Buy Presidential Dollar Coins with CC @ Face Value, Free Shipping
Jun 17, 08, 1:12 am
#106
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: BNA
Posts: 2,076
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 17, 08, 2:41 am
#107
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 17
It's two boxes per order. For this item, the US Mint currently has a limit per order, not a limit per household. So you can churn this deal many times if you wanted to, unless the product becomes unavailable or the Mint changes the terms unfavorably.
Jun 17, 08, 4:45 am
#108
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Oregon
Programs: ex-DL FO, what a pedigree
Posts: 158
Thanks OP, that was painless and I look forward to circulating them!
Jun 17, 08, 11:31 am
#109
Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Chapel Hill, NC--
Posts: 164
My apartment's leasing office accepts cash... they're not going to like me...
Jun 17, 08, 1:29 pm
#110
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: LAX-- But I'd rather be on Brokeback Mountain. United 1K! Other
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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.
BTW, thanks OP, I just ordered two boxes.
My only issue is the delivery date... without knowing exactly, I hope I'm home when they come! The estimated ship date is 7/2; the estimated delivery time is 1-2 weeks. Does that mean from the time of order, or the time of shipment??
Jun 17, 08, 1:53 pm
#111
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 378
My bank (formerly CalFed, now Citibank) does not charge me for depositing rolled coins. Maybe because it's a business account... or I have several accounts there (or I've been there for over 20 years), I dunno. But I deposit several hundred $$ per month in quarters. They also supply the paper rolls for free, I just roll them up. They require the account number to be written on the roll (I just hit it with my endorsement stamp).
BTW, thanks OP, I just ordered two boxes.
My only issue is the delivery date... without knowing exactly, I hope I'm home when they come! The estimated ship date is 7/2; the estimated delivery time is 1-2 weeks. Does that mean from the time of order, or the time of shipment??
BTW, thanks OP, I just ordered two boxes.
My only issue is the delivery date... without knowing exactly, I hope I'm home when they come! The estimated ship date is 7/2; the estimated delivery time is 1-2 weeks. Does that mean from the time of order, or the time of shipment??
Good call on that, i can just imagine $1000 in coins sitting on my door step. Anyone been able to see who will be delivering it?
Jun 17, 08, 2:13 pm
#113
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 378
I can only get the John Quincy coins to come up, anyone have a link for the other 5? I can't seem to find it anywhere
Jun 17, 08, 2:20 pm
#114
Join Date: May 1998
Posts: 3,058
If this new program for the public works the same way, then the prior releases are no longer available for order.
Jun 17, 08, 2:53 pm
#115
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern VA
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 110
"Customers may order up to 500 $1 coins (two boxes) within any given Presidential $1 Coin issuance period."
The issueance period is 1 coin every every 3 months. But I see no reason my wife, mother and myself can't order a box each 3 months.
Also, the program will end at the first living President, currently Jimmy Carter. So, if Carter is alive after the Gerald Ford Dollar is issued in 2016, the program ends and there will be no Ronald Reagan coin.
Jun 17, 08, 2:59 pm
#116
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Northern VA
Programs: AA Plat
Posts: 110
My bank allows you to deposit a small amount of change each day. I don't see why I cant go every few days and depostit 5-15 dollar coins -- but I cant say with certainty how much I can deposit each day.
Others have said the coins are good for tips. I agree, I have used them in airports to tip luggage handlers or skycaps, though I have to frequently explain to them that it is a $1 coin.
My best use for the $1 coin is paying a toll at a bridge, tunnel or turnpike. IMO, I think the toll collectors sometimes prefer the $1 coin. I've never gotten any kind of negative response when I hand them several $1 coins.
Others have said the coins are good for tips. I agree, I have used them in airports to tip luggage handlers or skycaps, though I have to frequently explain to them that it is a $1 coin.
My best use for the $1 coin is paying a toll at a bridge, tunnel or turnpike. IMO, I think the toll collectors sometimes prefer the $1 coin. I've never gotten any kind of negative response when I hand them several $1 coins.
Jun 17, 08, 3:25 pm
#118
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Homeless Nomad Wandering the Globe
Programs: Former AA EXP/2M Lifetime now Blackballed UA Premier Executive PWP Bronze
Posts: 5,938
Others have said the coins are good for tips. I agree, I have used them in airports to tip luggage handlers or skycaps, though I have to frequently explain to them that it is a $1 coin.
My best use for the $1 coin is paying a toll at a bridge, tunnel or turnpike. IMO, I think the toll collectors sometimes prefer the $1 coin. I've never gotten any kind of negative response when I hand them several $1 coins.
My best use for the $1 coin is paying a toll at a bridge, tunnel or turnpike. IMO, I think the toll collectors sometimes prefer the $1 coin. I've never gotten any kind of negative response when I hand them several $1 coins.
Jun 17, 08, 3:38 pm
#119
Join Date: Oct 2003
Programs: AA lifetime Gold, SPG
Posts: 442
, in fact I bought a few sheets of uncut $2 bills back when the US Treasury was selling them as novelty gifts (of course they cost more than the $2 bills on the sheet). Not sure if they are still doing that. I don't think banks stock $2 bills or anything like that, but they turn up here and there.
Jun 17, 08, 4:21 pm
#120
Join Date: Nov 2007
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Programs: WN A-List, Marriott Tit
Posts: 256
A $2 bill is real, interesting enough. I've got a couple , in fact I bought a few sheets of uncut $2 bills back when the US Treasury was selling them as novelty gifts (of course they cost more than the $2 bills on the sheet). Not sure if they are still doing that. I don't think banks stock $2 bills or anything like that, but they turn up here and there.
, in fact I bought a few sheets of uncut $2 bills back when the US Treasury was selling them as novelty gifts (of course they cost more than the $2 bills on the sheet). Not sure if they are still doing that. I don't think banks stock $2 bills or anything like that, but they turn up here and there.
