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According to Coinnews.net
Silver Quarter set dropping to: $36.95
Silver Proof Set: $60.95
Congratulations Set: $59.95
Now if they had only done that before I bought the 1st 2....
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Bedrock of the Community
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Can you buy another and see if it works again  |
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More price decreases at the US Mint
Doug58s
According to Coinnews.net
Silver Quarter set dropping to: $36.95
Silver Proof Set: $60.95
Congratulations Set: $59.95 Ironic for me. I ordered three silver proofs along with two West Point Silver Eagle Sets on the first day the Eagle sets went on sale. Got the proof sets today and if the mint is true to its word, I'll get the Eagles next month. Edited by BigAppleBucky
05/21/2013 9:43 pm
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Thank you for the update. It is difficult to keep with the US Mint price changes and this helps. It looks like spot silver is continuing to drop some, so maybe the US Mint will drop silver product prices even more. Thanks!
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Doug, What are those sets selling for on ebay completed listings? |
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Ironic for me. I ordered three silver proofs along with two West Point Silver Eagle Sets on the first day the Eagle sets went on sale. I was going to add Silver Proof Sets to my West Point ASE order, but I added two 100-Coin Theo. Roosevelt Dollars bags instead.  Guess I saved a few bucks by waiting (although I did get one Silver Proof Quarters Set the week of its release). |
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United States
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Grr, that makes me angry..I've already bought the 2013 silver proof set.
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Pillar of the Community
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I think the frustrating part of this price drop is it could have been done a month ago - before the release of the Proof Set - when they dropped the other prices. Now it looks like the mint gouged early buyers and subscription buyers, and then looked for new buyers to boost sales after the 1st group was done. I think the same can be said for the Quarters...and the Congratulations sets... looking for a boost in sales.
The irony is for me - I got my proof set and my week was up - I couldn't even ship them back!
On the plus side - the coins look perfect in this set.
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I understand the pricing (Clad Proof price + spot for the silver) but they are still too expensive for me to buy. I just purchased 3 silver quarter proof sets on ebay for $26 each shipped to my door. I guess it will be a couple of years before I buy a 2013 set. |
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An easy $1.5 million + profit by U.S Mint on the early silver proof sets. :/
The early sells were over 214,000 . . .
Edited by zookr
05/23/2013 5:32 pm
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I dont think they charge your card until the package is actually shipped so you might get lucky!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Wow... it sure didn't make sense to be a subscriber. I might have to re-think my subscriptions to ASE's, Presidential dollars and Silver Proof Sets. |
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Bama - I removed all my subscriptions. I won' get caught again buying for the first couple of weeks. At least now the early release and first releases of these sets will have a valid premium... :)
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OK...but what about the times when they INCREASE prices?
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Bedrock of the Community
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Its true price does increase sometimes. However I dont see any reason to have a subscription because you dont get any discount from it. Since its the same as ordering your self I would rather just order when I feel like ordering. Plus like has been mentioned you can double up those orders with other things and save on shipping or get free shipping upgrades from doing so where the subscription takes away that added benefit and really only saves you the effort of filling out the order
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I actually had the subscriptions set up because I tend to lose track of the time and in the past didn't watch the mint that close. I decided this year I was going to buy what I wanted from the mint (normally I hem and haw around it and then skip some of the stuff). Naturally when I pick this year to subscribe... I get slammed with multiple shipping charges and then they lower the prices after my order has shipped... I actually think I paid about $35 in shipping this month because of subscriptions and the other odd orders. Not doing it again...
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Posted 05/21/2013 9:42 pm
