Quote:My rep emailed me yesterday confirming that he ordered this for me but it hasn't shown up on my order list when I look at the
RCM website.
I emailed him before I received any notification about this other than what I saw on here as I am a platinum MC level.
Where I have read that others on here have had their order canceled, it does concern me that mine didn't show up at all.
Quote:@onecad That is my concern. My rep indicated that he placed my order. His reply to my request to order was an email saying, "Done."
From that I thought I was good to go. Now from what I read above and that my order is not listed on the
RCM site, I am out of luck. Disappointing because at one point I was on the website when they were available to add to cart.
I'll follow up with my rep on this to see where I stand. I won't be pleased if using a rep rather than placing an order online cost me getting this coin.
Hey Canuck1us... I'm Platinum Prestige and I'm in the same boat as you are.
Here's my full timeline:
1) Received advance notice.
2) Emailed Rep to place order (silver dollar, Underwater life, and Snow Angels lenticular coin).
3) Rep e-mailed me back in the afternoon confirming order with a PDF copy of the invoice, as above.
4) Looked online at
mint.ca, and could not see the order. Attempted to use the "hack" that was detailed a few pages back with my order number, and nothing came up online.
5) I called my rep to 2x check that the order had been place. Left voicemail.
6) Rep e-mailed me the next morning (yesterday) acknowledging my voicemail, and assuring me the order was, in-fact, placed and confirmed.
7) Checked
mint.ca last night, order still not visible.
8) Decided to hedge my bets, and place an order online for the silver dollar.
mint.ca allowed me to proceed and pay by paypal. Funds were removed from paypal account.
9) Last night's order appears (silver dollar), but the first order with three items - that was confirmed with my Rep on 2 occasions - does not.
@JGG said it best:
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OKay, since I am platinum plus and didn't get any web notice, I spent 1 hour trying to get hold of a rep today and finally placed an order for one coin. I am very very busy at work, so taking an hour to play games on the phone to buy one coin is not easy for me.
I feel as though online ordering would be much, much easier... completely bypassing the rep system. I don't have time for the teaser e-mails from my rep over the weekend that state "call me this weekend for the inside scoop", or "watch your e-mail at exactly XX:XXam for your pre-release notification".
Coin collecting is supposed to be fun - not intruding or stressful. It's supposed to be a hobby to fill "extra" time, not detract from daily life or your regular routines. This whole series, I feel, has been horribly mangled in terms of service delivery on the
RCM's side.
When combined with recent quality issues and returns discussed recently on the forum (
http://goccf.com/t/271580 /
http://goccf.com/t/271576) coin collecting has been more of a
work of art than pleasure as of late... and if I'm saying this (I feel I'm pretty dedicated to the hobby), I can't imagine where others' heads are at!
Edit: Placing emphasis on "work" in the statement "work of art"