Marathon Man

email re. 1st order cam yesterday saying they will arrive soon.

My visa card was charged as a purchase:

07/16/08 Us Mint Coin Sales-dr 800-872-6468 Dc $500.00

I guess I'll wait. Should I order more now or what? Any reason why not?

gwarboy

Primarily, the Mint's site is not currently taking new orders for these.

That may change at some point, as the last few messages on this thread indicate they recently (and evidently only temporarily) accepted a few more orders.

SPN Lifer

Within a day of shipment and posting of a tracking number on the U.S. Mint website, e-mails were sent to the account holders. The Starwood AmEx of one was charged as a regular purchase, the Navy Federal Credit Union Visa transaction of the other is not available online yet, though the account credit limit has been adjusted $500.

No e-mail or credit debit for the account supposedly shipped at some time in the past without a tracking number.

SPN Lifer

Two boxes are $500. So two hundred boxes would cost $50,000. How could one get lifetime first-tier status on AA for that price? Did you mean two thousand boxes, or $500,000? How does one get a million miles for that?

cepheid

I meant 2000 boxes, as was noted only five posts after the one you quoted. And I guess I meant 2000 orders, which is 4000 boxes. In any case, clearly my math was way off... a MONTH ago. Was it necessary to relive it?

SPN Lifer

Sorry. I just went back to the original post to see if there were any way to try to re-order the family member's attempt that got cancelled, or the one with no tracking number and no credit card charge.

If the original poster eventually edits his post to add links to the next presidents in the series, I hope he will please not delete the link to the original offer.

Oh, the charge on the Visa for our family's other order shipped on 16 July 08 has also shown up online, about six hours later than the American Express posting. Again, as a regular charge, not a cash advance.

So it looks like we'll have to settle for $1000 with President John Quincy Adams. That will still be a lot of circulation in the farmer's markets of Saipan, CNMI, USA.

anthonyanthony

Sure thing SPN Lifer, I will leave the original link in the original post. And if the US Mint changes it, I will try to update it.

^ Here's to hoping that the US Mint continues this "Direct Ship Program" when the next coin is released ^

ChaseTheMiles

Just got my coins and they are beautiful. Even better, the charged was entered right after statement cutoff, so I have a month of free use. Originally I hopped on this deal simply for the miles, but now I will try to circulate the coins. I think the key for success here is for us to tap into the program responsibly and not kill the "golden goose".

dingo

I spoke with customer service yesterday since mine supposedly shipped on July 4th (odd). I was told that they aren't concerned about my order until August 4th...so a month of no show for them is not uncommon apparently.

dglewis76

I got $500 worth of coins yesterday.

I've never seen these coins in circulation before. It would be weird paying for something and getting a weird look in case someone thinks it fake

ChaseTheMiles

What does the bank do with the coins if we simply turn them to the bank? Does the bank give them out as cash or when people need change?

icurhere2

Got mine Thursday - taking some to Vegas tomorrow . . .

canuck_in_pa

I found a new use for them: my local McDonald's drive-thru where they just dropped the coffee price back to 69 cents (74 with taxes) so I use a $1 coin. I feel bad enough paying 74 cents. I would feel even worse paying by credit card

Lurch

I'm off to Vegas tomorrow tool Also binging coins.

dglewis76

I was trying to think of where I could use these coins to pay for stuff, which normally don't take credit card. I've come up with
1) Donation to my church/charity
2) Lottery tickets ( Got the idea from the guys in this thread who are using these coins in Vegas)