75% Off Set

Nice find!

why you buy so many?

Hi all,

I've been lurking here for a couple months but read this thread and wanted to join in. This is a great forum and I'm glad very glad I found it.

1. Congratulations dodola, those were some awesome finds. Especially the LadyBug and the 2010 Bronze set.

2. I am quite curious about the policies for discounting NCLT coins at Canada Post locations. I would like to contribute what little knowledge and experience I have as I would very much like to hear about others' experiences.

At one CP outlet they routinely discount coins 50% when new coins are released. Last year I bought 3 2010 crystal snowflakes for $52.50 each and 2 2010 crystal raindrops for $55 each. After that I went around town to all the other CPs looking for similar bargains and found none.

Yesterday I was at the same location and picked up a 2011 snowflake coin and a BU 2011 silver dollar both 50% off. So today I did a little driving to several other CP outlets and again no others had their 2011 coins on sale.

So my conclusion is that each of the Canada Post outlets is independently operated and managers makes their own decision about discounting coins and I can stop wasting my time with the outlets that never have discounted coins.

Of course if anyone disagrees and has reason to believe that discounting coins is a corporate decision and comes from a head office and seeing coins on sale at one outlet means I should continue to check all the others I would like to hear it.

ferritin

This image was posted on another site and referenced here in another thread relating to the latest issue of coins.

http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/21...mg1037bc.jpg

It seems that discounts are available at all outlets, but my guess is that all outlets don't have inventory. My local PO only had the 2011 wedding set and the thank you coin at 50% off.

@canadian_coins: good idea, though you'll have to sell the occasional stamp and hand out tax forms every April.

Thanks Dodola;
Maple Ridge is too far for me. It figures that a P.O. out in the suburbs of Vancouver will have stock of these coins. These coins would be picked up quickly in the City of Vancouver itself.

BTW, Canada Post online did have a sale of up to 75% off on Canada Day Weekend. It was mostly stamps though.

Unfortunately my Postal Office rarely stocks coins because they don't sell them. But they are willing to locate and bring in what they can find elsewhere. I would have loved to get the snowflakes at 50% off!

I am aware that there is tremendous variation in the PO outlets and I am supposing it has to do with the knowledge and interest of the individuals in charge at each location.

My question is: Does the proprietor benefit from these discounted sales? I.e. if I went in and asked them to order some of the discounted items would it be worth something to them? If not then why would they take the trouble to do the extra ordering?

It could be a nice win-win though.

thanks

Most of these sets include 7 coins and the face value of the set is $3.91. Compared with the discount price $4.99, there is only $1 mark up than the coin face value. Besides, these 7 coins are brilliant new and well packed as gifts. Furthermore, there are one 50 cent and one colored quarter in the set.