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    Missing Coins

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    I was just checking into some of this customers other purchases and I was amazed to see that coins I had mailed to "The City" on Sept. 4th did not arrive until Sept. 17th :o So much for First Class Priority Mail to NYC!!

     

    A coin I mailed from here (San Jose, CA) to San Francisco, CA (about 50 miles) took three weeks to arrive. How was it shipped, by turtle? Anyway, luckily the customer was patient and thought it was pretty funny. He saw my postmark and knew that I mailed it when I said I did...

    Missing Coins

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    I also accidently once wrote a coin was trackable when it wasn't (oops, darn those pre-filled templates!!) so i refunded the money (+ postage) and let her keep the coin. It was my bad.

     

    I want to keep my customers happy :o

     

    Heh, I have sent the wrong coin before (had two large coins and sent the wrong one) and when the buyer contacted me, I told her to keep the one she got and I'd send her the right one. She sure was happy and I got that positive feedback! "Customer is always right" or something. :o

    Missing Coins

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    Glad I stumbled across this post.

     

    I sell tons of geocoins on eBay, and I have only ever had one not arrive. Luckily, at that time I was automatically insuring all packages, so I got the $60 (yeah, coins went for a lot more back then) back and sent it to the buyer.

     

    If it happened to an uninsured coin, I would likely not refund the person's money or send a replacement coin; if they choose not to insure the shipment, I cannot be held responsible. I've been thinking that I ought to put that in the auction descriptions. I think this is a pretty standard attitude.

     

    I package everything very well, with extra tape around the ends of the envelopes so coins don't fall out. (Nurse Dave and I used to run a coin-buying Yahoogroup, and we had some coins lost in the mail that simply fell out of the end of packages, as the plastic edges of the coin envelopes cut through the paper of the envelopes.) I have also started using those plasticky envelopes whenever possible as they're harder to rip through.

     

    So I guess I don't REALLY have answers, but I wanted to share some of my experiences.

    Selling off more coins!

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    We're members of that group too (or were? haven't heard anything in a long time).

     

    You are still a member...it's just been a while since we have done a coin, but you are current witht the coins we have made. :blink:

     

    Thank you! Nurse Dave is pretty far out of the coin scene; can you change the membership (is there an email list?) to me at beckerbuns at gmail dot com?

     

    Thanks...

    Selling off more coins!

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    I'm selling off more of our (mine and Nurse Dave's) geocoins. The trackables are as follows...

     

    Wisconsin 2006

    North Carolina 2006

    Wyoming 2006

    New Mexico 2005

    Delaware 2005

    Finland 2006

    Colorado 2005

     

    It's worth mentioning that I don't overcharge for shipping and do combine auctions for reduced shipping. AND I am totally willing to ship internationally.

     

    I will be adding more coins on a regular basis.

     

    How much for the Wisconsin coin?

     

    Heh, don't remember, I sold it back in August (see original post date) but I can list another one starting at $7.99 if you are interested.

    Selling off more coins!

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    What is the one listed as SWAGS 2006. Is that a group or an individual's coin? I was/am a member of the SWAGS group and know that wasn't from the group, so was unsure about the name. Thanks.

     

    Yeah, I'm a dork. It's actually not SWAGS, I typoed. We're members of that group too (or were? haven't heard anything in a long time). It's just a serenity prayer coin. I have added to the description of the auction to clarify that, and edited my post here.

    Selling off more coins!

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    Just posted a bunch more trackables. All are brand new, uncirculated, and unactivated. Some of them are difficult to find.

     

    Prague 2006

    Georgia micro

    Signal March 2006

    Wyoming 2006

    Serenity prayer 2006

    Delaware 2005

    Maryland 2005

    Signal February 2006

    Nebraska 2006 "geocorn"

    Temecula Valley 2006 (unique shape)

    Signal CITO 2006

    Geocoin Club April 2006

    Czech 2006

    Geocacher University

    CVC/RCGDS "Breaking Down the Walls" 2006

     

    ALL COINS starting at $7.99.

     

    I'll be listing more tonight and I'll post again then. :blink:

    Selling off spare coins on eBay -- for CHARITY

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    Hey all.

     

    I've been selling off spare geocoins (including some old and rare ones) for a long time, ever since I was pregnant with Super Tute.

     

    Well now I thought I'd throw a few onto eBay that benefit charity. The charity I've picked is Make a Child Smile, one that is very close to my heart because my oldest child was once a featured MACS child.

     

    So, without further ado, here is the link to my auctions (including one for our personal coin), in case any of you are interested in gaining a coin (or coins) for your collection. FYI there are a few others I am selling that are not for charity. The ones that are for charity say CHARITY in the auction title and have the little Mission Fish ribbon next to the title:

     

    Beckerbuns' geocoin auctions

     

    And here of course is the obligatory cute baby photo:

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    Thanks for looking!

    Beckerbuns

    How To Activate: Kansas, Delaware, Maine Coins?

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    OK, I sold some coins on eBay and now I am trying to figure out how to activate the above coins...

     

    I know that Delaware comes with an activation code, but the coin in question did not have the activation # attached to the plastic envelope. Can I retrieve it somehow?

     

    The other two -- Kansas and Maine -- do I go to geocoinclub.com?

    Cache The Fever Coin - Update

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    Can this coin still be ordered?

    If so, is there a working link?

    Thanks

     

    Ordering closed back in December (though we left the link up 'til January). You can get them on eBay and/or we might put them up for sale again. Stay tuned.

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