ozymandiasism
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If geocoins are lost in the mail during transit, and USPS delivery confirmations were unable to track the package, who is responsible for the lost? The buyer or the seller? Do buyers generally request new coins to be sent or a refund? Do sellers just say 'tough luck'? I am curious of everyone's experience dealing with this.
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OK. This is the icon for the Double Dragon Geocoins....
If you're wondering, that's "Dragon" in chinese.
Also, number of coins minted:
200 Two-tones
100 Antique Gold
100 Antique Silver
100 Antique Copper
Estimate Shipping date: Mid-July
Please email me at derek@dwprods.com if you have any quesitons. Thanks!
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I know.... just venting personal problem in the forum
Anyways, time to drive! thanks to those who have already purchased my coin!!!!
Will be checking my email periodically.
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Anyone who already paid will be listed in your paypal account records
yeah... it's just one of those things you know.... I WAS going to back up all my files last night. but I told myself.... it;s 3am.... I'll do it tomorrow. I guess tomorrow is too late
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I am interested in trading, however, I am concentrating on selling them right now. I will certainly give you a shout when the time comes!
On another note.... the hard drive on my laptop crashed and I think I have lost all my data
I'm also going on vacation in an hour too so I just don't have time to deal with this..... ugh.... Good thing I emailed myself the list of reseveratoins so I'm all set in that.... but I think I might have lost the rest of my files relating to the coins....juts one of those days...
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During my trip to GW 4 til I returned last week.
2LukenF8
Allegany State Park Geobash
Anthus Firefighter
Appalachian Trail VA
Australia 2006
Blind Acorn
Cachoids Big City (all metals)
California Micro
CCCooper ‘You’ve Got a Friend’
Clatmandu
Colorado 2006
Darthi’s Dark Coin v.2 Gold
Darthi’s Dark Coin v.2 Silver
DayHunters
Dhenninger GeoWoodstock 4
Divervan
Federation
Foxfire949 Red
GCC May 2006
Generic Gold & Black
Geoswag May 2006
Geobuddies Alabama Rambler/Naturefish
Geobuddies Alabama Rambler/Ladebear
GeoNut
GeoPirat Silver & Bronze
GeoTruckers Silver
GeoWoodstock III Bronze
GeoWoodstock 4
GeoWoodstock 4 Volunteer
Groundspeak Lackey
Hawaii (Pineapple)
Lewis & Clark
Luxembourg
Makin’ Tracks Black Nickel
Math Puzzle blue & red
Mississippi Copper
Mother Hen & Three Chicks
MOTOGRRL #15
Mustang Joni
Navstar
NEFGA Gold
NP Ellis Island Pewter
Obsessed DGRENO, EMC & Team Alamo
Original American Search Engine
Orion the Hunter
Parrott Silver
Portugal
POW-MIA Gold & Silver
Saffier & Stekel Helmet
Saving Shilo #49
Scottish Cache Bash
SEPAG
Signal (April)
Skully & Mulder Black Nickel
Swiss Classic Silver
Team Shydog
Temecula Valley Gold
Texas 2006
Texas Challenge 2006
Tiki King Mojo
Tiki Ywap
Timberwolf
Torn Mailer Lost Coin
Toronto
Twin Peaks Gold & Silver
Utah Micro Silver & Copper
Vermont 2006
I believe that is all. Thanks to everyone for the trades!!!
Were you traveling by plane? Did you have problems going through security?
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I know this is not exactly what you're expecting.... but I'm just really excited that my project is coming along well!
Got my supplies today. The coins should arrive in a month or so... still have a few more minor details to take acare off.... but the days of mass producing the double dragon geocoins are near!!!!
YAY!!!!
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A little bit of bad news.... contrary to as mentioend in my previous posts, I will NOT be sandblasting the 2-tones and antique gold coins. The coin mint told me that they would have to completely recreate a different mold just for the sandblasting effect. It doersn't make sense to me.
However, the coin still look good in my opinion!
A happier note (to myself), I got all my bubble mailers today!!! My supplies are here.... hehe... one thing at a time right
Thank you!
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Up'd my original reversation numbers, The coins turned out really nice. email sent.
Got it! Thanks again!
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Thanks for all the comments! Sounds like PayPal is the way to go since I'm not a power user....
cheers!
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FYI, the coin weights 1.6oz
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Thanks for all the great tips!
I checked out delivery confirmation for international packages and they are expensive. any of you guys actually use that?
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HOLY COW!!!! The 2-tone looks good but that Antique Silver is just AWESOME ! !
I do love the look of this coin and can't wait to have one.
I love all of them!
Thank you thank you thank you and thank you
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I am looking at different options to mail my coins and wondering what type of services other seller use... Since I am not selling merchandice on a regular basis.... it will not be cost efficient to pay monthly fee for internet postage for some of the postage providers. So far, these are the ones I have seen:
stamps.com
pitney bowes
endicia
usps via paypal
A couple of quesitons:
As far as PayPal, how easy/realible to use the PayPal shipping feature?
Can you scotch tape over the postage barcode?
Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated!
thx
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As a U2 fan..... I MUST have the Joshua Tree coin!!!!
Ok... I'm dumb... what does U2 have to do with JT?
Joshua Tree and U2 link.
hehe... you can tell I'm a big fan of U2 huh
very neat.
