Star Trek - RCM - 2016

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Yes, that's probably what it means. But to the typically person "awaiting stock" sends visions of empty shelves and until more stock arrives, no more shipments can be be processed.

This just happens to a pet peeve of mine, when organizations become so inwardly focused that the onus is on the public to read corporate minds. It happens very often, most common when employees speak in acronyms and the customer doesn't have a clue what they're talking about. But last week was an example with CP. I was awaiting a trackable package to be delivered by CP and I noticed a status update indicating it was being redirected to the recipients newly changed address. That raised my eyebrows a little because I haven't recently moved so I immediately called CP helpline. The person told me that's the code CP also uses when the package is put on the wrong delivery truck. Sure enough, it arrived the next day.

"Awaiting Stock" has been a frustration for many years discussed here many times. No one knows what it means including most of the employees at the Mint. Awaiting from where? They make the darn things, they are not waiting for someone to send them so they can be inventoried. Rhetorically, how would that even affect the consumers ability to order it? They should sell items that are truly awaiting stock but they don't. It make zero sense.

In any case, what traditionally has been important is the relative position of the listing among the new releases. Usually once a product listing has been mark 'awaiting stock' AND it has been moved to the end of the new release listings, it is effectively sold out and will not be offered again by the Mint.

That is currently the case with the 5 oz Murano, the gold Star Trek, and a couple of others. I wouldn't expect to see those coins back in stock at the Mint.

I will make it easy.

1500 mintage.

25 percent of the mintage is sold from the RCMs site to MC members then to the public if any left from the 25 percent.

75 percent has been allocated for dealers etc.

Sooooo , they are only sold out of the 25 percent on their site, not the total mintage.

You will be able to buy the 75 percent from dealers on release date,at what price , who knows. Well unless they have sold all of their allotment by then lol, which looks like might happen.

Those are not exact figures obviously but you get the point.

I don't believe that for a second.
If you are in the business of selling then you sell.
I believe the mint is reconciling numbers to make sure that they do in fact have availability for orders.

CC, does RCM preauthorize the full amount of the Star Trek gold coin purchase against the buyer's credit card to be held for the entire duration of 4 months until shipping? If so, I could see where that might cause a problem for some.

I placed orders few days ago and paid with Paypal.

RCM charged immediately from my Paypal account.