+Eartha Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Merging with the already open South Pointing Chariot Geocoin thread. Eartha Quote Link to comment
CLAMM Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Tried going to the site to order but the link isn't working.. Quote Link to comment
+fehrgo Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Tried going to the site to order but the link isn't working.. Hmm, http://www.gocloko.com/geocoin/sp%20coin/index.asp worked for me, it could still be an artifact of the Taiwan earthquake back in December. I'm not certain all the fiber optics are fixed yet. Give it a try again, it could have been a transient glitch. Quote Link to comment
+Droo Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 The only problem I have with this coin is its cost. $15 ($14 for nickel) + $3.50 to ship is a bit steep for the Forums, IMNSHO. Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 Tried going to the site to order but the link isn't working.. Hi CLAMM, If you still can't link to our web site, please PM me your name, Q'ty and email. I will send you PayPal request soon sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 1, 2007 Author Share Posted February 1, 2007 Tried going to the site to order but the link isn't working.. Hmm, http://www.gocloko.com/geocoin/sp%20coin/index.asp worked for me, it could still be an artifact of the Taiwan earthquake back in December. I'm not certain all the fiber optics are fixed yet. Give it a try again, it could have been a transient glitch. Hi fehrgo, Thanks! The internet connection is impacted by earthquake indeed. Government said it will be fixed by Feb. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Hi all, I send out orders on Jan. 26, 29, 31 and Feb. 1. Please link to here if your are interested of this SPIN Geocoin. If you are not able to assess to our site, please follow the instruction of post #87 ! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+BVnLJ Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Just received my set of coins. BEAUTIFUL! I am so happy with them. The spinning mechanism is flawless. Thank you Quote Link to comment
+Traveling Chief Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Got mine today too. They are SSSOOOCOOL. Just kidding. They are sweet. Mike Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 7, 2007 Author Share Posted February 7, 2007 Hi all, It's great to hear you guys like this geocoin ! Here is what you are going to get when the coin arrived ! If there are anything missing, please feel free to tell me. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+Eltod Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 (edited) Mine arrived today. Great looking coins, with the smoothest spin I've ever seen. Well done. Thanks! Edited February 7, 2007 by Eltod Quote Link to comment
Cydriver Posted February 7, 2007 Share Posted February 7, 2007 Mine arrived today. Great looking coins, with the smoothest spin I've ever seen. Well done. Thanks! I second that! Quote Link to comment
keewee01 Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Mine arrived today. Wow - what a great coin!! A job well done. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
+wutzebear Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Got mine also. They look superb, even better than I expected! Quote Link to comment
+Tethys C Posted February 8, 2007 Share Posted February 8, 2007 Hi all, I send out orders on Jan. 26, 29, 31 and Feb. 1. Please link to here if your are interested of this SPIN Geocoin. If you are not able to assess to our site, please follow the instruction of post #87 ! sssooocool Ordered from this site and it said e-mail sent, but I haven't received an e-mail yet on how to pay through Paypal. Is their site still having problems. Thanks. Quote Link to comment
toponym Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 I noticed that there's a custom icon now posted for the South Pointing Chariot in the all geocoins icon list. Does this mean you've gone to mint? Have I missed a chance to get a couple of these? No, you did not miss the chance at all. After several modifications on the mold, I finally got the final sample yesterday and put into production. It is estimated to complete in a month, and in due time I will notify those who responded to this topic individually. Thank you all for your patience. Please see the picture of the sample in below: sssooocool I expressed an interest in being notified of the sale of these back in October. I never heard a thing. Now I saw one for sale on an internet auction site. Are they available??? Toponym Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 Hi all, I send out orders on Jan. 26, 29, 31 and Feb. 1. Please link to here if your are interested of this SPIN Geocoin. If you are not able to assess to our site, please follow the instruction of post #87 ! sssooocool Ordered from this site and it said e-mail sent, but I haven't received an e-mail yet on how to pay through Paypal. Is their site still having problems. Thanks. Hi, Our website looks fine and I have sent all the order / invoice couple of hours ago, please check your mailbox. If you still don't have the invoice, please PM me (give me your email). I will sned again for you. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 9, 2007 Author Share Posted February 9, 2007 I expressed an interest in being notified of the sale of these back in October. I never heard a thing. Now I saw one for sale on an internet auction site. Are they available??? Toponym Hi Toponym, The South Pointing Chariot Geocoin starts to ship till Post #98. Please link to here for more information. Thanks ! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted February 9, 2007 Share Posted February 9, 2007 This may be an obvious question but what does the icon stand for? Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 11, 2007 Author Share Posted February 11, 2007 This may be an obvious question but what does the icon stand for? Hi, The Chinese character of icon is the same as the chariot pointing to on the Geocoin. = South sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 15, 2007 Author Share Posted February 15, 2007 Hi, everyone! Just want to inform you that we have Chinese New Year holiday from Feb. 17-25 (Taipei Time Zone GMT+08:00)in Taiwan. Our last working day is Feb. 16 and will resume work on Feb. 26. During the holidays, we will check e-mail and accept your order as usual, but the earliest shipping date will be on Feb. 26. Wish you have a wonderful 2007! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 22, 2007 Author Share Posted February 22, 2007 Chinese New Year holiday is approaching an end. Thank you for those who ordered and waited patiently prior to holiday commenced and during the holiday period. We will ship all the outstanding orders on February 26 and our office will function normally at your service. For those south pointing chariot coin purchasers who wish to know how the coin was made, here is the final graphic I gave to the manufacturer for your reference. Before the design was completed, I searched and selected one specific ball bearing which specification and size can fit into this tiny space plus with suitable price and available stock. When I explained to the ball bearing supplier the purpose of this ball bearing, they were amazed and very interested to learn that this product has other purpose than it was originally made for. After the design layout was completed, I showed it to the minter and asked them to make 2 hand-made brass coin samples. It was very encouraging for me to see the sample which was not assembled and yet can spin. (Post #26 of this thread) There were two options of assembling the coin in my plan for the beginning, one was to rivet those two castings and ball bearing together and the other one was glue adhesive. We started with the riveting first. Since it involved issues like degree of tapping, thickness of metal and plating etc. of spin disc and base, it took 10 sets of mold instead of 4 before the correct molds were completed. Thanks to the minter who honored our original deal of price and did not charge extra cost. I lost nearly 100 ball bearings during testing period. But if I failed on first option and had to use glue adhesive method, it would have consumed much more time and could cost unpredictable greater loss of whole coins as glue could unexpectedly flow to every directions. This design can not be die struck by using brass as base material, the more appropriate method is using zinc alloy. Zinc alloy is lighter in weight than brass or copper thus cost is cheaper but mold charge is more expensive. On the other hand, light weight can help the coin to spin better, and to reduce international freight cost. Although it took about 4 months time in anticipating anxiously, but I am glad it was completed eventually and has fulfilled my wishes. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+Cap'n YB Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 Thanks for the technical drawing and explaination of how it was engineered. The coins are beautiful and function flawlessly. Quote Link to comment
WI_Robin Posted February 23, 2007 Share Posted February 23, 2007 I was very impressed with mine. They just spin and spin forever!!! Very cool concept! Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 26, 2007 Author Share Posted February 26, 2007 Just received my set of coins. BEAUTIFUL! I am so happy with them. The spinning mechanism is flawless. Thank you Got mine today too. They are SSSOOOCOOL. Just kidding. They are sweet. Mike Mine arrived today. Great looking coins, with the smoothest spin I've ever seen. Well done. Thanks! Mine arrived today. Great looking coins, with the smoothest spin I've ever seen. Well done. Thanks! I second that! Mine arrived today. Wow - what a great coin!! A job well done. Thanks. Got mine also. They look superb, even better than I expected! Thanks for the technical drawing and explaination of how it was engineered. The coins are beautiful and function flawlessly. I was very impressed with mine. They just spin and spin forever!!! Very cool concept! Thank you for your compliments, I am so glad that you like this coin. Enjoy the spinning and have fun! We are back to work from the holidays! All outstanding orders have been shipped today. Future shipments will be on each Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Gon Hai Fat Choy and Happy New Year sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+icydove Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Got mine today. Great coins. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+fairyhoney Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Got mine yesterday and they are very nice coins, Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+nursenine Posted February 27, 2007 Share Posted February 27, 2007 Do you still have some left? I tried to order from the link that was posted here and was unsucessful. Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted February 28, 2007 Author Share Posted February 28, 2007 Do you still have some left? I tried to order from the link that was posted here and was unsucessful. We have received your order and shipped the order today, thank you. If anyone has difficulty in ordering through our web posted #98 on this thread, please refer to post #87 for an alternative route. Apologize for the inconvenience have caused to you. Quote Link to comment
+PaRacers Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Got my SPC coin today, it's VERY pretty, and.....sssooocool! Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 We received the SPC geocoin a couple of days ago, and I have to say it's one of the coolest coins I've seen. I wish I could disassemble it without breaking it so I could figure out how it works. The mechanism works so smoothly. Great job! --Marky Quote Link to comment
