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Press Manager
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 US Mint - The United States Mint (Mint) today announced that it is discontinuing all mail orders effective September 30, 2017. The Mint will return any mail orders received after September 30 with instructions for placing orders online or by phone. The consumer products industry is increasingly adopting Web-based sales channels, including mobile applications, that give the public more efficient, cost-effective, and faster ways to purchase products. The Mint is following this trend in an effort to better serve all its customers, and provide a more convenient and consistent ordering experience. Future orders will be accepted at the Mint's online catalog at http://www.catalog.usmint.gov or via telephone at 1-800-USA-MINT (872-6468), seven days a week from 8 a.m. to midnight ET.
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Well they just lost my business.
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If you are following this thread (computer/tablet/smartphone savvy) then there I really can't think of a reason to order a Mint product by mail. Maybe an issue with CC debt or bad credit but otherwise...why?  |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Yeah. Even if you are a technophobe, you can order by phone.
I'm waiting for the "...and it will drop prices across the board by 5%".
Right.
Edited by CelticKnot
05/27/2017 7:45 pm
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Celtic knot...  With 20 trillion in debt its a wonder they don't raise it 50% because us "wealthy", frivolous coin collector can afford it!  Edited by Crazyb0
05/27/2017 8:07 pm
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The Times they are a Changin, The Ole days. I recall it was THE only way to place an order, when I was eight.I do not recall talking via phone to the Mint (1963 ). I use to LOVE getting " Envelopes " and such  from The United States Mints, what coin collector would not. Think about the change they are doing, I Love these two options, Online and phone, both are IMO, the path of least grief. Actually placing the order on the internet and at times, call upon their customer service reps to hear another human's voice, to check that all is well........... I think some of the collateral damage, the Younger Collectors , will be affected by not " filling out forms and sending it through the postal system " was special, checking the mail for what was a small Holiday when the package came.!!! They will NOT have the option. I believe I was rambling , I think the phone and internet systems will be fine. Now let's discuss a fair distribution system, Something about a level playing field, for all to have access, somehow!!!  |
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If you are following this thread (computer/tablet/smartphone savvy) then there I really can't think of a reason to order a Mint product by mail. Maybe an issue with CC debt or bad credit but otherwise...why? I agree. |
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The youngsters of today are WAAAAY more into digital everything than we were (are) and really have no need or desire to fill out forms for ANYTHING. Everything is done on their phones etc. now...
....and I didn't know the Mint was $20 trillion in debt. Maybe those numbers should be verified.
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Bedrock of the Community
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I think the thought might have been that the United States overall is ~$20 trillion in debt.
But from what I can tell from the annual reports, the U.S. Mint itself is profitable.
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Pillar of the Community
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In some ways I think it's safer to order online through an encrypted website than sending a check or your credit card number through the mail. I don't know very many people of my generation who send payment through the mail, so I suppose it's not worth the money, time, and effort for the Mint to keep up presumably small numbers of mail orders.
Out of curiosity though, does anyone know when the Mint began mail orders? I know people wrote for proof coins in the nineteenth century.
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....and I didn't know the Mint was $20 trillion in debt. Maybe those numbers should be verified. Crazyb0 only said "With 20 trillion in debt." I was just assuming it was something other than US Dollars.  |
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College Barbers, I know the Mint use to send Proof sets from the first year minted 1936 proof sets, 1947 Mint sets. I know the enveloped set was placed in another envelope and addressed and sent out to the customers............... That makes sense, I suppose that mail orders as we know them today would not have begun until the Mint sold packaged sets. Thank you morgans dad! |
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Maybe they can layoff a few employees,and lower the Current offering price.
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Maybe they can layoff a few employees,and lower the Current offering price. Ah! No.  |
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