25th Anniversary ASE set

<< <i>Once the sports card a widget sellers have flipped their booty (soon) the supply of these will diminish greatly. I still say the beat thing for this set is the number of open sets on the market....Full graded sets will be golden..even the 69's will rock! >>



Will the demand diminish though?

<< <i>What should I do? I have changed my mind a million times today.

The UPS guy this morning asked what was in my box. It seemed he had a few of these boxes in his truck. >>


I'd wait until we hear more about the possibly burnished finish on the bullion coin in these sets. That could be a game changer.

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<< <i>The gold standard!! The prize that a lot desire. I don't know if it will sell at $9K. Maybe should offer 9 interest-free, easy payments.

First strike 70 set in hand! >>



That is so freaking cool looking (definitely NOT $9K cool though!). >>



Price has now been revised lower to $6299.

My cool-o-meter is indicating 'still not cool enough for that price'.

But it's definately getting cooler!

Just sold a box of 5 on the bay for $4k+. In doing the diligence on my seller, I realized that he is a power media mogul in the adult entertainment industry who likes high-end modern gold. LOL

There are collectors everywhere!

All your purchases of those Girls Gone Wild tapes are paying for my sets

Ok, I hadn't thought about this but I just looked at my "open" set and I definitely have 2 proofs and 3 burnished coins.
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<< <i>I see MCM has posted prices for sets on their site -

OGP - $949
NGC 69s - $1249
NGC 70s - $2995 >>








Selling the NGC 70 sets at 2995.00 when they just sold one on Ebay for 3800.00 the other day? I wonder if they have bid prices posted anywhere? I also just noticed that APMEX removed their buy price of 425.00 for the 25th sets I guess they were not able to rip too many off the uninformed at that price. >>



It's especially odd given Chattanooga'a pricing: $975 for NGC 69s and $3975 for NGC 70s. MCM must know something we don't about NGC 70s. Maybe they're really high pops? >>




MCM raised prices after starting low on the 2006 sets

The NGC 70 set is underpriced-at 3000.00 coin club just brought 8 sets -

Someone hit the buy it now on my 'bay eagle set...$850 And then I realized they have zero feedback. I thought my listing screened out unproven buyers but it turns out that it only limits those who have received 2 Unpaid item Strike(s) within 1 month(s) and have a feedback score equal to or lower than -1.

They have already paid via paypal - return address looks like a UPS store in L.A.

Would you be nervous about this deal?

<< <i>Someone hit the buy it now on my 'bay eagle set...$850 And then I realized they have zero feedback. I thought my listing screened out unproven buyers but it turns out that it only limits those who have received 2 Unpaid item Strike(s) within 1 month(s) and have a feedback score equal to or lower than -1.

They have already paid via paypal - return address looks like a UPS store in L.A.

Would you be nervous about this deal? >>



Is it a PayPal approved bank account? I assume it is, not sure how scams like this work though...

When does PCGS charge your card when you send them a submission?



-Paul

New Member,
I appreciate all the info. I have a few coins and now today received my box of five sets of the 25th ASE. Box came in good shape with no rattles. Email time was 3:41 back on 10/27... took a while, i got lucky.

I am in no rush to open or send to be graded at this point. Still trying to decide and find a level of trust with the graders. I see the HSN video and wonder how they get away with the "sold out in an hour" crap. All your comments and input on the various topics are very interesting. Just want to say thanks as I continue my learning curve.

My mint date is 11/12/11 so as long as I keep it sealed I should be able to maintain my options? Correct?

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I appreciate all the info. I have a few coins and now today received my box of five sets of the 25th ASE. Box came in good shape with no rattles. Email time was 3:41 back on 10/27... took a while, i got lucky.

I am in no rush to open or send to be graded at this point. Still trying to decide and find a level of trust with the graders. I see the HSN video and wonder how they get away with the "sold out in an hour" crap. All your comments and input on the various topics are very interesting. Just want to say thanks as I continue my learning curve.

My mint date is 11/12/11 so as long as I keep it sealed I should be able to maintain my options? Correct? >>



Correct... and Welcome!

Unopened sets are selling a t$ 4K. $5K-$6K is not unrealistic for unopened boxes of 5.

<< <i>You can eliminate your buyers or bidders to a feedback score below 5. >>

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Only if you watch who's bidding like a hawk. That's not a parameter available by eBay. You'd have to cancel the bid manually & add them to your "bad boy" list so that they can't bid again.