+Bunya Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 We received the SPC geocoin a couple of days ago, and I have to say it's one of the coolest coins I've seen. I wish I could disassemble it without breaking it so I could figure out how it works. The mechanism works so smoothly. Great job! --Marky Did you see post #123? Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 To Paracers: Thank you for your compliment. Have a nice spiiiiiiiiin. To Bunya: Thank you! To Marky: Yah, I will take some photos to show you the inside of coin. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+jAY miLLS Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Very nice looking coin. Good Job! Very impressive. Unfotunately $18.00 including shipping is beyond my reach. Definitely have to put this one on my wish list. Maybe the gods will be kind to me and let me win a lottery or something. Quote Link to comment
+LeonW Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Order was placed on website, has not yet recieved PayPal invoice - send e-mail by PM. Please check and verify. LeonW Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 We received the SPC geocoin a couple of days ago, and I have to say it's one of the coolest coins I've seen. I wish I could disassemble it without breaking it so I could figure out how it works. The mechanism works so smoothly. Great job! --Marky Hi Marky, sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+Marky Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Thanks, that's awesome! Joani also showed me the forum post where you showed the tech specs you sent to the minter. Again, great job on this! The time and effort you put into this one really paid off. --Marky Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 12, 2007 Author Share Posted March 12, 2007 Order was placed on website, has not yet recieved PayPal invoice - send e-mail by PM. Please check and verify. LeonW I've sent you the money request, please kindly check. Thank you! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+LeonW Posted March 12, 2007 Share Posted March 12, 2007 Thank you, I just send the money, countdown started to recieving these coins. LeonW Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 13, 2007 Author Share Posted March 13, 2007 Thank you, I just send the money, countdown started to recieving these coins. LeonW Your coins have been shipped this afternoon. Have a nice spiiiiin ! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+forthferalz Posted March 13, 2007 Share Posted March 13, 2007 (edited) Absolutely now up there as our new favourite coin - your r&d was most impressive and well worth the extrra cost to fulfil the design - and in light of the cost and time involved it is VERY good of you to share your "intellectual property" with others (was I the only one a little worried by the scratchy sounds made by the v1 decypher coin?). PS - I haven't seen the matt enamel used before - is this a special type? Edited March 13, 2007 by forthferalz Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Very nice looking coin. Good Job! Very impressive. Unfotunately $18.00 including shipping is beyond my reach. Definitely have to put this one on my wish list. Maybe the gods will be kind to me and let me win a lottery or something. Thank you for your good words. Yes, to compare a regular coin, $18 is high. I like to win a lottery too and I hope your wish will come true soon before mine. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 14, 2007 Author Share Posted March 14, 2007 Absolutely now up there as our new favourite coin - your r&d was most impressive and well worth the extrra cost to fulfil the design - and in light of the cost and time involved it is VERY good of you to share your "intellectual property" with others (was I the only one a little worried by the scratchy sounds made by the v1 decypher coin?). PS - I haven't seen the matt enamel used before - is this a special type? Thank you. As many of you who bought this coin said "This coin is better than I expected!", I just want to share with you my joy and luck. The matt enamel is different but not special, just seldom people use it on a coin or else. You can see that I also use a translucent (I mean no color, clear) matt enamel on the gold coin to produce a two-tone gold shades. Sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+3BlindEyes Posted March 14, 2007 Share Posted March 14, 2007 I received my set of coins today. Great artwork and great looking coins! I'm very happy with them. They spin really well. A job well done. Thank you! Mal Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 16, 2007 Author Share Posted March 16, 2007 I received my set of coins today. Great artwork and great looking coins! I'm very happy with them. They spin really well. A job well done. Thank you! Mal Thank you for your compliments. I am glad you like it. Enjoy the SPIN! sssooocool Quote Link to comment
+LadeBear68 Posted March 17, 2007 Share Posted March 17, 2007 I received the coins today. They are absolutely beautiful. They are much bigger than I expected. I waited until I got home to play with them, but they work perfectly. This is definitely a must have coin. I am glad I took advantage of the special pricing for two. Even though they are more expensive than most coins the money is definitely well spent. Thank you. Quote Link to comment
+Tethys C Posted March 18, 2007 Share Posted March 18, 2007 Super coins. My kids could sit there and spin them for hours. Thanks for the great looking coins. Glad I got 4 for future trading. Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 I received the coins today. They are absolutely beautiful. They are much bigger than I expected. I waited until I got home to play with them, but they work perfectly. This is definitely a must have coin. I am glad I took advantage of the special pricing for two. Even though they are more expensive than most coins the money is definitely well spent. Thank you. I am glad that you bought a pair, not only price is 2 dollars cheaper but also lower international postage. Thank you. sssooocool Quote Link to comment
sssooocool Posted March 19, 2007 Author Share Posted March 19, 2007 Super coins. My kids could sit there and spin them for hours... My dad does the same thing too! Quote Link to comment
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