Honor and Integrity
Posted: Tue Apr 30, 2013 3:26 pm
I've been a past customer of Golden State Mint, and always quite pleased at the quality of their bullion products. They are one of, if not, the best independent bullion producing mints, and if you meet their minimum orders of 100 oz (free shipping) they have some of the lowest premiums per stamped rounds.
A couple of months ago, I finally got around to inventorying four boxes of fractionals I have bought over the past year or so, and found that the count was shorted on maybe half a dozen 1/4 oz pieces. This morning, when I called to order some one ounce round designs, I mentioned this to Andrew Pavlakos, the proprietor. He was astounded and apologetic that this could have occurred, as several safeguards are in place to prevent this from happening. Double checked, box weighed upon packaging, all under "surveillance."
I assured him I wasn't looking for any kind of renumeration, because, for all he knew, I could be making it up as some kind of scam. He poopooed that idea and wouldn't let me order without reducing the seniorage from $1.79 to $1.00 per coin. He didn't have to do that, as I told him, I AM a happy customer and plan on making major purchases from him as time goes on. I relayed to him that his Buffalo Rounds are fetching $3 premiums now, and that in my estimation they are the most widely traded silver round after the American Eagle. I could hear the pride in his voice as he confessed that his Dad developed that round clear back in 1981, and in his words "there's probably quite a few of them out there by now."
Just wanted you guys to know there are honorable men with integrity in the coin business.
A couple of months ago, I finally got around to inventorying four boxes of fractionals I have bought over the past year or so, and found that the count was shorted on maybe half a dozen 1/4 oz pieces. This morning, when I called to order some one ounce round designs, I mentioned this to Andrew Pavlakos, the proprietor. He was astounded and apologetic that this could have occurred, as several safeguards are in place to prevent this from happening. Double checked, box weighed upon packaging, all under "surveillance."
I assured him I wasn't looking for any kind of renumeration, because, for all he knew, I could be making it up as some kind of scam. He poopooed that idea and wouldn't let me order without reducing the seniorage from $1.79 to $1.00 per coin. He didn't have to do that, as I told him, I AM a happy customer and plan on making major purchases from him as time goes on. I relayed to him that his Buffalo Rounds are fetching $3 premiums now, and that in my estimation they are the most widely traded silver round after the American Eagle. I could hear the pride in his voice as he confessed that his Dad developed that round clear back in 1981, and in his words "there's probably quite a few of them out there by now."
Just wanted you guys to know there are honorable men with integrity in the coin business.