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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I figured i'd chime in.

    I called the mint @ exactly 11:58 got a low order #30826xxx (very low) & I was bumped to 2/6/09
    I would say no one will have or none will go out before 2/06. & we'll see if that even happens. >>



    Now we know who was tying up the phone lines.image
  • jessewvujessewvu Posts: 5,065 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>I figured i'd chime in.

    I called the mint @ exactly 11:58 got a low order #30826xxx (very low) & I was bumped to 2/6/09
    I would say no one will have or none will go out before 2/06. & we'll see if that even happens. >>



    I hope you didn't get a rep before noon. I did that once and she started the order when I called, they canceled my order because it showed being placed before noon.


  • << <i>I hope you didn't get a rep before noon. I did that once and she started the order when I called, they canceled my order because it showed being placed before noon. >>



    No, it worked out pretty good, I didn't get anyone til just after 12:00
  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>I hope you didn't get a rep before noon. I did that once and she started the order when I called, they canceled my order because it showed being placed before noon. >>



    No, it worked out pretty good, I didn't get anyone til just after 12:00 >>




    I looks like yours is the earliest reported order on these boards. Welcome updates as to if and when you get notification it has shipped.
  • darktonedarktone Posts: 8,437 ✭✭✭
    got this email this morning. But the website still say's 2/6 ??


    Order #: 30828xxx - 1
    Sold To : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Ship To : xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
    Item: UH1 Qty: 1 Exp Ship: 2/17/09
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN
    Item: UH3 Qty: 1 Exp Ship: 2/17/09
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK

  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    US Mint tracking on 2/2/2009 6:30 AM EST

    Order #: 3083xxxx
    Backordered - Est. delivery date 02/17/2009

    Order #: 3083xxxx
    Backordered - Est. delivery date 02/17/2009

    Order #: 3084xxxx
    In Stock and Reserved

    Order #: 3084xxxx
    In Stock and Reserved

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    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My order #3084XXX went to "in stock and reserved" this morning.
  • my order doesn't even show the date or time anymore. I did order around 12:41pm on 1/22/09.

    I had two computers opened at the same time on the order window but by mistake had 2 in the order number box of one of them. I had to cancel that order. In between the two there must have been over several thousand orders. Oh well. My dates have never changed. The coin and book still show 02/06/09 as the ship date. Fingers crossed. All I want is one beautiful coin.

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  • ebizgobroebizgobro Posts: 595 ✭✭✭
    Just received email from US Mint:
    - my order 30828xxx changed from 2/6 to 2/17

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  • 53BKid53BKid Posts: 2,174 ✭✭✭
    Always the same run-around with the mint on popular new issues.

    Regardless of what the site says or emails, you never know for sure until its in your hand.
    HAPPY COLLECTING!!!
  • mbogomanmbogoman Posts: 5,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just went from 2/06 to 2/17 also, but my book is still 2/06!!! #30836xxx
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Just received email from US Mint:
    - my order 30828xxx changed from 2/6 to 2/17


    Same here.

    And, adding to the insult, their website is taking new orders for shipment on 2/13.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • my order changed. the coin is now 02/17 and the book is still 02/06 .?????
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    Ships are safe in harbor but thats not what ships were built for.
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    It is looking like 2/17 is the new 1/28. Or maybe the mint will be delivering the $1,239 orders first since they will be bringing in $50 more. image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • RichRRichR Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Well I can top you all...my wife's order, using a different CC account (hers not mine) under her maiden name, with different billing and shipping addresses than mine...WAS JUST CANCELLED!

    And she also ordered a couple of spouse gold that were not cancelled...so it's not a credit card limit thing. And we live in an apartment house with 120 units...so the one coin per mailing address is hard to validate.

    And her order was placed a full 5 days after mine...so either someone's REALLY crosschecking records at the mint...or something's up with this coin's supply.

    And we both maintain separate accounts with the Mint (without CC linkage) for just this type of situation.

    So she's going to call up customer service this AM and rip someone a new one!

    Thoughts...comments?
  • she order from the same ip address?
  • RichRRichR Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Nope...one was ordered from my work PC...while the other was ordered from our home PC...

    And e-mail confirms were also sent to completely different addresses.

    And one was purchased using Amex while the other was Visa.

