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I placed two orders of $500 each on 6/13. Today I got notices that both orders have shipped, but I have no activity on my credit cards that I used.
Card#1 has zero change relating to this order
Card#2 showed a $500 decrease in available credit a couple days ago, but now shows the original pre-order amount
Very strange.
Card#1 has zero change relating to this order
Card#2 showed a $500 decrease in available credit a couple days ago, but now shows the original pre-order amount
Very strange.
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ordered too. thanks op. all that, though, for 500. with amex points that's worth about $12. but hey... free is free.
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Awesome idea, thanks OP!
BTW, I keep waiting for that SPG breakfast guy to explain how we can get free buffets for 500 SPG points.
BTW, I keep waiting for that SPG breakfast guy to explain how we can get free buffets for 500 SPG points.
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I also ordered two boxes on 6/13. At the time, they promised a ship date of 6/28. Based on their order-status screen, they shipped the boxes today. Cool!
Also of note, the main page showing the product now says new orders will ship on 6/25. Recently, that prospective ship date was showing as 7/2.
So it looks like they found a stash of these coins somewhere, and are moving the backlogged orders faster than expected. Good job, Federal Government!
Also of note, the main page showing the product now says new orders will ship on 6/25. Recently, that prospective ship date was showing as 7/2.
So it looks like they found a stash of these coins somewhere, and are moving the backlogged orders faster than expected. Good job, Federal Government!
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Ya, the tracking number on the Order Status screen for my just-shipped order shows a USPS tracking number (Parcel Post).
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Have I missed this? How do they limit you? By name? By credit card? By shipping addy? Just wondering if my wife and I can both order two boxes and have them shipped to the same address.
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Originally Posted by Aus_Mal
I have to ask... how often do people see $1 coins in the U.S? Will there ever be a day when the $1 note is phased out?
Interestingly, when I was in Australia last year, there was an airport sign advertising a financial institution, and the person holding currency bills in his hand was holding US $1 bills. Not what I expected to see on the other side of the world, but indicative as to how much the US dollar is considered the standard for currency.
The oversize silver dollars were neat. I remember well the Eisenhower dollar with the Liberty Bell and Moon on the reverse.
Since the 80's, the dollar coin push has been blatantly political.
The Susan B. Anthony, to push a woman on a coin, was a bust mostly because it was hard to distinguish from a quarter--nearly same size, and same color.
Then there was the Sacagawea, trying to squeeze in both a woman and a non-Caucasian person into a coin. At least they made the color different from a quarter, but there is not a free tray/slot in cash register drawers to fit the coin, so stores would typically chuck the coins under the tray, taking them out of circulation. Sort of like what happened to the $2 bill--without room in the tray, it was inconvenient. Though the latter did work out for Barnum & Bailey, I heard, in that after lots of complaints from their home base community in northern Florida about them (due to accusations from animal rights protesters and such), B&B paid their entire payroll one month in cash--all $2 bills. This made a huge impression on that community when they saw the flood of those bills enter their local economy, and they realized how much B&B employees affected them--the rumblings ceased fast.
Now it's presidents.
They should have done the states as dollar coins, and so made that much more profit margin on those. Idiots.
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Originally Posted by smk220
Also Crane paper company from MA produces all the paper for US bills. Without a one dollar bill they would be producing a LOT less paper, which means less jobs in MA.
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