Marathon Man

but astro.
this deal will not die because I talked about getting coins in a snow storm.
this deal will not suffer because I posted a little diddy that some might get a chuckle out of (some may not care to read it too, and so be it)

this deal will not die because none of my posts, this last story one included, have promoted me earning something extra, exposed any major nuances or hidden specialties of the offer, or exposed any loopholes beyond ordering of coins in themselves that should be otherwise harder to find by less savvy lurkers.

You posted about a week ago that I learned of things in Ft because I am active in here--like suntrust, amex GCs, and coins.

While this is partly true--and I stress partly (remember, I too have a network of people I talk to NOT in FT)--I also must add that I did not abuse what I learned and blabber it so loudly that it could in fact jeopardize the very thing itself. Remember my friend, there still are very many people who would now be earning AMEX GC coin miles and BC credits if you had kept more quiet. And even if your doings were not the reason that avenue died, people think it's you and you do nothing to show them otherwise but pass blame.

Now, my post here had little to do with coins themselves up until now and for that, readers, I am very sorry.

I can say that I have noticed more and more rolls being wrapped in the gold and black us mint paper. It seems easier to take off the roll if you do use a coin machine.

there.
done.
next?

Marathon Man

agreed

Astrophsx

Just asking.. what more about this deal is there to discuss?

Astrophsx

Yet, you are no longer able to bring in your coins to a certain chain of banks are you not?

QL_714

WOW now there is the pot calling the kettle black!

dayone

Regardless of position, most will agree that there is way more than a healthy dose of irony in the above.

mshah

Hahaha..you truly are a brave man ..I've not driven my car in last two days ...shoveled for about 2 1/2 hours to dig two cars out of about 1 1/2 foot of snow...

since mint is so slow from last 10 days, I've not received any coins recently.

Marathon Man

Well, I see you have only part of the facts. Allow me to explain:

You see, there are 2 branches of BofA in my immediate area that do not necessarily like the coins in the same ways all other banks I/we bring them to might. There are, however, several other banks & bofAs I visit that do not mind them at all but I rarely use the bank for coins anymore.

I do not think my bringing in coins abused this mint thread, FT, you, or any other poster in here.

As for Bofa, one branch near me said I could bring them in but their truck will want to charge me a fee, although this could never be verified by that branch or by any others I ever spoke to in the entire bofa network.

The other branch said I could bring them in but they need to be bagged in special BofA zip locks with my acct number on them. This practice, as another poster mentioned I think last month, doesn't always work out because the bank tends to weigh the contents not count them and this could change the amount. In fact I believe I read his very post on the subject the day that branch had me make my first bag so I didnt know about the problem until I had already made my deposit. Until then, if this practice were performed, the teller would have done it and thus, the deposit was not ever going to be off by my doing, so they would essentially have to credit me the amount I presented in rolls (or so we all tend to believe is the case).

Now, with the self bag method where one has to present the bag to the teller and tell them it's say $1,000, one could be faced with a new problem: months later, one could find their acct shorted by strange amounts (I believe that poster was told he was off by Xhundred dollars and cents even though he never put in cents, just dollar coins).

It was at this exact time I stopped visiting those two branches. All other bofAs I have bothered to bring them to have taken the rolls, counted them and had no issues with it. I have visited 4 separate bofA branches --each once--and do not plan to visit them again as I was on business elsewhere in my state, far from home, when I did so.

so it's a good thing the mint was slow then! lol.
I figure the shoveling of the wetter snow later in the day was merely meant to be practice for lifting backlogged boxes at the USPS when they finally arrive

AlohaDaveKennedy

Hmmmm....

Dunno if I like the sound of this. Everything since the 18th is rotting "on hold" or "in process" over here. Slow or an AMEX GC'd opportunity?

"since mint is so slow from last 10 days, I've not received any coins recently."

FriendlySkies

My 1/21 order took a while to process, but I finally received the coins. Perhaps they ran out of the ones that your ordered?

Astrophsx

Yes, I think that might be the case. I blame Marathon Man for his multiple orders and bragging about it in an open forum that we allllll know the Mint is monitoring!! Your greed of ordering too many coins and putting it on full blast is killing this deal!!!

See.. I can be part of your small group too! haha

benmaller

my 1/26 orders were delivered yesterday

Marathon Man

show me my multiple orders and bragging about it in the open forum.
I will show you 100 more people doing much more.

I see you are reachin'

Now, if what astro just claimed about me isnt meant to be a personal attack, I dunno what is. I just wonder if the MOD is looking at this time?

Marathon Man

all orders seem slow this past week or so.

my 1/21 order shipped yesterday after being stuck on process for ever.

a friend's 1/28 order went to process yesterday and a second friend reported the same thing on a 1/28 order.

this might prove useful information to others with orders from those dates.

Astrophsx

I'm sure I could find more. Point being that you've been one of the few that are constantly bringing up that people should not be putting deals on full blast and rubbing it in the faces of the companies that can shut it down. I'm just pointing out that you are going against your own advice with a tongue and cheek joke. I apologize if you took it as an attack.

You are suggesting that you are not abusing the deals you learn of, but you then post how you are ordering $10k plus gift cards and $18k in coins... which is going over the limits and putting that on "blast".

Back on topic... Is there any need to keep the thread open if there is no new information putting put forward? Or is order/ship times enough to keep this going?