New Coin Deal

[normathej]

Are you a collector or you just think might as well hold for investment?

The things we do for our kids
I bought it for my son, who collects on a small scale but has the entire coin book memorized. 
I'm trying not to look at it as having "lost" $500, it was just a $70 expense.

[chayal101]

Who said opening box is negative? As long as they don’t open the actual coin shouldn’t make a difference for collecting purposes.

lots of open box sold listings on eBay. The box is only sealed with a piece of tape. Unopened or opened, ppl want it.

[yosefsv]

I proudly honored my commitment and shipped my coin to PFS!
They were very accommodating to raise it to $300 even though i don't think that they needed to.

[CountValentine]

I proudly honored my commitment and shipped my coin to PFS!

Proudly? What are you proud about? 

[ML1219]

+1 for PFS.

He matched the $300 offer for me even though I had already sent him the package.

I wouldn't have been the least bit offended had he declined since obviously I was perfectly fine honoring my side at $200, but he went above and beyond.

[CountValentine]

What is the 300 offer he is matching? Where is that figure coming from?

[ML1219]

What is the 300 offer he is matching? Where is that figure coming from?

A comment written by him a couple of days ago.

[CountValentine]

A comment written by him a couple of days ago.

Ok he is matching a 300 offer. What offer is 300? Do you mean he is raising his offer (not matching)?

[ML1219]

Ok he is matching a 300 offer. What offer is 300? Do you mean he is raising his offer (not matching)?

Yes, if you want to get into semantics, "raising" is probably a more appropriate word than matching

Here was his exact words:

Bottom line for all those who opted in and are reading this…
For those that would like to honor their commitment to PFS, so we in-turn can honor our commitments to our buyers… we have been bumping member’s payout up to $300 total. (I did one person’s to $337 as a unique case. I can’t do that across the board, sorry.) email us and we’ll raise yours to $300, no questions asked.

If you don’t want to honor the deal after reading this, please, grab your “courage” and email me stating that you read this and still don’t care, and i’ll close you out of the system. Again, no questions asked.

The message was clearly targeted towards those who were on the fence and haven't yet fulfilled their end of the deal. I was just offering props to PFS for doing the same to people like me who already have.

[CountValentine]

Yes...

Thanks for clearing that up.

[ML1219]

Thanks for clearing that up.

Any time

[yosefsv]

Proudly? What are you proud about? 

That i didn't fall for a few $$.... (with all kind of excuses why i could back out, including one point of view mentioned by you...)

[yossi621]

+1 for PFS.

He matched the $300 offer for me even though I had already sent him the package.

I wouldn't have been the least bit offended had he declined since obviously I was perfectly fine honoring my side at $200, but he went above and beyond.

+1, same here

[CountValentine]

That i didn't fall for a few $$....

You shouldn't back out even for many $$$$. You did what I expect most to do. It would be interesting if one of the groups could give us numbers on how many did back out.

[Dan]

You shouldn't back out even for many $$$$. You did what I expect most to do. It would be interesting if one of the groups could give us numbers on how many did back out.

They're not going to have real data on that as many couldn't get a coin.

[CountValentine]

They're not going to have real data on that as many couldn't get a coin.

This is the weird part. Every person I know that tried got a coin and many more than one.

[ML1219]

They're not going to have real data on that as many couldn't get a coin.

People who wanted to back out before the coin went live were able to just cancel their "opt in" so they didn't really break any rules

And people who only decided to opt out after 1pm presumably already put their order numbers into PFS website (since it had to be done by 1pm). So PFS should still be able to tell which of that group backed out vs. legitimately didn't get the coin.

So really the only group that can't be meaningfully tracked are the ones that opted in, were able to get in on the coin, and sometime between 12-1 when they were supposed to put their order #'s in decided to sell it elsewhere.

I'm guessing that's a small subset of the total population that did that.

At a minimum, PFS should be able to compare how many order #'s were entered on their website vs. how many packages were actually shipped to them. I doubt he'll release it, although would be fascinating to know

[CountValentine]

At a minimum, PFS should be able to compare how many order #'s were entered on their website vs. how many packages were actually shipped to them. I doubt he'll release it, although would be fascinating to know

Not looking for actual numbers as that is none of our business. Percentages would not hurt.

[meme]

This is the weird part. Every person I know that tried got a coin and many more than one.

Do Jews have faster internet? Just look around online, and you’ll see how many people are complaining about getting shut out.

[EJB]

Do Jews have faster internet? Just look around online, and you’ll see how many people are complaining about getting shut out.

Maybe it’s the filters and vpns 😂