Any News On 25th Anniversary ASE Set?

Having second thoughts on the putting these back on ebay after getting them in hand, or waiting for a spell.

DNA describes my situation exactly. I was only planning on ordering 3, but when I finally got them on the phone after 2 1/2 hours of trying, I decided I might as well order 5.

If this Set had been 250,000 mintage (like the 2006 Set),
I probably would have ordered three of them.

500,000 mintage - I would have ordered two Sets.

unholyroller, Your sentiment is true, I do believe those who DID NOT get to order this set, would have another opinion!!

...and tomorrow will add another day, the next day will add another day ....repeat until "in stock and reserved"

I am not bragging or anything but it boggles the mind that most had to try for hours by phone and internet and then there are others like myself that took 10 minutes. Heck I was EXPECTING a long ordeal after what I had read on here about the Lincoln and UHR fiasco's. I do hope that those on here that are going to be selling any extra's throw's a bone to those that did not get one. I only ordered one as I knew others would want a set and I just did not feel right denying 4 other people the opportunity. But, I probably just left 4 more for one person to get but I guess one can hope right?

There are so many variables when it comes to something as complicated as the Internet. There are literally hundreds of devices working (in concert) to make your order happen. Just off the top of my head (and greatly simplified), I had a laptop connecting to a wireless network through a wireless access point. The Access Point sent my request through the Wireless LAN controller to the firewall to the Core Switch to the Internet Router to the ISP's complex of routers and switches, where it got handed off somehow to the Mint's ISP's routers and switches and then to the Mint's web servers. There are also factors like the VPN I was on, compression, encryption, congestion on my ISP, available bandwidth, QoS, etc., etc., ad nauseum. Not to mention the (tens of?) thousands of people trying to place an order simultaneously on an antiquated ordering system.

A choke point in any one of those pieces will adversely affect the speed of an order. Savvy folks can identify some of these points and eliminate them from the equation, but without being on a computer at the Mint, you can't eliminate them all. I think folks on the East coast probably did have an easier time of it in general. I was in Colorado at the time and it took me a couple hours of trying (lots of refreshing). Fortunately I was on a conference call :)

Fortunately I was able to nab 3. Unfortunately they are going to be in one shipment, so that kind of eliminates grading unless I can get them to separate into 2 or 3 shipments. If not I'd be willing to sell one to any CCF member who did not get an order in (though I think I have to make a few more posts before I can do that).

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