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-Rusty-

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  1. The price at geocoinstore also includes the new version of Chris's Tempting the Fates coin made to be packaged with his book and available only at Geocoin Store when you get the new book.
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    Fake Coins

    I had a person come to me recently wanting to remake a 2007 version of a coin that they owned but had been made through another vendor previously. I recognized the artwork as coming from a factory I worked with so I asked if we could reuse the back die from the customer's 2006 coin. The factory would not allow this unless permission was granted in writing by the vendor that had originally handled the coin. We ended up needing a change and making a whole new die but I think that illustrates that reputable companies are not going to allow infringements or unauthorized reminting. The cost of minting a single fake coin would be ridiculous for all but a very tiny handful of coins out there and is it really worth it for the couple bucks you could make on it? Not to mention that it would be illegal and unethical. I would be very surprised to see a "real" fake coin, error maybe but not a fake.
  3. I'm in Michigan and I've found that the better archival quality flips do not hold up to shipping in the winter time because they get brittle. It might be ok just shipping one coin at a time but its a big problem with bulk shipping. That does not address damage to the coin but it is something else to consider if you will be shipping the coins.
  4. Hey, you posted while I was typing. Send me an email I got my coins a few months ago and knew there were people I had promised them too but didn't keep a record. I'm not on any trading lists.
  5. I have been asked to read and reply to this thread in my capacity as sole owner of Personal Geocoins Personal Geocoins produces 1 sample for each coin/plating minted and those are kept on hand as a physical reference. I pay for these samples myself and with margins that are already low I certainly don't order more than I need. This is still a fun and friendly endevour for me so if someone is having names engraved on coins like Pennypacker posted earlier I sometimes ask permission to to engrave my sample coin but it still stays in my personal collection. In exchange I offer one of my own personal geocoins.
  6. I used a trophy maker (cacher owned) to re-engrave some MiGO coins last year. We also had a local cacher who owned a jewelry shop with laser engraver that has offered to do things like this very cheap. I'm sure you could find something similar locally.
  7. All Geocoin Store orders (including Kids, Pi, and DB&BNB) and Signal Store orders placed through early Friday morning have been shipped. The only exception being some of the Kids Coin orders. I thought we got them all in but we only got 100 so I couldn't fill everything yet. We are now off to the Bash for the week and will resume shipping when we recover. If you are coming to the Bash be sure to say hello!
  8. All of these are sitting on my shelf ready to ship... except we will be at Midwest Geobash all week long. I don't think Trippy will get me the orders until after the Bash but they will all go at once then. To answer a couple other questions... we have never reordered a coin, these are original stock. For all of the older coins on the sale the quantities are very small and they will be gone soon if they aren't already, never to return again.
  9. June Signal is shipping tomorrow 6/30
  10. MWGB Passing the Torch was received today and should ship tomorrow after we finish the International GCC June orders. May Signal should be in tomorrow and I'll try to get them out yet this week but Monday at the very latest. I was on vacation last week so this has been a busy week back, there should be lots of those little white envelopes appearing in mailboxes around the world about now.
  11. Shipped today from the Geocoin Store CCCooper Geocoin Pvt & Public sales - ALL Japan Geocoin - ALL Utah Silver - ALL Utah Antique Gold - ALL Jan to Apr Signal - ALL outstanding orders CITO - ALL outstanding orders Shipping tomorrow 6/20 June Geocoin Club Coin and Pin set - ALL
  12. About half of the April Signal coins were shipped last week and the balance went out yesterday. That was for orders through Sunday. We will ship Signals one more time this week, probably tomorrow. Part of the May GCC coins went out last week and the balance will ship next week. June GCC will ship right after.
  13. Enjoy your extra icons for another day or so They got cross-indexed in the database and they were already working on it when I talked to them late Friday. They told me it should be repaired by Monday so no worries your icons will show up correctly once the database is fixed. Rusty...
  14. Your missing coin was sent out two days ago. Your email to info@ was forwarded to me for shipping, sorry if you did not get a specific reply.
  15. And one more thing to answer the Yime dude. I have been doing this since 2004 although admittedly not full time.
  16. I will fill you in on us. Geocoin Club & Geocoin Store - partnership of Trippy1976, Bjorn74 and myself. I cache as Rusty & Libby in Michigan and I have been a member since November 2000! We are all geocachers and VERY active in our local communities. Trippy & I are co-founders of MiGO and Bjorn founded one of the groups in Ohio. Personal Geocoins - This is my site alone run by my wife and I. Rusty...
  17. I don't have an official schedule date yet but they should begin in the next group after the ones posted.
  18. I just found the thread for shipping updates and will try to post there as shipments are scheduled. BA - email me, I thought that was resolved?
  19. I have a few shipping updates I can post. There are several thousand packages to ship but I should meet or exceed the following shipment schedule: GCC February - Most of the US shipped today, International orders will ship tomorrow 2/22 Mississippi (Std & LE) coins will ship Wed-Fri 2/22-24 Bigfoot coins - Wed-Thur 2/22-24 MiGO 2006 coins - Mon-Wed next week 2/27-3/1 English coins - Mon-Wed next week 2/27-3/1
  20. Feb coins in stock - check New tear proof improved Envelopes ready - check Labels printed - check USPS - @#$$!^ Re: the O/T no answer but will check into it. The sale did not start so there may have been a glitch in the sale timer but I don't know much about that part.
  21. Of course it shows a coin with TB1234 because if we posted a real number people would be trying to log it. They have probably tried logging that one. It is a generic, fake number with no meaning beyond showing people looking at the picture where the number will be engraved.
  22. I don't usually respond to Coin Store questions in the forums but since there is hardly a sliver of truth in this whole thread I'll respond to some rumors. Please don't read between the lines of any of these statements as they only mean what is written, nothing more nothing less. - Your only receipt from the store come from PayPal, they collect your money and that is the receipt that is important. If you have a valid PayPal receipt and transaction number your sale is confirmed for the item on the receipt. - All coins sold on our site say 4-6 weeks delivery, that is boilerplate text. Not much will take 6 weeks unless there is an unforseen problem but it can happen. They are not posted for sale until AFTER we have seen and approved a physical sample. - None of the Signal coins have been shipped, the first shipping date has not been announced yet. - The picture and proof say TB1234 because that is a standard fake number I use on coins. How on earth do you possible make the leap from that to saying they are all listed as travelbugs?
  23. I may have missed it but I have not seen an email from you or AtlantaGal? You might try our forums where your questions may have already been answered. Post or PM me there. Another idea is to read all of the information openly available at our site where everything we do is explained and nothing is hidden. Some of the concens expressed have merit and are being addressed but we cannot present a response here without going into a commercial discussion. With respect to Groundspeak's wishes to keep these forums commecial free we have no intention of engaging this dialog here. Especially when the conversation is peppered by a few who have their own agendas and could care less about the truth.
  24. All new MiGO std coins and upcoming summer & fall seasonal coins are gc.com trackable and so are the Midwest Geobash coins. In addition they have a find icon which (?) I think (?) is included when you pony up for the 1500 numbers. Check my profile I was activating my MiGO coins yesterday as a test. To me all the other tracking mechanisms are a waste of time, it comes down to either its trackable on gc.com or not. I can see pros and cons for both sides of that but I wouldn't spend extra money for any other tracking method. Rusty...
  25. This runs right through lower Michigan, we have already helped someone from New Zealand log it in June 2002 at N 43° 33.65 about a mile south of the coordinates you need. Somebody from Michigan should be able to help you out. Edit: We logged it under "Rusty & Libby" - I didn't realize I was posting from my admin account
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