    And to further muddy the waters, one was to be shipped to me at work, while the other was to go to a package delivery service at a third address.
  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭


    << <i>Nope...one was ordered from my work PC...while the other was ordered from our home PC...

    And e-mail confirms were also sent to completely different addresses.

    And one was purchased using Amex while the other was Visa.

    And to further muddy the waters, one was to be shipped to me at work, while the other was to go to a package delivery service at a third address. >>


    Shouldn't the delivery address match the CC billing address to avoid fraud?
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • RichRRichR Posts: 3,858 ✭✭✭✭✭
    <<Shouldn't the delivery address match the CC billing address to avoid fraud?>>

    There's an option for shipping and billing to different addresses which I always use...because I don't want the coins stuffed into our cubby hole size mailbox...or even worse, left at the door!

    Gee...someone might be awake at the Mint order processing department...scary!
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    3083XXXX

    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/17/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.
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  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What's scary is that the Mint is shipping gold orders via Parcel Post, and the truck drivers are just dropping them at the door without requiring any signatures.
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • John91CJohn91C Posts: 300 ✭✭
    I just went online to check my order status since everyone is on backorder...

    Order #:3084****
    Order Status: Your order request is on hold.


    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 In stock and reserved
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.

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    Let's just hope they ship on 2/6!
  • jmski52jmski52 Posts: 22,791 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Order #3082xxxx

    Mine went from In Stock and Reserved with a ship date of 2/6, to backorder with a ship date of 2/17.

    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/17/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.

    They don't know what they're doing.image
    Q: Are You Printing Money? Bernanke: Not Literally

    I knew it would happen.
  • SilverstateSilverstate Posts: 1,537 ✭✭✭


    << <i>image


    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/17/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.

    Looks like a few of us got this change.

    Was 2/6 and in stock, now it's 2/14 and backordered? >>



    Now it has moved again???

    Originally 2/6 , then 2/14 and now 2/17 ??

    What is going on.
    Anyone still have a 2/6 shipping date?






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  • 2/17 shipping date, I think they are low on Gold Planchets for the UHL, maybe a few months wait, we will see!image
  • shorecollshorecoll Posts: 5,445 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just got an e-mail from the Mint. My UHR went from 2/6 to In stock and reserved, now back to 2/6 but my book moved up from 2/20 to 2/6.

    You figure it out!
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  • CasmanCasman Posts: 3,935 ✭✭
    image



    Mine don't have no stinkin ship date...image


    I loaded the thing in the cart at 12:02, but it took 5 minutes to load the page so it said Order time 12:07...Things were never as unorganized as this, bad maybe, but not this stupid...
  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>What's scary is that the Mint is shipping gold orders via Parcel Post, and the truck drivers are just dropping them at the door without requiring any signatures. >>



    Has there been a change in policy? I thought items over $1000 qualify for a higher level of shipping, if not Registered Mail when going by USPS?
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,960 ✭✭✭
    Almost every order I make from the mint has come registered mail to my P.O. Box.
  • OPAOPA Posts: 17,118 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>What's scary is that the Mint is shipping gold orders via Parcel Post, and the truck drivers are just dropping them at the door without requiring any signatures. >>



    Has there been a change in policy? I thought items over $1000 qualify for a higher level of shipping, if not Registered Mail when going by USPS? >>



    It used to be items over $300 would received expedited mail (FEDEX) ... but now everything is being shipped via UPS ... (except to PO Mail Boxes)
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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>Almost every order I make from the mint has come registered mail to my P.O. Box. >>



    Thanks.
  • All I know is I bought on the first day and am scheduled for a Feb 20th shipment date.
  • BECOKABECOKA Posts: 16,960 ✭✭✭


    << <i>

    << <i>Almost every order I make from the mint has come registered mail to my P.O. Box. >>



    Thanks. >>



    I should note that folks who have stuff shipped to their home have countless types of shipping used by the mint. image

    Somehow the only type of shipping they seem to do for P.O. Boxes is registered
  • Order number: 3084****

    Order Date: 01/22/2009 at 01:38 PM

    Order Status: Your order request is on hold.


    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 In stock and reserved
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.











