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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
Went to usmint.gov and apparently it's closed between 9/27 and 10/1.They actually shut down the site in preparation for the new site. Seems like an odd thing to do. Isn't there going to be a gap in their order queue? However, it may also be a way for them to catch up on backorders.
Just speculation, but I'd bet it won't be smooth sailing when the new site is launched.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
937 Posts |
well, you do need some time to really screw things up so they do not wish to be disturbed.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
Tryna as you say it takes time to flub things up and heaven knows that the government has the means and personnel to do the job proud. Just take a look at their track record.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
937 Posts |
 Well I work for a county government And have been dealing with the right hand not talking to the left hand for the last few days so I was most likely a bit harsh. I am sure the mint is doing a bang up job of scre.. I mean setting up the new website.  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
For the bazillionth time, the mint is not the government. They are their own entity. Besides, do you really think you could install an entirely new system on this scale while running the old one at the same time and do smoothly?
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
2077 Posts |
Yes, that's how most switch overs happen.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
937 Posts |
the mint is a privatly administered government agency. Not the same as its own entity
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Pillar of the Community
 United States
4587 Posts |
It is not uncommon to take several days to convert data between an old and new system and run through the backlog of data accumulated during said outage. We took seven days in March.
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12804 Posts |
The U.S. Mint has given ample advance notice of this ordering freeze; several months, I believe. They may lose a few sales due to the moratorium but hopefully in the long run it makes for a better shopping experience. It's a cost of doing business.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
1116 Posts |
Actually the proof of the pudding will be coming tomorrow. I am hoping for the best but expecting trouble. I will be make a purchase tomorrow so wish me luck.
Hope I don't need luck just the right connection to get the order places.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
2077 Posts |
Was just on the new site. My verdict- Mehh..
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Pillar of the Community
1325 Posts |
my few bookmarks still work and all I can see is the lesser amount of graphics and background clutter.
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
12804 Posts |
Looks ok to me. Proof will be when the Kennedy sets go on sale and we see how it performs under stress.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
900 Posts |
Was anyone else unable to sign in at US Mint today?
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Moderator
 United States
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I was able to get in. It forced me to reset my password by e-mail confirmation. Other than that, no problems.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
3755 Posts |
Logged on just fine after resetting my pass word. I like it. Cleaner. The layout is good. Lets see how the ordering goes.
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Posted 09/30/2014 3:27 pm
