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They seem to be using DHL so worry not!

Strange. My 2oz silver is coming via DHL. Odd that they'd ship some one way and others a different way

Dispatched 😊😊

Not for mine. Link goes to Royal Mail. Perhaps they can be trusted for the 2oz silver

Just spoke with the lovely Jane at the mint. Couldn’t have been more helpful. She assured me that my 2oz silver will be dispatched today. Even offered to give me the tracking number over the phone. She said Royal Mail will update there systems this afternoon to send out the relevant emails   100% confirmation that It will be dispatched today. Then it’s up to the Royal Mail 😳

Ok and I can breath again.................. Finally it arrived.. Its does look stunning

Looks like The Coin Cabinet is after getting in on the action. Just received an email advising that they have massive interest from their Asian client base for the 3G coins. The email was an invitation to consign the 3G coins presumably to fulfill some of this demand.

Thanks, I’ll have to pass on the offer 😂 
 
Disclosure: the coin isn’t mine, it’s my eldest son’s- I bought the Silver.
He realizes now, that he was extremely lucky enough to purchase the Gold following my recommendation.  He did so, rather than pulling the trigger on Bitcoin at a future dip. 
His purchase wasn’t without incident though.
 
 It was his first purchase from the Royal Mint- he placed the order by his debit card and received email confirmation. 
However, on Tuesday The RM contacted him to say thank you for your order, but as it was a substantial first purchase they would require payment by Bank Transfer for ‘security reasons’ (bank transfer secure? 😂)- but any subsequent purchases could be made by Debit Card. He said what every other 24 year old might have to say, can you please take the £5k hold off my debit card and I’ll send it by Bacs?
The reply from the RM was kind of with some merit, pointing out that if they did so, he might lose his order, and asked him to send another £5k! 🙄
A little disappointing the response from the RM, in my opinion. 
At this point he was concerned. 
So, he came to me with the explanation- I could only muster £3k right away, so at this point, I would like to thank @SilverMike for very generously sending my Son £2k over to add to my £3k to pay (again!) for the coin!  😊 Thank you again Mike for your help. 😀 
The moral to the story is this- IF you have never bought a ‘substantial’ item from the RM previously and you have cash in your current account to pay for it, then don’t!- Use your Credit Card in the first instance and if this scenario occurs, you have the cash to pay! Or alternatively, have £10k available to buy a £5k coin.
 
The other moral to the story is, always have nice relationships and friends in general 😃 and make good friendships with people here on the Forum, pull together and help each other- as you never know when you might need help  yourself. 😃 
I really don’t think many other business could get away with this kind of behaviour- in fact, any other RM coin I would have advised my son  to tell them to take a running jump- but I guess this is a special coin, and the implication of not sending them double cash was worth the gamble of losing it!  
 
Incidentally, my son has been told not to expect the hold to be taken from his account for the original £5k for ‘at least 5 working days’ beans on toast for him then 😂 
@LawrenceChard, @BackyardBullion or anyone else, what do you think about the above, I specifically ask you two as you’re both in the PM business. 

Simply stunning. I got into buying silver and gold coins to preserve wealth and make a bit of cash but when you see something this beautiful its hard not to look beyond that and just want to treasure it forever. This will look so good next to the Una

I have a close friend who ordered one and his is sat in open still with the price of £255 showing. He confirmed his order confirmation was at 09:17 so I do fear for his order but of course have my fingers crossed for all who haven't had a dispatch notification yet

The 6 Graces - little (2oz) and large (5oz)

Simply stunning. I got into buying silver and gold coins to preserve wealth and make a bit of cash but when you see something this beautiful its hard not to look beyond that and just want to treasure it forever. This will look so good next to the Una

Simply stunning. I got into buying silver and gold coins to preserve wealth and make a bit of cash but when you see something this beautiful its hard not to look beyond that and just want to treasure it forever. This will look so good next to the Una

Awful picture but in a rush and just wanted to show the cameo on this coin - it’s unreal 

I got that email too. I have responded to ask what they are offering for direct sales. Interesting to know where the market is. I imagine it will be a while before I get a response.

Don’t quite know what all the fuss was about, whilst purchasing my Griffin I put this coin in my basket too 😂 

 


 

Just received from RM
“Thank you for your interest in the Three Graces 2020 UK Two-Ounce Silver Proof coin.
Unfortunately, due to the overwhelming popularity of the product, by the time we received your order for processing, the item was no longer available and is now off-sale.
 Any other items ordered are being processed and will be despatched in due course. Your card will not be debited for the item shown above.
 We are extremely sorry for any disappointment or inconvenience caused.
If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
 Kind Regards,
Jess”

Looks half decent!!

Just received the dispatch email for my 2oz silver

Just received the dispatch email for my 2oz silver

Here is the image:
 

@creative mentioning graphics cards has made me think...  do we imagine people or organisations are utilising bots to buy these coins? This has become extremely common practice in other retail where the product availability doesn't meet the demand (such as in the case of graphics cards). Is there a way we could find out? This could be the reason for them selling out seemingly well in advance of the numbers the queueing system would have allowed. There is certainly a financial incentive for people to try with these coins.

A good few come to mind if you happen to be looking for a graphics card at the moment. Currys is one of the worst, and they don’t refund you for 5 days.

Something even harder to acquire than the Three Graces coin!

Someone said before that the system seems to allocate you a spot when it activates at 9.00. I was waiting on a tablet from 8:30 but opened a page on my computer at 9.00. The computer was 300 odd places ahead of the tablet in the queue.