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  • ebizgobroebizgobro Posts: 595 ✭✭✭
    Yet another slip in shipping from the US Mint email:
    Order 30828xxx
    Backorder with ship date of 2/18/2009
    But Book has same ship date

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  • trozautrozau Posts: 3,455 ✭✭✭
    2/18 is the new 1/28 image

    image ...keeps on slippin', slippin', slippin' into the future... image
    trozau (troy ounce gold)
  • HyperionHyperion Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭
    peeps, you'll get them eventually. probably most in the first wave of shipments. just be thankful your order is sitting there in the queue and you dont still have to take time for an hour trying to get through the balky website to place your order.

    patience is a virtue!

  • Un-fricking believable ...........

    Just how enept are the people running the mint ??

    Recieved an e-mail that item is backordered and would ship on 2/18..........OK with that.

    I just look it up on the site ,...............It says 2/06........said 2/17 yesterday ..

    #30828xxx




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  • aficionadoaficionado Posts: 2,309 ✭✭✭

    the point is, if it's going to be 2/28, then just say 2/28 from the beginning. How could they not know they don't have any coins to ship on 2/6 ??

  • CoinMeisterCoinMeister Posts: 642 ✭✭✭✭


    << <i>How could they not know they don't have any coins to ship on 2/6 ?? >>



    You're kidding, right? This is the US Mint we are talking about. We will get our coins when they are in hand. If you keep watching the dates everyday you will get the idea pretty fast that they won't ship anytime soon. The US Mint was quite clear from the beginning that this could take 6-9 months to fill the orders. Any sooner would be excellent, though not expected on my part. So sit back and relax. You don't pay until they ship anyway. So it isn't like you are out any money. However, the frustration may begin for me if I see other members get theirs and mine hasn't shipped.

    I think my above dissertation was to myself....I am usually very impatient! image
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  • PipestonePetePipestonePete Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭✭✭
    How many different scenerios are there regarding order status?? My order status has been "on hold" since I ordered. That hasn't changed. The expected ship date for the COIN has been changed from 02/11 to 02/06 and then to "in stock and reserved" with the book showing an expected ship date of 02/06. So my question is......is it better to be "in stock and reserved" or to be showing a ship date of 02/06
  • Batman23Batman23 Posts: 4,999 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I am getting tired of wakeing up to find an email with the title backorder and nothing in the body to tell me what's happening. According to the Mint's site they are going to ship both the coin and the book on the 6th... Three days to go... We'll see what happens.image
  • Unless the London Wednesday AM gold fix is below $887.25, we're going to have another Thursday price increase of $50 for the UHR. And price increases for any other gold coins as well.
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  • This is almost becoming amusing.

    Email says backordered til the 18th for both, but they are now back to 2-6 on the website.

    order number 30827***



    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • I ordered kinda late...about 2355 the first day on sale. I've only recieved one email saying backordered till 2/20 but my order summary has never changed form ship date of 2/6. I wanna know why I'm not getting all of the anxiety creating emails image

    By the way order number 3086****
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  • Ha!

    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.

    3083XXXX 12:48

    Was 2/17 yesterday
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  • northcoinnorthcoin Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>This is almost becoming amusing.

    Email says backordered til the 18th for both, but they are now back to 2-6 on the website.

    order number 30827***



    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN 1 $1,189.00 $1,189.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009.
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK 1 $0.00 $0.00 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/06/2009. >>




    Since yours is one of the earliest orders (assume within 15 minutes of the noon order date on the 22nd), keep us posted on if and when you get a confirmation that the item(s) shipped. A Mint employee had assured someone on this board who called last week that the first shipments of the UHR would be going out this week. That seems more reliable than a computer generated email.
  • adamlaneusadamlaneus Posts: 6,969 ✭✭✭


    << <i> Item: UH1 Qty: 1 Exp Ship: 2/18/09
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN
    Item: UH3 Qty: 1 Exp Ship: 2/18/09
    2009 ULTRA HIGH RELIEF GOLD COIN BOOK

    >>



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  • bonkroodbonkrood Posts: 796 ✭✭✭
    What exactly does this mean.

    Order Status: Your order request is on hold.

    Its on the track order page, but still it lists 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/13/2009 for the coin, and 1 unit backordered. Expected to ship on 02/20/2009 for the book.

    And I didnt order until 1/29/09
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