any viable numismatic coin business in the future.
the USM should go with a lottery method.
5 hour window on release day to place your "order" for one item per HH/per account. Checkout the item.
After the five hour window closes the USM "vets" the orders to determine any HHL violations, one item per CC (no virtual card numbers), cross ref cc address with shipping address, or whatever other cross checks filter out any bad orders. Pick the winners randomly.
Notify by email the "winners" which will have their order fulfilled (similar to email that go out about confirmed orders today)
Others not fulfilled just have thier CC authorizations drop off thier accounts.
simple and easy.
ensure the lottery box doesnt get stuffed. no creation of accounts on the fly at the last minute. etc etc etc.
im sure if this was thought through it could be up and running in no time.
While you bring up some very good points and frustrations, the Mint in 2027 will most likely just be happy to sell whatever they have to whoever wants it, regardless of what we say.
The waiting room is frustrating at its clock sometimes makes less than zero sense in how it waffles from one minute to one hour and back again.
From yesterday's mail. . .Not as attractive as the 2013-W Enhanced Uncirculated issued in the Two Coin West Point Set.
Not as nice…..but still a beautiful coin. Thanks for sharing the images.
That's really what the EUc is supposed to look like, if you recall the original EU sets. The 2013 is the one that doesn't look EU.
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Yet I believe that many had their hearts and minds set on the 2013 redux. I’m not disappointed in it. It’s beautiful as it is.
I had the same problems with the waiting room, didn’t get mine. Yesterday, two arrived from my subscription I thought wouldn’t be fullfilled.
That’s very fortunate. What made you feel your sub wouldn’t be fulfilled?
@mbr33 My subscription showed “0”, didn’t think enough to ask why, tried to buy the day of for more, didn’t get more. Nice surprise.
That’s odd. Haven’t seen that before, myself. Glad to hear you got an unexpected surprise!
Nah. If this was true, they wouldn't be purging the bot orders today. But they do -- that's where inventory for drops like today come from.
If they really want to get a handle on this and don't want to invest in whatever technology is available to effectively frustrate the bots, the move is to either make every single thing available for early purchase via subscription. That will frustrate the buyers clubs that don't know a nickel from a dime. Sorry, but I have sympathy for anyone shut out now when these were available for months by subscription. They are no better than the buyers clubs, just waking up now because there is a flip.
If they want to take it one step further, they can do what other world mints do, and open staggered order windows, where your level of access is determined by your past purchase volume. Basically a retail version of the bulk buyer program. It has the virtue of rewarding the best customers while also locking out randos who only come in for the flips.
Or, they can continue doing what they are doing, and keep turning off actual long time collectors. Hopefully people will give Hollis an earful at the upcoming ANA show. He seems very tuned into the retail market, as evidenced by all the things, good and not so good, he has done since taking over, so I bet he will be receptive to feedback on this.
I hope he is receptive to this, as I’ve seen so many better ideas here on this forum that what we’ve seen in action from the Mint.
While bot orders have obviously been purged for several big items this year, it’s not a constant feature of Mint action. Granted, it seems to be more prevalent here lately.
Any idea (or does anyone else) how many of these EU Silvers came back today? One poster points out at least 220 came between his 3 orders of 5.
I'm sure quite a few. 220 was the order count. With no limits, I'm sure a lot more than that was sold. Plus, that doesn't even account for all of the orders. Again, given that everyone was able to get at least 10 ahead of time, no sympathy for those who only woke up at the end and then got shut out.
I got mine today. Looks great.
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I think most of the current early morning traffic is caused by the silver bell, lots of $$$ being made.
When they are done, I think we'll get back to normal.....close to normal.
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We need to see a RED SOLD OUT .......
Arrived this morning. Looks like a 70 under several loops. Has two tiny black spots on obverse field that turned out to be turds on the inside surface of the plastic capsule. The positions move with careful rotation of encapsulated coin. Phew !
Compared to a 70 commercial strike 2026 ASE, this one has significant features to warrant an above average difference.
I have compared the 2013 EU ASE pics to this, and I have a love/hate impression with the former. At a distance it appears attractive with the striped skirt. Up closer it becomes a bit cheesy for my tastes. I like the flag detail though.
It occurs often. most often happens day of new releases and you get message "You have No or 0 Subscriptions. It comes back later that day or the next. Also happens when processing subscriptions before release.
Yes. Your old order history also can temporarily disappear. It's an odd little feature of the Mint website.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Was this (American Eagle 2026 One Ounce Silver Enhanced Uncirculated Coin) available today?
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Yes it was. Thousands of them. I was only able to get into the site one hour after the 7:30 usual drop time, but saw 2444 of them and dropping rapidly. They were gone in under 5 minutes from when IO noticed them.
You don't need to e-bomb him, just send him an email with your concern. I emailed him about other issues and got a lengthy reply. He is obviously putting in the hours that shows me he is not just some bureaucrat but actually cares about the Mint and collectors.
I really don't think that the mint was prepared with sufficient hardware or perhaps AWS support for 2026. And this was all pre-Hollis preparation.
The disappearing order history and subscriptions is an old "feature". It's been going on for years. In fact, in my primary account, I have no visible order history and haven't had one in at least 5 years despite ordering multiple items every year.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Finally, someone with a positive take on this not whining about it. Good show!
They probably have been using the same old Commodore 64 to run the Mint order program since I still had brown hair.
Elon said that he was appalled by the ancient systems in use throughout the government considering how much the government spends.
Yeah. It's something in the structure of the software itself. I'm surprised they don't just farm it out like they did the fulfillment.
All comments reflect the opinion of the author, even when irrefutably accurate.
Did anyone manage to get the enhanced this morning?
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Box of 20
I saw over 2444 of them when I got in, but did not purchase.
Gave it a shot but no. Received sub order and was unimpressed.
Nice flip, though.
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I guess the Mint must have dusted off that Commodore 64 to send out their text notifications about availability.
I rcvd a text notification at 9:11 am (EDT) that there was availability of this coin...logged in and there of course, was none...
BST references available on request