kcart Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Well...there was a little problem. The mint messed up the codes on the coins...engraved the wrong ones or multiples of correct ones. They have to be reminted. The current coins cannot be activated. Anybody that received one already has to wait for a new one to be shipped and then send back the bad one. And.....there's no new shipping date. yet. I guess the cat's out of the bag now ... a week later. It's disappointing that neither the seller nor MIGO leadership did not divulge this sooner in the national forum. Heck, Cheney's office acknowledged he shot his huntin' buddy within 72 hours. The Store is offering a "bounty" (their word, not mine) on the blunder coins as well. ©¿©¬ Quote Link to comment
+The_Proffens Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 The Store is offering a "bounty" (their word, not mine) on the blunder coins as well. Wow! I like Bounty though, makes me feel like a pirate. Arrrgh Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Wow! I like Bounty though, makes me feel like a pirate. Arrrgh But, I don't want to be a pirate! Quote Link to comment
+The_Proffens Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Wow! I like Bounty though, makes me feel like a pirate. Arrrgh But, I don't want to be a pirate! Well I would take the Puffy shirt as a prize any day. Iron on a few logo's and that's one heck of an event shirt........ Well not really, maybe I don't want to be a pirate anymore Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 Well...there was a little problem. The mint messed up the codes on the coins...engraved the wrong ones or multiples of correct ones. They have to be reminted. The current coins cannot be activated. Anybody that received one already has to wait for a new one to be shipped and then send back the bad one. And.....there's no new shipping date. yet. I guess the cat's out of the bag now ... a week later. It's disappointing that neither the seller nor MIGO leadership did not divulge this sooner in the national forum. Heck, Cheney's office acknowledged he shot his huntin' buddy within 72 hours. The Store is offering a "bounty" (their word, not mine) on the blunder coins as well. ©¿©¬ I agree. I would have expected an update from the store with a massive "oops" like this. It shouldn't be up to us, the consumer, to ask. Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Bump Any word on a new shipping date for these? There are some of these coins on a well-know auction site. Are those coins part of the bad batch? I've checked the website hoping for an update and have not been able to find anything? AtlantaGal must know something about this She knows everything! Quote Link to comment
+SunshineGang Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well Quote Link to comment
+Team Owl Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Our coin comes complete with a new icon for 2006. What is up with the generic icon for this coin? Will it be replaced with the one above soon? Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well I paypal'd 4. Never received an e-mail stating a delay. Now I'm worried that my order is lost. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well I do not have my coins yet. I did not get any error coins either. They must have just emailed the people that had the error coins mailed to them. I bought some the first day they were on sale to everyone and have never gotten an update or email from the store or the MiGO folks. Other than hearing second hand information here in the forums I would not have any clue what was going on with these coins. If we go by what the site says the update of 2/22 says that the MiGO coins were mailed out 2/27 - 3/1, nothing about any problems or corrected coins or when we will get them. Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well I do not have my coins yet. I did not get any error coins either. They must have just emailed the people that had the error coins mailed to them. I bought some the first day they were on sale to everyone and have never gotten an update or email from the store or the MiGO folks. Other than hearing second hand information here in the forums I would not have any clue what was going on with these coins. If we go by what the site says the update of 2/22 says that the MiGO coins were mailed out 2/27 - 3/1, nothing about any problems or corrected coins or when we will get them. Did you get an e-mail? Quote Link to comment
+Bailey Nippon 4 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 (edited) This coin is just one of the concerns I have with "The Store" and the lack of communication. I have emailed "The Store" about several coin shipments that were listed as sent, had not arrived and were missing or opened, and never received a reply. They provide a nice service with a central location for coin sales but lack communication. As far as the MI coins....never a word and yet I bought them the first day. Edited March 15, 2006 by Bailey Nippon 4 Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well I do not have my coins yet. I did not get any error coins either. They must have just emailed the people that had the error coins mailed to them. I bought some the first day they were on sale to everyone and have never gotten an update or email from the store or the MiGO folks. Other than hearing second hand information here in the forums I would not have any clue what was going on with these coins. If we go by what the site says the update of 2/22 says that the MiGO coins were mailed out 2/27 - 3/1, nothing about any problems or corrected coins or when we will get them. Did you get an e-mail? Nope. Quote Link to comment
+ChileHead Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 I ordered some a while back before they discovered the problem. They Emailed all the buyers to notify them of the recall and I got my replacement coins about a week ago. They sent me a prepaid mailer to mailed back the recalled coins and I am expecting a 1.50 per coin bounty for each coin I returned. So that was the easiest 15 bucks I have ever made Disapointed that there was a problem but think they are handling it well I paypal'd 4. Never received an e-mail stating a delay. Now I'm worried that my order is lost. Same here. I bought 2, and never got the delay message either. Quote Link to comment
