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Valued Member
 United States
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I would like to order the Lincoln dollar/cent set from mint on October 15th. The question to all of you is what do you think the best way to place an order on that day. Should you use the phone and call? If so, what number? Or should you use the website/internet to place an order?
Will they take multiple orders from one person since the limit is one per household?
Thanks everyone for looking and responding to my questions
Terrell
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Moderator
 United States
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I plan on using the internet since it would be much easier for me to automate something if the Mint's website gets bogged down.  I really, really, really do not like placing orders over the phone.  |
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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Will they take multiple orders from one person since the limit is one per household?
No, that is the purpose of the one per household limit. The only way to get around that would be to use multiple addresses with multiple credit cards. I would not recommend a phone order, those always seem to be the most problematic. Online ordering is the way to go but make sure you create an account before that day arrives  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
507 Posts |
I agree with creating an account at the US Mint before hand. They also have an option to keep your credit card info and shipping address on hand so that you can "one-click" check out and not have to fill out those forms. My recollection is you will start the ordering process and then be stuck for some reason. You then have to press the refresh button until you can proceed. If you want to increase your odds you can use two computers at once, like your regular PC and a laptop. Or you can go to a library / computer lab and try on six at a time.  I've no doubt there are many people who write scripts to do so automagically, but I'm not that computer-knowledgable. I will be missing this one, but good luck to the rest of you, -wheatiefan |
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Valued Member
United States
314 Posts |
I'm dreading trying to get this set. Hopefully it won't take to long.
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Valued Member
United States
70 Posts |
I will order online. You will be able to get through on the phone lines.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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just dont open multiple tabs trying to get there faster b/c it makes problems worse I noticed
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Valued Member
United States
136 Posts |
I'll probably take an early lunch and sit in front of the computer at home with the phone in my ear. Whichever connects first.....
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Bedrock of the Community
United States
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just dont open multiple tabs trying to get there faster b/c it makes problems worse I noticed That's because that is what a lot of people do and then they just keep refreshing them hoping to get through. So at noon on the 15th, 20,000 people each with five tabs open start refreshing trying to get in and the mints servers get hit with 100,000 requests for service at the same time and is overwhelmed. It becomes in effect a DOS or Denial Of Service attack. Computer viruses do it with a botnet, coin collectors do it in person trying to buy a new issue. |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Something I've experianced in the past is that when the browser is supposed to take you to the next page it doesn't display it, but if you login opening a new browser you see you're already at the next step it just doesn't show up is the first page. I think that's why people tend to open multiple pages.
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Valued Member
United States
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We should start a thread on the 15th to see who got through and bought one set!!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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I plan on using the internet to place my order. Hopefully with the "1 per household limit," we can all obtain a set.
I think starting a new thread on the 15th is a great idea.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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We should start a thread on the 15th to see who got through and bought one set!
Yeah someone usually does on a highly anticipated item:) |
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Posted 10/02/2009 2:28 pm
