Guest 50cents Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Well today i recieived my 2005 Silver Proof Set from the mint. I couldn't wait to get inside and open it up and when i did , Both plastic cases were crack from end to end. In all my years of buying from the mint this is the first time, I had to send something back... Any of you ever had to returned something to them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metalman Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Well today i recieived my 2005 Silver Proof Set from the mint. I couldn't wait to get inside and open it up and when i did , Both plastic cases were crack from end to end. In all my years of buying from the mint this is the first time, I had to send something back... Any of you ever had to returned something to them? I have returned clad proof sets 2 this year ,, One made the trip OK, I recieved the replacement,, but the other one has never turned up!! the mint has no record of recieving the return and the insurance form for the post office is like filling out a class 3 Tax permit to own a machine gun,, it has not been acted on in 45 days now and Im about to have a problem !!! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gxseries Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Cracked? o_O That's new... I mean that rarely happens, unless the post office decided to screw it up. If I buy a mint set, I usually get it from the dealers... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt-AWACS Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Well, one of my two UNC sets this year came without the info card-- I thought about sending it back but didn't..to much trouble LOL. My Silver set came last week and was fine, though I am more upset over my lewis/clark nickle set. I ordered it toward the end of May, and it said backordered and was supposed to ship on 13 June, now the website says 7 July will be the shipment date. I want my nickles!!! Ciao, and Hook 'em Horns, Capt-AWACS, I do this to annoy you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Glad you got it. Never know about the mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Glad you got it. Never know about the mail Oops, how did this get here? sorry folks susposed to be a reply somewhere else! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
28Plain Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I have returned clad proof sets 2 this year ,, One made the trip OK, I recieved the replacement,, but the other one has never turned up!! the mint has no record of recieving the return and the insurance form for the post office is like filling out a class 3 Tax permit to own a machine gun,, it has not been acted on in 45 days now and Im about to have a problem !!! Rick Case in point for why I never buy from the mint. When they make a mistake, as any coin seller is apt to do, you have no recourse. The mint isn't a business, it's a part of a federal bureau and, as such, is unaccountable for its errors. The USPS is as unaccountable and as hard to deal with in the case of their errors, but I have little choice but to deal with them on a regular basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
16d Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 Case in point for why I never buy from the mint. When they make a mistake, as any coin seller is apt to do, you have no recourse. The mint isn't a business, it's a part of a federal bureau and, as such, is unaccountable for its errors. The USPS is as unaccountable and as hard to deal with in the case of their errors, but I have little choice but to deal with them on a regular basis. Recently at auction, someone had either a mint or proof set containing errors. The errors weren't the bidding draw, though. The mint had included the wrong COA, replaced it (so now it contains 2 COA's), and a HANDWRITTEN letter of apology. That in itself should be copyrighted. Anyone else catch that? Wonder what it closed at? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SilverDollarMan Posted June 21, 2005 Report Share Posted June 21, 2005 I just got back from returning my "cracked set" back to the mint. Oh well, they do re-imburse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prethen Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I returned a Silver Proof Set a couple of years ago. It was a bit of a bumpy ride because the Mint "lost" my return, but I also forgot to use their return label that came from their original package. They made good on everything and even covered my shipping and I got a decent set (the original one had a problem with one of the coins). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediccoin Posted June 23, 2005 Report Share Posted June 23, 2005 I have never bought from the mint, so I can't say. I guess I have my best luck with buying from my local dealer. You know, maybe the USPS(stamp collectors) are sabatoging the US Mint sets(coin collectors) on purpose??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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