hobo dude Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 Same here......bought the first day up and still waiting.......trades hanging in the balance. Not good here. Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 I bought during the "members sale". I never received the error coins nor have I yet received the replacements. I did however, get the email explaining the recall situation. Some who have received the replacements have had trouble activationg them and there hasn't been any official word on that only word of mouth. It seems they have their hands full but the lack of communication and also not very timely shipping with other coins I have ordered bothers me quite a bit. One email to all buyers would seem to me much easier than answering individual ones. Of course if those individual emails are ignored....... Quote Link to comment
+islander1988 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Still waiting here too. No e-mails or error coins, just waiting. Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 The fast official skinny: - The coins arrived a while ago - We immediately shipped to members-only slale participants - We shortly afterward discovered that every coin had been mis-engraved by our vendor - We stopped shipments and expected replacements in a week - Replacements are coming in several shipments, the first already mailed to thsoe with bum coins. - Tomorrow I find out what coins arrived at our shipping depot, I expect more MiGO 2006 to be in that batch. - They will ship immediately. - If you are a registered user, your shipping status in the account summary is always accurate. The delay is not typical and we had expected to get the coins back much sooner than it's been. We hoped to miss the ship date by only a few days so did not post any updates. Given the now long delay - that's the skinny. Ben (who answers support emails) has been out of commission this week and I'm trying like heck to keep up with the emails. Apologies for any communication delays. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Thanks for the update. I hope to see my coins soon. :( It unfortunate that it comes after people have to become upset and send emails as to the status of the coins. Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 This just posted on the webiste: News & Announcements Thursday, March 16, 2006 Shipping Updates MiGO 2006 Coins are in and start shipping 3/20 Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted March 16, 2006 Share Posted March 16, 2006 Truth. We got the second batch of good coins in and will ship asap starting Monday. Quote Link to comment
+Team Laxson Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 We got our coins yesterday in the mail. They do look really good. Quote Link to comment
+The_Proffens Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 We also got ours yesterday, and they both had different tracking numbers, YAY!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+triffid Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 I received one of the three I had on order yesterday... I activated that one yesterday and it worked ok... But the "Lighthouse" icon is missing????........ Triffid Quote Link to comment
+Go JayBee Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Don't want to sound like a butthead....but, where is that special icon? Are you drawing that one pixel at a time? Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 We got that copycat from the Staples commercial. Save your money people. That's all I can say. The icon will be updated ASAP. Quote Link to comment
+AtlantaGal Posted March 22, 2006 Share Posted March 22, 2006 Since I'm quick to complain about coin quality I am unhappy with, I thought I should also give praise where it's applicable. You did a fine job with the MIGO 2006 coins. They look great. Nice and thick and evenly inked. Good job on this one! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 25, 2006 Share Posted April 25, 2006 I ordered four coins. They were mailed on April 18, 2006. Two of them are illegible overstrikes. Help! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 No one else had the problem with getting two useless coins? Quote Link to comment
+SunshineGang Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 No one else had the problem with getting two useless coins? we got 10 of them and they look great Quote Link to comment
+Windrose Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 Since I'm quick to complain about coin quality I am unhappy with, I thought I should also give praise where it's applicable. You did a fine job with the MIGO 2006 coins. They look great. Nice and thick and evenly inked. Good job on this one! Have you contacted the geocoinstore? I am sure they will replace the defective ones. Windrose Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted April 27, 2006 Share Posted April 27, 2006 No one else had the problem with getting two useless coins? I had a problem with a couple of other coins from the geocoinstore but I contacted them and they replaced them without a problem. Try emailing them again... Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted May 11, 2006 Share Posted May 11, 2006 I e-mailed the geocoin store, and have gotten no response. I'm rather bummed. Quote Link to comment
+Rusty & Libby Posted May 12, 2006 Share Posted May 12, 2006 I e-mailed the geocoin store, and have gotten no response. I'm rather bummed. Drop me an email directly and I'll get it checked out for you, make sure you include your name so I can look up the shipment. rusty at personalgeocoins.com I think you are probably talking about the 'refurb' 2005 coins which were hand engraved locally. Rusty... Quote Link to comment
+~tasia~ Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Any one know if they are going to do another sale of these, as they said that they were unlimited & they were going to do reorders on. Or if someone has an extra still hanging around (i know, yeah, right) I'd be interested. Born & raised in MI, and moved to Birmingham, AL last November, so I missed out on these. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted June 30, 2006 Share Posted June 30, 2006 Any one know if they are going to do another sale of these, as they said that they were unlimited & they were going to do reorders on. Or if someone has an extra still hanging around (i know, yeah, right) I'd be interested. Born & raised in MI, and moved to Birmingham, AL last November, so I missed out on these. I have extra....I sent you an email. Quote Link to comment
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