Good Bye Non Circulating Legal Tender

Welcome to the club darryldarryl. I gave up on this stuff about 5 years now and selling off hard. Going to stay traditional.

It's a very easy decision when 99% of issues you can get for huge discounts months after release why would you stay a MC member, as mentioned have a nice vacation.

Same boat. MC for more than a decade, spent less than you this year and won't be MC after July 1st. Kind of a slap in the face IMO. The Mint really should look at lifetime spending to give those of who have spend considerably over the years a perpetual MC status. I think now if you reach a high level in one year, you get a lifetime membership but they don't consider a decade or more of consistent loyalty to be worth anything.

But either way, I likely won't go back to buying from the Mint. I actually spent slightly more via a dealer this past year than from the Mint but mostly to fill in a few coins from previous years....many at large discounts.

I am a very selective NCLT buyer now. lol

Also an MCP+ member for 5 years and I have only spent $130 this year vs $9000 last year. Completely frustrated and turned off by the Mint. We are putting a new kitchen in this October and just had a sprinkler system installed in the lawn.

This is only my 3rd year collecting, first 2 years I was MC PLATINUM PLUS and this year MC PLATINUM PRESTIGE.

I have plenty of complaints with the mint but I still enjoy the coins, all the coins I purchased are on display and I don't stress over what they are currently selling for on ebay.

The things that really ticked me off with RCM I was relentless with and pushed my complaints until I was heard and satisfied. While far from perfect, I firmly believe the Royal Canadian Mint produces the best NCLT product in the world.

I think taking your wife on a European vacation is an excellent idea! Great fun to plan as well, plus far more captivating than pondering over monthly NCLT releases in my opinion.

6 years of MC membership is probably twice as long as average. While their program turns additional profit from a select group, the way it's set up is bound to cause buyer fatigue and so then customers leave. Perhaps that's intentional as RCM can replicate the same similar themes over and over, knowing each new group of buyers will not notice.

Other than SD's, 50c rolls and an annual uncirculated set, each an extension of my circulation collection, nothing else tempts me in the slightest.

The status levels we attain for our spends have distorted the view of many here, I feel. If we aim to reach the status of a particular spend, and then get bad feelings upon the achievement it should not be a surprise. So, following from this, I have to also disagree that the purpose of buying these baubles is to "collect." The salutary connotations of being a collector rather than mere hoarder are too blatant to ignore. I agree that the products are of a very high quality and, further, are denominated in local currency -- both of which I like. If silver goes up a lot --and that should be IF--we will have made wise investments. Otherwise, I think of these as insurance policies which can be enjoyed like art. That is, we are buying stuff that will go up in value if many of the other assets commonly owned do badly. So there is really no unequivocally positive upside here, unless one is a Cynic or does not have any kind of budgetary constraints. So buyer beware as usual, and I want to note also that a forum like this is valuable precisely because is fosters and facilitates exchanges of information and different points of view. While I do try to encourage other people to correct my mistaken opinions I am not nor will I ever be a fan of censorship.