Time to drag the Royal Mint's business model in to this century?

[silversurf]

Took me 30 seconds to find out the release price of a Gothic Crown, just saying...

[Foster88]

I just can’t understand what the OP point is. If I don’t like the price of something or feel it’s over inflated I just don’t buy it.

Simple.

You can’t ask RM what their mark up is on their coins RRP price based on their costs:

What do the raw metals cost?

How much are the engravers paid?

What are the administration costs?

Well you could ask but they won’t tell you. They could well me making a 250% mark up or higher on most special limited edition releases but a bullion dealer may be making 20% or 40%. These are just examples not based on fact of course.

I you don’t like the price of something, just don’t buy it.

[silversurf]

RRP.... RECOMMENDED retail price. In all my years of buying coins I've never seen a RRP on anything. You pay your money and take your choice, after doing your research...

[Paul]

1 minute ago, Foster88 said:

I just can’t understand what the OP point is.

If I don’t like the price of something or feel it’s over inflated, I just don’t buy it

. . . . . . . hhhhhhmmmmmmm . . . . . . . . errrr . . . . . . . YES 

what 99.995% are probably thinking the same exact same thing 

 

[Stu]

13 minutes ago, silversurf said:

Took me 30 seconds to find out the release price of a Gothic Crown, just saying...

Think he was after prices of 5oz, 10oz and kilos (gold, plain or milled edge) which could be exclusives to mint marque customers? 2oz plain edge was defo an “exclusive”

[James32]

Is anyone else thinking 🤔  that Barry is infact anne Jessopp!

trying to take everyone's attention away from the fact there was no release yesterday 😁

[LawrenceChard]

Just now, James32 said:

Is anyone else thinking 🤔  that Barry is infact anne Jessopp!

trying to take everyone's attention away from the fact there was no release yesterday 😁

What! No release!

I'm still in the queue for yesterday's.

😎

[Stu]

21 minutes ago, silversurf said:

Took me 30 seconds to find out the release price of a Gothic Crown, just saying...

Can you get the release price of the plain edge from the mint website?

Edited February 8, 2022 by Stu

[silversurf]

Same as the milled as far as I'm aware but only to certain collectors as it was never on general release.  Happy to be corrected 😊 

Edited February 8, 2022 by silversurf

[LawrenceChard]

9 hours ago, BarryWoods said:

Hi - Florincllector - you are anonymous

Of course he is, he doesn't want you turning up at his house complaining.

😎

[LawrenceChard]

9 hours ago, BarryWoods said:

It is pretty clear to me I have conveyed the issue accurately

 

You seem to be the only person who thinks so!

😎

[Roy]

This one too. 

We should have a sticky, 'Classic threads' 😄

Wait til you see what he sold 😭

Edited February 8, 2022 by Roy

[Foster88]

5 minutes ago, LawrenceChard said:

What! No release!

I'm still in the queue for yesterday's.

😎

I hate to break this to you @LawrenceChard but there wasn’t a queue yesterday. 😆

Now I’m wondering what you’re queueing for....

[Foster88]

2 minutes ago, Roy said:

This one too. 

We should have a sticky, 'Classic threads' 😄

 

Uh oh!!

Here comes @Roy with another can of worms. 😂

[Stu]

6 minutes ago, silversurf said:

Same as the milled as far as I'm aware but only to certain collectors as it was never on general release.  Happy to be corrected 😊 

I’m sure @Paulposted a piece stating the plain edge was a bit more expensive but can’t be arsed to look. Paul? 

[Paul]

 

17 minutes ago, Stu said:

Can you get the release price of the plain edge from the mint website?

RRP of the 2oz gold "plain edge" was a little dearer £5,250

It was never intended or ever offered for general sale to the general public via the web site directly, it was offered to people who had bought the previous 2oz gold coins in the Great Engravers series (myself included) so could could continue the series and to Mint Marque buyers who have spent the desired levels (which I would not have qualify for myself directly on spend levels !)  

By offering this custom more limited "plain edge" it has albeit increased the mintage of this design, but created a separate limited 125 mintage plain edge coin, but on the flip side it actually freed up more allocation of this design for folk who would still be happy to have a 2oz gold "milled edge" in their collection, that the general public had dibs on getting for a wee small few minutes on release day before it sold out 

Right, wrong, good, bad, correct, evil ?  i don't know.  

Edited February 8, 2022 by Paul

[Kookaburracollector]

15 minutes ago, James32 said:

Is anyone else thinking 🤔  that Barry is infact anne Jessopp!

trying to take everyone's attention away from the fact there was no release yesterday 😁

Or WONGA!😱

[StackemHigh]

Time to drag the Royal Mint's business model in to this century?

If the question in the title is to be believe at all the op wants is to change the way the royal mint does business. 

The way the royal mint does business has got hehaw to do with him!

@BarryWoodshas a big fat dose of buyers remorse and a unhealthy amount of self-entitlement. My wife knows this and this is how it should be done! No two businesses are run the same way. The OP is clearly deluded if he thinks that he has any chance of changing the royal mint in anyway shape or form.

 

 

[BarryWoods]

44 minutes ago, silversurf said:

Took me 30 seconds to find out the release price of a Gothic Crown, just saying...

 

44 minutes ago, silversurf said:

Took me 30 seconds to find out the release price of a Gothic Crown, just saying...

Now find me the price of the  5 oz gold coin, which is the one I was specifically was talking about with Chards just now.

and the 10 oz, and the 2 oz gold plain edge.. 

 

... just saying. find those?

[BarryWoods]

12 minutes ago, StackemHigh said:

Time to drag the Royal Mint's business model in to this century?

If the question in the title is to be believe at all the op wants is to change the way the royal mint does business. 

The way the royal mint does business has got hehaw to do with him!

@BarryWoodshas a big fat dose of buyers remorse and a unhealthy amount of self-entitlement. My wife knows this and this is how it should be done! No two businesses are run the same way. The OP is clearly deluded if he thinks that he has any chance of changing the royal mint in anyway shape or form.

 

 

I like a challenge - and I have been offered more than I paid for it.. 😉 

[James32]

Just now, BarryWoods said:

I like a challenge - and I have been offered more than I paid for it.. 😉 

No you have not!

[Foster88]

1 minute ago, BarryWoods said:

 

Now find me the price of the  5 oz gold coin, which is the one I was specifically was talking about with Chards just now.

and the 10 oz, and the 2 oz gold plain edge.. 

 

... just saying. find those?

Please, is a great word to use when requesting help.

[Paul]

2 minutes ago, BarryWoods said:

2 oz gold plain edge.. ... just saying. find those?

Does your head button up at the back ??? 

[Stu]

1 minute ago, BarryWoods said:

 

Now find me the price of the  5 oz gold coin, which is the one I was specifically was talking about with Chards just now.

and the 10 oz, and the 2 oz gold plain edge.. 

 

... just saying. find those?

I already asked this, keep up mister!

[Gordy]

every time i think i'm at the bottom of this comic genius i find another page has popped up... i'm now off to sting my eyes on the Sold all my gold, got stung thread... pip pip chaps...