Chards Mystery Box

[paulmerton]

Chards have launched their first ever Mystery Box.

https://www.chards.co.uk/chards-xmas-mystery-box/15477

I thought it would be interesting to start a thread to see who's in, and more importantly, what goodies everyone gets!

[paulmerton]

Well, I went for it because I love a surprise, but my early surprise is that I had to pay £11 postage when it was supposed to be free!  

[paulmerton]

It looks like the free postage issue has been fixed now - typically after I'd already placed my order.

[harrygill111]

WOW! This looks fun. Very interested to see what you get - if you're willing to share?  

[iacabu]

I've ordered one. I'd be happy to share the contents when it arrives 

[TeaTime]

Just ordered. Now i'm wondering what i would definitely not want to get....

.... a RM year of the dog, or pretty much any RM Chinese themed coin 😁.

The excitement is going to play havok with my constitution !

[paulmerton]

The cynical side of me is thinking this is just an opportunity to get rid of the stuff swept out from the back of the vault, but hashtag yolo! I'm in.

[LawrenceChard]

58 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

Well, I went for it because I love a surprise, but my early surprise is that I had to pay £11 postage when it was supposed to be free!  

 

28 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

It looks like the free postage issue has been fixed now - typically after I'd already placed my order.

I saw this on Chard Teams:

15.40 These customers have been charged postage on the mystery box...

Followed by:

15.41 Callum is fixing now Rochelle but if we keep a list can we organise for these customers to be credited and we will email them an apology and notify them of credit?

15.43 Should be sorted now

15.45 An order's come through without postage. Good work Callum

(Just don't tell them I shared this with you). 😎

 

[Gordy]

sold out?

[paulmerton]

3 minutes ago, Gordy said:

sold out?

So it is!  I wonder how many silverforumites got one.

[Ashes]

3 minutes ago, paulmerton said:

So it is!  I wonder how many silverforumites got one.

Managed to get one after seeing the email, thought they would sell quick with only 50 available so didn't hesitate. Plus £155 worth of value for £135 is pretty good (...but the sovereign proof would be a nice bonus also). Anyway I'm excited, hope we all get something good!

[MrB]

Watch out for fake Chard unopened boxes on ebay!!

[SilverJacks]

Missed 'em. Damn it. 

[SilverJacks]

12 minutes ago, MrB said:

Watch out for fake Chard unopened boxes on ebay!!

It's quite sad to think that someone out there would fall for it.

[Arcadian]

I ordered mine at around 15:50 and it was free postage.  I used to love 'lucky bags' when I was a kid, and 50-odd years later it looks like I still do, the worst that can happen is I won't have to look for Xmas presents for the family.

[paulmerton]

I got a phone call to say my £11 postage charge has been refunded onto my account's prepayment credit.  Fair enough, they know I'll be back!

But they were seemingly oblivious to the email I sent yesterday, where I had asked for it to be refunded and also pointed out that I was unable to get free postage on the sovereigns.

They also took the opportunity to ask me what kind of things I would be expecting to find in the box. I said a Sovereign would be nice! But failing that, some gold and silver things would be good. I'll be disappointed if it contains a limited edition A4 print of a Sovereign  

 

[evende]

So - is anyone willing to elaborate on what was inside? Or whether anyone found a particularly shiny surprise?

I see they released another 50 with another sovereign surprise, so they must have been popular. 

[paulmerton]

1 hour ago, evende said:

So - is anyone willing to elaborate on what was inside? Or whether anyone found a particularly shiny surprise?

I see they released another 50 with another sovereign surprise, so they must have been popular. 

They're not being dispatched until the week commencing 13 December. That's why this thread had been rather quiet in the meantime 😃

[evende]

Just now, paulmerton said:

They're not being dispatched until the week commencing 13 December. That's why this thread had been rather quiet in the meantime 😃

Oh! Didn’t see that bit!

[paulmerton]

Time to wake the thread up!

Mine is being dispatched on Monday  

[TeaTime]

Mine too.... Nearly time for a show and tell 😁

[GoldStatue]

Autographed picture of Lawrence Chard maybe? 😀

[iacabu]

I'm collecting mine on Tuesday afternoon, along with another very small order 

[modofantasma]

Yep got the despatch soon type email although not sure when I'll get to collect it (delivered to a friends as I often miss the postie) looking forward to seeing what people are unboxing next week 🤑

[iacabu]

Mystery box in hand! 

It shall remain a mystery for now