O Canada Subscription Coins

I think they should make the boxes like a "thank you" gift when you complete the series. This makes it simple and clear so everyone has the same expectations. Also gives them time if there are delays with their suppliers.
To offer them up as a bonus when subscribing causes all of the issues when there are delays.
They're probably doing it to support sales of an item at launch but are leaving many collectors disappointed in their missed delivery dates.
It seems they've learned their lesson from last years shipping issues with so many items to actually delivering coins on time or before (2013 GITD dino). Now they need to revise their box strategy and be consistent with it.

pfft. I find it really silly. If the mint is serious in cracking down flippers and such, they shouldn't allow anyone to order more than 1 sets. They wants people to buy multiple sets but yet don't want them to flip them. Who is in the right mind to own multiple sets to keep?

I only order 1 set so I don't really care when the box come. As some had suggested, I just find some shoes box to put these coins in until the box comes. I just find it annoying that I have to wait because the Mint try to curve people's flipping habbits.

I'm pretty sure they don't care about flippers. I brought up reselling coins with my rep and he could care less. As you said they are just happy to be rid of the coins.

I think the mint does not want people buying subscriptions and canceling them after receiving the first coin and the box. The box is supposed to be a free gift or incentive to complete the set. But with boxes fetching ridiculous resale values some people have been getting subs just to flip the box. It's pretty obvious they are cracking down on this activity.

What the difference today between a flipper and a official mint retailer? The guy at my local coin shop does the exact same things I do as a flipper. He hoards profitable coins and sells above suggested retail as soon as the coins are sold out. The only difference is that flippers are not required to meet any retail guidelines set forth buy the mint.

No difference at all.
Both doing the same for living. And both works very hard in order to get amounts of the items and sell it properly.

But on the emotional level - RCM dealer - like official entity with his privileges and limits - just doing his job, while private reseller kind of "someone from the street", that try to overpass all RCM limits in order to hoard as much as he can to block for the other people the possibility of buying cheaper, than he wants to sell.




I also agree with this.

I don't think the hoarders are trying to prevent or "block" people from buying. That would be impossible. Buying 30 items with a mintage of 10,000 is a drop in the bucket.... They are buying lots of what they have a "feeling" is going to sell well so that they are guaranteed a profit.

And if the coin is a flop who benefits with the lower than issue price certainly not the flipper I don't hear people complaining about getting a deal from someone that was hoarding coins for sale later

All this truth.
We are in the free market, and it is ok.

Yes, resellers do not target to block access to the coins, but their actions do this.

"hot items", "demand"- this all correct.

But if I will go to PO and "pre-order" all 5 allocated to this place "Butterflies" - will not it eliminate the possibility from other people to buy the coin for issue price?