The Mint has determined that this policy change is prudent due to ongoing activity by individuals purchasing $1 coins with credit cards, accumulating frequent flyer miles, and then returning coins to local banks. Please resubmit your order by wire transfer, check or money order using the order form. If you currently have an open $1 coin Direct Ship order placed with the United States Mint, that order will be cancelled.
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Please download the order form which includes wire transfer information and follow the instructions provided on the form. United States Mint PO Box 71192 Philadelphia, PA 19176-6192 Customers interested in purchasing by money order or check may do so by submitting your request in writing to the following address: Customers who wish to purchase the coins by wire transfer may fax their order to (202)756-6585. Customers who wish to purchase $1 coins through the Direct Ship Program can still do so by using a wire transfer, money order or check.
The United States Mint has eliminated the credit and debit card purchase of $1 Coins through its Direct Ship Program effective July 20, 2011. Pickles blog post on the topic.ĭear United States Mint Direct Ship Customer:
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If you have no idea what I'm talking about, you used to be able to buy coins from the US government with free shipping, thus creating free miles since you could deposit them back into your bank and pay off that same credit card bill. I know this is a sad day for many of you, but all I can say is to pick your head up and focus on the next deal.Īll good things must come to an end! However, I'm curious to know how many points/miles you all generated using this method, so feel free to share your thoughts below. Recently the practice caught a LOT of press with an NPR piece and as of today, you can no longer buy dollar coins with a credit or debit card (per the announcement below). I can honestly say I never once bought a dollar coin, but I know many of you have. The Points Guy will not share or sell your email. The mint website is buggy and that was your problem.I would like to subscribe to The Points Guy newsletters and special email promotions. So yeah, you’re spreading misinformation and if you don’t delete it, it’ll probably get passed around some – and that benefits no one and needlessly worries people. As mentioned, other people have commented that they’ve seen the error and then later was successful using same card/same address. That’s a coincidence and the bank is not blocking addresses of people that are following their rules. You saw a coincidence where you tried to buy a coin and failed, you changed your address and then was able to get the coin. Sometimes using a fresh card after the error results in the transaction going through.īut the error you describe has nothing to do with the mint blocking addresses (unless you’ve reached the mint’s household limit). After a certain amount of failed attempts the bank will sometimes say “no more” and reject the charge attempt. Many people would be surprised if they looked at their card account and seen the multiple times the card is trying to be charged. If the mint doesn’t give a reply back to definitely place the pre-authorization charge then the transaction doesn’t go through. What happens is that the mint tries to debit the account and gets a handshake saying that the bank acknowledges the pre-authorization. I’ve also changed the card to a different one and had the order go through. I’ve seen the error and subsequently made orders with the same address and the same card. The error is related to the web form miscommunicating with the bank, OR the bank rejecting the charge for a variety of reasons. I’m sure people have noticed that happening. Sometimes, you may fill the info out and then the browser adds characters to the same field and if you don’t notice that and submit the order then the bank rejects the charge because the form has the wrong info. Most browsers autofill the credit card info. As others have already commented, they’ve seen that error before and then successfully made an order afterwards. But you’re attributing that to “the mint blocking addresses” and that is not the case. Many of us noticed that the website gives errors and sometimes it doesn’t. You’re saying the mint is blocking an address and that is false – unless you’ve met the household limit for that address.
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