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As a U2 fan..... I MUST have the Joshua Tree coin!!!!
Ok... I'm dumb... what does U2 have to do with JT?
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Next National Park - Joshua Tree ? - is it available yet? If so where/when?
Next AT Coin - Maryland - when will it be for sale?
May Signal Coins? Shipped yet???
Any information is appreciated. Thanks!
there is a joshua tree geocoin?
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since this is a night cache geocoin... it'll be cool if it glows in the dark!
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so are you still only minting 1 version?
No, most likely, I'll mint 500 coins with 4 versions (unless someone come to me in the next few days begging me to sell them 500 coins
).Numbers are not final but it's looking like this:
2-tones: 250
Antique Gold: 100
Antique Copper: 75
Antique Silver: 75
I'll probbaly keep about 100 of them for trades and personal use.
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My wife and I are making a geocoin. The process has been interesting. Several rounds of the design phase were spent fixing spelling mistakes. (The mint is in China.) The front was supposed to be polished, but the actual coins were sandblasted. The design had a particular 3D shape (and I also submitted several cross sections and 3D renderings), but the actual coins weren't quite the same shape. The geocoin company was fine. It was the mint that had all the problems.
If you were to look closely at the details, I would bet that there are many more errors than you would think just from reading this forum.
If you draw your art by hand or don't even submit any art, there's a lot more leeway because the initial concept is vague to begin with. If you start with fewer specifics, there are fewer details that can get screwed up.
On the other hand, if you submit precise digital art (or even worse, a precise 3D shape), things will probably get lost in translation. When you realize how much work is done by hand at the mint, you'll probably accept some of the mistakes as a fact of life.
An example:
You submit digital art. The overseas mint draws its own digital art for approval. You would think they would just copy and paste your original art and add the labels and notations they need. Nope. They eyeball your art and redraw it from scratch on their computer for who knows what reason. No matter how many corrections you make, the inevitable result is a design that is similar but not quite the same as the original design.
For those of you that have submitted digital vector art (Illustrator, DXF, etc.) and pay attention to the details, have you dealt with a mint that uses it directly instead of redrawing it? If so, then I'd like to know which geocoin companies and mint partners are capable of this. (If you know what I'm talking about, then you know. If you're not sure, then don't worry about it.)
Another example:
As far as I know, all 3D dies are cut by hand. I'm not aware of any geocoin company that will accept and use a 3D model for die making. This means that if you have a precise 3D design, it's impossible to get an exact match. (However, there are ways to work around it, if you have the time and the money. That's advanced geocoin making...
)Lloyd
Well said! Don't be afraid to be as specific as possible. Use arrows and text to indicate what area should be raised and which part should be colored. That will certainly eliminate a lot of aggavations and confusions.
It is also wise to ask what type of digital formats work best with the mint. Avoid recreating artowkr if possible. I submitted a jpeg to the coint mint and they actually coverted it to a vertor file (illustrator/coreldraw). This is the reason she provided:
For production need, we sometimes have to adjust the artwork, that’s why it’s always good to have a vector file. Then we print it out, develop a film for etching a 200% carving board, trace the artwork from the carving board onto the mold by hand, then finally we hand carve the 3D part on the mold.
They did a GREAT job converting the jpeg to a vector file. I received the samples from them yesterday. My coin design is extremely complex and they did a fairly good job. I can see certain small details missing but there're only so much you can do on a 1.75" coin. I might have them fix a thing or two here and there, but overall, I am happy with the outcome.
this is the jpeg drawing
this is the samples
Contact me directly if you need additinoal info
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These really came out nice (particularly like the antique gold). Good job, you should be proud
Thank you very much for the kind words
I'll try and see if I can do a better job at scanning the 2-tones.
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OK. I have scanned in the sample coins. They are the first round of sample coins:
Antique Copper
Antique Silver
Antique Gold
* Background will be sandblast. Pic do not reflect finaly products
Two-Tones
I have a hard time scanning or photographing the 2-tones coin because of the reflection (very shiny)
* Background will be sandblast. Pic do not reflect finaly products
Two-Tones Front
Two-Tones Back
More pics
I am still taking reservations on my website. Will put up an corder page in a couple of weeks. Those who have reservations will be able to pre-order before they go on sale publicly. An e-mail confirmation will be sent out once the order is completed..
Thanks for checking it out!
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Just confirmed the artwork with the coin mint. We should have samples in a couple of weeks!
YAY!!!!
Do you have a copy of the Samples?
I just got the first round samples today. They look great, but I will have the coin mint to fix some minor stuff and round 2 should be the final round! I will scan in the coins by tonight or tomrrow and post them here. It seems that the shipping date would be pushed back, but I want the coins to be as close to perfect as possible!
Thanks for asking!
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I agree completely.
I can defintely see both sides of the argument though. On the one hand, if the seller did everything right and USPS lost the mail. Should the seller be "penalitzed" and have to pay out of pocket to resend new coins? Or give a refund and take the loss? On the other hand, if the buyer paid for the coins and USPS lost the mail, it is not his fault either.
How about, if a coin set of $50 geocoins, or 8 coins that worth $80 althougher, got lost in the mail. Do you thik the seller would be more or less likely to resend the coins or refund the money?
but yes, I would agree that most buyers will probably take the loss, depends on the cost