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<< <i>Someone hit the buy it now on my 'bay eagle set...$850 And then I realized they have zero feedback. I thought my listing screened out unproven buyers but it turns out that it only limits those who have received 2 Unpaid item Strike(s) within 1 month(s) and have a feedback score equal to or lower than -1.

They have already paid via paypal - return address looks like a UPS store in L.A.

Would you be nervous about this deal? >>



Is it a PayPal approved bank account? I assume it is, not sure how scams like this work though... >>



This is why I never do auctions on ebay and always BIN with best offer so I at least have some means of screening.. >>

Huh? >>



I dont do auctions, I do buy it now listings and allow best offers. That way when someone makes an offer you can check their feedback/profile before accepting a sale.

Looks like 1/3 of my question has been answered.

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=26&threadid=836602&STARTPAGE=1


Looks like there is a THIRD special coin in the set.

<< <i>< Someone hit the buy it now on my 'bay eagle set...$850 And then I realized they have zero feedback. I thought my listing screened out unproven buyers but it turns out that it only limits those who have received 2 Unpaid item Strike(s) within 1 month(s) and have a feedback score equal to or lower than -1.

They have already paid via paypal - return address looks like a UPS store in L.A.
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Paypal details page is the law on seller protection. Make sure page says seller protection and OK to ship. Ship to address on that page with sig. confirmation and paypal will eat any loss.

Instead of offering overnight shipping at a discount rate of $4.95 for orders over $300, the mint ought to charge $24.95 for overnight shipping -

AND SPEND THE EXTRA $20 ON PACKAGING THAT IS TESTED AND PROVEN BY TRIAL SHIPPING THE CONFIGURATION TO VARIOUS ADDRESSES THAT IT WORKS 99.99% OF THE TIME.

Unbelievable the number of complaints about packaging on this forum regarding these sets. Total BS.

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<< <i>Instead of offering overnight shipping at a discount rate of $4.95 for orders over $300, the mint ought to charge $24.95 for overnight shipping -

AND SPEND THE EXTRA $20 ON PACKAGING THAT IS TESTED AND PROVEN BY TRIAL SHIPPING THE CONFIGURATION TO VARIOUS ADDRESSES THAT IT WORKS 99.99% OF THE TIME.

Unbelievable the number of complaints about packaging on this forum regarding these sets. Total BS. >>



Mine had no issues....I didn't have any dings/holes in the box. The tape was perfect. I couldn't hear any rattling........must just be the carriers at each place
(seriously though, while mine didn't have issues, I wish you guys didn't either) >>




My package was MS69+

<< <i>Instead of offering overnight shipping at a discount rate of $4.95 for orders over $300, the mint ought to charge $24.95 for overnight shipping -
AND SPEND THE EXTRA $20 ON PACKAGING THAT IS TESTED AND PROVEN BY TRIAL SHIPPING THE CONFIGURATION TO VARIOUS ADDRESSES THAT IT WORKS 99.99% OF THE TIME. >>



Sorry, that's not how government works. Consider the Patent & Trademark Office: everyone applying for a patent pays user fees which supposedly fund the PTO. The reality is that since the Clinton Administration at least part of these fees have been reprogrammed by the Executive Branch for uses elsewhere, thus keeping the PTO from hiring enough staff to keep up with the workload. Bizarrely, the PTO staff is still compelled to interview prospective employees but it frankly tells them of this situation and apologizes - at the start of the interview - for wasting their time!

With a government like this, can one really doubt that the government will take that extra $20 and simply pocket our money with no improvement in service?

I'll bet their warehouse is stacked up high with all these coins. These things take up a lot of room the way they are packaged. Another stupid

idea to make the boxes so big. They had plenty of time to order the correct size boxes for these things. The box makers will make you any size

you request.

I used to order boxes when I worked in a bookbindery so I know they cost a little more but when you are ordering such a large amount it

really does not amount to that much. Your savings in extra packaging and handling expenses alone would make up for this. The mint just

needs someone in charge of doing these things. I't not rocket science. If the boxes fit there would be a lot less damage to the coins also.

<< <i>PCGS 70 BIN $4,000?


I think that price is very reasonable! Compared to what the NGC's are going for! >>




And the pipe dreams of newbies hoping to sell their soon to be 70 sets for 5-8k go up in smoke I don't like the Black and white label. For the big bucks you pay for the FS and grading you'd think you'd get a little color! Blahhh