Buy Presidential Dollar Coins with CC @ Face Value, Free Shipping
Jun 15, 08, 10:32 am
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By the way, the John Adams (the father of J.Q. Adams) dollar coin was issued on May 22, 2007.
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Jun 15, 08, 10:41 am
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Jun 15, 08, 10:53 am
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Jun 15, 08, 11:16 am
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To avoid any confusion, the coin you are referring to is the John QUINCY Adams dollar coin. And you are wrong about the release date. The John Quincy Adams dollar coin was originally released on May 15, 2008, so the boxes ARE on back order.
By the way, the John Adams (the father of J.Q. Adams) dollar coin was issued on May 22, 2007.
By the way, the John Adams (the father of J.Q. Adams) dollar coin was issued on May 22, 2007.
This is really interesting and tempting somehow, but like [B]cepheid[/B using them would be in place of times I would ordinarily use a more convenient credit card.
But you could pay for whole Costco pizzas at the outside window - they don't take credit cards. Or contributions to the homeless or the guy in the parking lot who just needs money for gas to get home to his family.
Jun 15, 08, 11:34 am
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This is really interesting and tempting somehow, but like cepheid using them would be in place of times I would ordinarily use a more convenient credit card.
But you could pay for whole Costco pizzas at the outside window - they don't take credit cards. Or contributions to the homeless or the guy in the parking lot who just needs money for gas to get home to his family.
But you could pay for whole Costco pizzas at the outside window - they don't take credit cards. Or contributions to the homeless or the guy in the parking lot who just needs money for gas to get home to his family.
Jun 15, 08, 6:00 pm
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That's what I do...Somehow, I don't really feel the need to buy $500 in dollar coins to make my questionable charitable donations easier. If this is something one routinely does, I suppose it could be of benefit, but I doubt this would be a huge convenience for most people.
Jun 15, 08, 7:34 pm
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Long-time member, first-time pizza buyer. You should have seen our expressions and fumbling when they asked for cash or check. Mr. lili is oldschool and actually had $23.11 cash. This thread is amazing me in pointing out how rarely I use cash and how much of an inconvenience it is for me. I think that Mint place may be going out of business soon.
But I still want to buy a box of these coins. Irrational, but appealing. I could bury them in the yard. Or leave them hidden in crazy places in the house for my heirs to find...
Jun 16, 08, 12:57 pm
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Jun 16, 08, 2:29 pm
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1. get coins on cc
2. take coins to bank and deposit
3. pay cc before incurring interest
if this doesn't work for you, then don't do it.
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Jun 16, 08, 3:23 pm
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Except that some(most?) banks charge a fee if you bring coins that are more than "loose change" quantity to deposit. I forget how much, but if you bring in rolls and rolls of $1 coins, they have some sort of fee to deposit it. Yeah, I couldn't believe it myself the one time years ago I tried to turn in like just 3-5 rolls of some coin (forgot which). I said "you're charging me money to deposit legal tender US money in your bank?". The woman let me do it "the one time" without a fee. Apparently a lot of coin money isn't "real money" they want to deal with.
Jun 16, 08, 3:30 pm
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Except that some(most?) banks charge a fee if you bring coins that are more than "loose change" quantity to deposit. I forget how much, but if you bring in rolls and rolls of $1 coins, they have some sort of fee to deposit it. Yeah, I couldn't believe it myself the one time years ago I tried to turn in like just 3-5 rolls of some coin (forgot which). I said "you're charging me money to deposit legal tender US money in your bank?". The woman let me do it "the one time" without a fee. Apparently a lot of coin money isn't "real money" they want to deal with.
Jun 16, 08, 9:16 pm
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I have a couple of employees who cash their checks thru my cash drawer. Maybe they would like a couple hundred JQA Dollars next time? 
Jun 16, 08, 9:18 pm
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I think everyone would appreciate it if anyone who actually purchases these coins reports here after your credit card is charged whether or not your card is charged for a purchase or a cash advance. If I am understanding previous comments correctly, cards are not charged until shippment, and the coins are not yet ready for shipment. If this is true, whoever said the coins are charged as a purchase couldn't possibly know this as fact. All credit card terms and conditions that I have read indicate that obtaining cash or cash equivalents via credit card will cause the expense to be charged as an expensive cash advance.
Jun 16, 08, 11:27 pm
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Jun 17, 08, 12:30 am
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I think everyone would appreciate it if anyone who actually purchases these coins reports here after your credit card is charged whether or not your card is charged for a purchase or a cash advance. If I am understanding previous comments correctly, cards are not charged until shippment, and the coins are not yet ready for shipment. If this is true, whoever said the coins are charged as a purchase couldn't possibly know this as fact. All credit card terms and conditions that I have read indicate that obtaining cash or cash equivalents via credit card will cause the expense to be charged as an expensive cash advance.
