beckoa

Allright, I'm in for 250 Andrew Jackson ones!

Wish me luck receiving them in ANC!

Can't wait to see the weird looks on people's faces when distributing them

ExitRowAisle

Has anyone else been told that their account is "on 7 to 10 business day hold" by phone CSRs? I have an outstanding order from 8/16 that still has not shipped and another one (for a different coin) on 8/21 in the same predicament. I took a cue from others who have called and gotten their orders manually released, and now I'm told I have to wait until these 7 to 10 days have passed before I can get human intervention.

WBurcham

That's what this program is designed for and what I plan to do. As a previous poster had mentioned, why let someone catch on to a possible knot in the system that they weren't expecting that can be exploited for miles?

Heck, if you wanted to be swift about it, open up a miles-bonus CC, run this transaction and then close the account when your bonus has posted.

WBurcham

Just called in on mine and was told that they would have to be released by the claims department but I couldn't talk to them

sharmaintl

Mine seems to be on hold too... No help from CSR though

gpapadop

I disputed the charge with my cc company and I will let them deal with this freaking mess named US Mint. On round 2 I again have an email with tracking numbers working nowhere and still nothing showing up for days after they supposedly shipped...same like round 1....and if they make me do the refund form I will tell them to bite me!

Not worth the hassle for me, I have a very low threshold for bulllshit like this

gomike

It takes SEVERAL days until you can track the number on DHL.com

jcwik

I have been told the same thing. She said many people were abusing this by ordering to different addresses with the same credit card so they are now reviewing every single order and checking for this! She did not know how long it would take, but implied that it could be a while. She said I would receive an email with the tracking number when it is sent and that it would be sent by USPS.

Dole

I'm confused why the mint seems to have the goal of pumping as many of these things into circulation as possible, yet they are taking a suspicious view of anyone that wants to order these.

I say they want to get these into circulation because they are selling them at-cost and providing free shipping.

sharmaintl

Typical government behavior. Someone came up with the dumb rule of limiting 2 boxes per address, so now they are wasting their resources making sure the rule is adhered to, instead of reexamining the value and usefulness of the rule. Isn't the mint run by the same agency that the IRS is a part of?

icurhere2

And of course, their computer system isn't sophisticated enough to see that "icurhere2" has never even tried to order all the presidents yet. With a non-traditional last name, there's only two other people in the United States with my first and last name - none within 700 miles - so it's not that hard . . .

I'll call to see what they have to tell me about "on hold" tomorrow.

Today, I had the first interaction where the cashier didn't look twice at the coins - then again, I have used them at that fried chicken establishment before. In addition, I used them to pay for gas today at a location that has the non-allowed "minimum credit card purchase 'requirement'".

soitgoes

What's dumb about that?
If the goal is to spread the coins out throughout the country, then that seems like a good rule.

icurhere2

For the people who actually put them in circulation, would it be more effective to ship them 10 boxes or two? Limiting it to two each, you have to find five times as many people who trust giving the mint their cc number to get the same number of coins out . . .

KRSW

Been a week since I ordered, so I decided to call. The rep who answered was quite pleasant but initially wasn't quite sure why the system said the order was on hold. She then thought that the coins might be out of stock, hence the hold, but on my screen it was showing in-stock. So she checked with another department and confirmed that it was an address verification hold and in another 3 or so days they'd start to ship them. She said there's a verification process on any purchases >$200, which makes any order of these coins subject to verification

We'll see what happens. The unpredictability of delivery certainly hampers my enthusiasm of the deal. I've not been travelling a huge amount lately, but when I am it'd be a deal breaker.

rrgg

I have no problem waiting several weeks, seeing out-of-date info on the website, and guessing when a package will arrive. Any true miles addict would feel the same. Just think of what puddingguy and the greats before us had to endure.