Coin Swap announced by RAM

[triplewitch]

No, but when we have limits at our coin launches, people just keep going through the line.  Eventually the line dissipates, and the bank swaps off as many of their remaining coins as they can because they don't want to haul them back to the bank.-John

[Goldseeker]

Same same here triplewitch.   I have done that many times over.

[interest]

So the coin swap is going to Brisbane.
No news on when or where, I guess we will have to stay tuned.
Good luck to all in Brissy tough luck to the rest of us.

[r9453]

Brisbane High Speed Rail

[triplewitch]

According to the rules, they will make the official announcement of the winning city on Sep 2.-John

[trout]

I recon Goldie and AC could do a tag team effort and do rather well if they held that in Melbourne :good:

[triplewitch]

Coin dealers will pay people to go through the lines in order to obtain their inventory at face value.-John

According to the rules, they will make the official announcement of the winning city on Sep 2.-John

I see this is already announced on the RAM site.  The votes for Brisbane must have been overwhelming.-John

[Goldseeker]

Most probably one or two persons voting many times over............

[triplewitch]

Supposedly this could be prevented by use of Twitter.-John

[Fulvio]

Supposedly this could be prevented by use of Twitter.

Meh. So BOTH people who voted were Brisbanites.

Care factor infinitesimally small. If they can't be bothered doing this type of thing properly and fairly, then I can't be bothered participating.

People need to realise this is a continent, not some south-sea island you can walk round in your lunch hour. With the amount of money they rip us off for, they could afford to send one guy to each capital city for the day. Or if they're too tight to do that, tie in with say the RBA or Australia Post to borrow their facilities and staff. Heck, even the banks would play that sort of game as a PR excercise.

[Goldseeker]

Who cares, I have my bag of five and two others......

[accumulator]

Supposedly this could be prevented by use of Twitter.

Meh. So BOTH people who voted were Brisbanites.

Care factor infinitesimally small. If they can't be bothered doing this type of thing properly and fairly, then I can't be bothered participating.

People need to realise this is a continent, not some south-sea island you can walk round in your lunch hour. With the amount of money they rip us off for, they could afford to send one guy to each capital city for the day. Or if they're too tight to do that, tie in with say the RBA or Australia Post to borrow their facilities and staff. Heck, even the banks would play that sort of game as a PR excercise.

I agree Fulvio,why on earth would they only do this in 1 city,even through Brisbane is it,i don't think i'll be bothered driving the 1hour 20 minutes to swap a few $2 coins that really are'nt that interseting or of good quality.
A fellow forum member sent 2 for me & 2 for my partner so i'm happy with that ( thanks Matt ) & i won't waste time or fuel chasing up more of them.

[trout]

I have 3 left out of 12 that's plenty I recon :good:

[Fulvio]

Having now hit the jackpot twice, I have ample, packed in both rolls and individual bags, and a good supply of errors as well. So I certainly wouldn't bother jumping through their ridiculous hoops either.

But I do think this has all been a valuable learning excercise for future years, because they will certainly try to milk these things as long as they can, you can be certain of that.

[trout]

I just picked another one of these up at the airport in Perth :good:
I think these will pop up from time to time in pocket change.
So bugger the coin swap :ok: