ChaseTheMiles

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aviators99

Article was great, until he used "cash advance" instead of "cash equivalent". Why does every reporter have to get at least one fact wrong?

lili

As usual the government is following their long-standing Catch 22 policy. They vote to increase distribution of $1 coins, then immediately vote to insure printing of the dollar bill will never cease. (Due to public outcry presumably.)

Footnote from the FRB Annual report to Congresss (2007):
14. A full-load shipment consists of 140,000 coins per skid and 16 skids per shipment for a total per shipment value of $2.24 million.

Anybody ordering at this level?

nwa330

Is anyone have issue with customer service at the Mint? The last 2 time I called in, they are extremely rude. I don't understand why this change all the sudden. I feel like they may have identify my account as one of those " abusers". My issue is they sent me a box with an invoice for $500 and only $250 was in the box. The strange part is the box label showed 9.6lbs which indicated $500. I don't see how they could make this error. Will I get a refund? Whats the process?

Happy

Or may be the Mint gave the report the wrong terminology?

I am sure the report took notes when talking to the Mint?

Besides, the article basically just re-arranged the information directly from the WSJ - hardly any original work in it.

sparksals

I ordered 2 K worth of Prez coins the other night when they were still on b/o. I ordered 2 of some, one of the other to make up the 2K b/c I didn't know if some coins would be available faster than others. Does that mean the sets with only one will ship the way you specified above or will they be lumped with everything? Now I'm worried!

ETA: never mind... question was answered in subsequent post. I will try to go back to edit the order with the single coins.

Edited and ordered 2 k in NA coins, kept the remaining Prez coins that were more than one set to see if they ship.

jeffreyt

I actually took offense to the article in the paper this morning. It was almost libelous, using the words "scheme" to make it sound like the whole thing is moral and ethically wrong. The reporter - and the people at the mint - should be ashamed of themselves.

nwa330

Now the Mint has erased my email and address from my profile. All my pending shipments say:

MR. BOB BOb
*****DO NOT USE*****
New York NY 10001

I think this the end for me.

Happy

Forget it. One Wachovia branch the head teller flat out told me the bank would not distribute it because people did not like it.

The only way to make the coin better circulated is to eliminate the $1 bill - but there is already a piece of law in place to make sure the $1 bill never dies... a result of the lobbying efforts from the special interest groups involving of making the $1 bill...

Dont ever mention the billions of bailout money that haven't created jobs but flattened the banksters year end bonused...

Explore

+1. In fact, the U.S. is the only country with this tortured history. Virtually every other nation has retired low-value paper currency in favor of coins, and the actions always take place simultaneously.

sparksals

Canada got rid of the $1 and $2 bills in the late 80's or early 90's. It was forced, mandated - and people weren't happy. I happened to work at a grocery store as a cashier while going to university and I sure heard the complaints about having too much change, being heavy, yada yada yada. The phase out was very quick. I think I still have an original new one and two dollar bill.

The dollar coin, called the Loonie, the two called a Toonie. They're thinking of getting rid of the $5 bill, although not sure that will happen.

The coins now seem to have a special place in the heart of Canadians especially since the ice dude at the SLC Olympics put a Loonie under the Ice for Team Canada and we won the gold.

It did cause alot of aggravation at first, but people got over it. I am amazed at how much money I have in my change purse when I go home with all the loonies and toonies. They add up.

Astrophsx

I kind of wish this thread would be closed.

First off, having to dig through 4 pages each day to find out if any new shipments have been received has gotten old. 90% of the posts are a waste of time.

Everyone who put in an order in November has either received or will soon receive their coins and will get their points, so there is no need to "update" everyone unless you placed an order this month and received coins.

I'm glad to see not many people are complaining about MrPickles "ruining" this program. But at the same time the FAQ has been updated and anyone "new" should look on their and refrain from posting information that is not helpful.

I think most people had a good ride while it lasted, even if they came in late and only got one order in. If the mint kills the points there are loop-holes that can still extend this for some, but I feel that if they get posted they will be quickly killed as so many people are now following this thread. Free advertisement from stories in the WSJ and LAtimes has probably brought in more lurkers.

Am I wrong to ask that future posts be limited to people only updating if they receive coins from orders they placed this month?

236Dakota

Yes, a lot of us would like to continue to hear from others as to whether miles or points are posting when their statements close.

mrpickles

Me too. ^

Astrophsx

You don't go over well on Fatwallet, I'm shocked they haven't started a petition to ask you to donate some of your miles to charity... haha Although if you wanted to send a poor college student to Tahiti that could also be considered charity

Anyways, I have not ordered coins since November. I have since moved on to buying $2 bills. Talk about a priceless reaction from the teller at my bank who is use to me bringing by $5k in dollar coins. I bring in a box and she thinks it's going to be a few hundred dollars in coins and it turns out that it's thousands of $2 bills... haha