Carp update

JeffH · March 05, 2014, 12:53:05 PM

I just knew you would want to see the details of the latest collectible coins.
Coins
Coin Collections

Tempting, no?

Anyone have more similar?

Fulvio · March 05, 2014, 01:55:57 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='43127' dateline='1393986185'Tempting, no?

Only this item... might have to order a pallet of them.

emu666 · March 05, 2014, 03:19:24 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='43127' dateline='1393986185'I just knew you would want to see the details of the latest collectible coins.
Coins
Coin Collections

Tempting, no?

Anyone have more similar?

I'm somewhat confused. I couldn't see any carp or any other fish for that matter.

bellyflorin · March 05, 2014, 03:30:01 PM

theses smell a bit fishy to me :dodgy: http://www.ebay.com.au/sch/m.html?_odkw=&item=321341407122&pt=AU_Coins2&_osacat=0&hash=item4ad170bf92&_ssn=2010bankstarman&_trksid=p2046732.m570.l1313.TR0.TRC0.H0.Xuniface+coins&_nkw=uniface+coins&_sacat=0&_from=R40

Nevol · March 05, 2014, 03:33:59 PM

Quote from: 'emu666' pid='43131' dateline='1393994964'I'm somewhat confused. I couldn't see any carp or any other fish for that matter.

I think it might just be Jeff's polite way of saying 'crap' or it's a typo. :angel:

JeffH · March 05, 2014, 03:48:17 PM

Bingo Nancy! A deliberate typo.

Fulvio · March 05, 2014, 06:30:47 PM

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='43135' dateline='1393996697'Bingo Nancy! A deliberate typo.

A deliferate mistale!

trout · March 05, 2014, 08:43:30 PM

Regardless of how you typed it Mate , We all knew what you were alluding to

runway · March 05, 2014, 11:18:07 PM

Franklin and Bradford no thanks

Sapyx · March 05, 2014, 11:37:35 PM

You'll notice that every single one of those "coin collections" on the Franklin Mint website are made by someone other than Franklin Mint. They so tarnished their own name that they stopped "minting" coins or anything else some time ago. Then they went bust and the brand name was bought and sold a few times before being revived. They're just a coin marketing company now.

Quote from: 'JeffH' pid='43127' dateline='1393986185'Anyone have more similar?

Others? There's a whole planetful of 'em out there. Here are some of the bigger ones; I won't dignify them with linkification, but you can Google them if you are curious.

Macquarie Mint (Aus)
Westminster Collection (GB)
London Mint Office (GB)
GovMint.com and the other front-companies of the Asset Marketing Services Inc. coin empire. (USA)

They all have much the same modus operandi, wherever you go. Their target markets are the non-coin-collectors, because actual coin collectors usually know better than to fall for this kind of banality. This is why they advertise in newspapers and trashy gossip magazines but not in coin magazines and why they fill the mailboxes of "selected households" with junk mail rather than spend the same amount of money attending a booth at a coin show. They also prefer customers who are timid, the kind who don't like to make a fuss and/or don't like to admit they've been sucked into a bad deal. Such people can be kept on a mailing list and bombed with more and more overpriced coins that get charged to their credit card, whether they want more coins or not.

Fulvio · March 06, 2014, 01:59:26 AM

Quote from: 'Sapyx' pid='43176' dateline='1394024855'They all have much the same modus operandi

Fortunately all the potential victims I know (and there have been many) at least have had the sense to ask me before handing over their firstborn. Whereupon they get a rundown of exactly what these scumbags are, and how to spot the telltale signs.

emu666 · March 06, 2014, 02:52:50 AM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='43160' dateline='1394014410'Regardless of how you typed it Mate , We all knew what you were alluding to

At first I really was looking for fish.

I saw some fish at Freo on Sunday but no trout.

trout · March 06, 2014, 06:30:33 AM

Quote from: 'emu666' pid='43184' dateline='1394036570'
Quote from: 'trout' pid='43160' dateline='1394014410'Regardless of how you typed it Mate , We all knew what you were alluding to

At first I really was looking for fish.

I saw some fish at Freo on Sunday but no trout.

Trout was at Meekatharra on Sunday

Fulvio · March 06, 2014, 02:00:25 PM

Quote from: 'trout' pid='43186' dateline='1394049633'Trout was at Meekatharra on Sunday

Odd spot for a decent fishing hole, I would have thought...

JeffH · April 27, 2014, 05:52:34 AM

Here is another one. I have never seen this place before but they seem to follow the pattern.
Great War Collectables
A (presumably) bronze disk with a drsign on it, similar size to a penny (and "antique copper" finish) is not, and never will be, a penny.

And "Great War 1914-1918 Stubby Cooler"! Bet they were a big hit at Fromelles.