**January 2018** Group order from European Mint!

[kimchi]

On 1/12/2018 at 19:56, BackyardBullion said:

The Europeanmint have got the oriental border Britannia in stock. It will be ready in time for this order.

Great looking coin this - PM if you guys want them!

https://www.europeanmint.com/2018-1oz-uk-silver-britannia-oriental-bordercoin/

 

On 1/13/2018 at 18:06, PansPurse said:

Happy to help/cat herd

I'll grab a handful next weekend probably (I may need reminding!) if it helps

Do singles come in caps anyone know? If so I may just get those.

[BackyardBullion]

OK - order closed for tonight. We are up to 3200 EURO at the moment and that give us a package weight of about 5kg.

So we are going to be in the 5 - 10kg group which means 86 EURO is the split.

So if you order 50 EURO worth of coins right now your share of international shipping is 1.34 EURO.

Deadline for orders is Sunday next week - so make sure to send me your shopping lists before then!

[BackyardBullion]

This coming weekend is the deadline for group orders. Silver is taking a plunge at the moment so if you want to lock in a price I will be happy to do so any time between now and Sunday evening.

You don't have to wait until the weekend - just get in touch!

[PansPurse]

Ok going to send in my shopping list shortly... Quick reminder that if folks want to order 2017 Britannias, if we all order today we can hopefully combine to get the discounted rate

[augur]

18 minutes ago, PansPurse said:

Ok going to send in my shopping list shortly... Quick reminder that if folks want to order 2017 Britannias, if we all order today we can hopefully combine to get the discounted rate

Is that the oriental border 2018?

[Big23]

Short question, do they an automatic pricematch? E.g cheapest bullion silver round or silver Panda 2018 are way cheaper on gs.be ...

[BackyardBullion]

 

Just now, augur said:

Is that the orientalist border?

I think he is referring to regular britannias

18 minutes ago, PansPurse said:

Ok going to send in my shopping list shortly... Quick reminder that if folks want to order 2017 Britannias, if we all order today we can hopefully combine to get the discounted rate

2017 or 2018? I can hold off ordering the britannias until sunday evening. as long as people join in and pay me before hand. If there is then enough for 100 I will refund the difference to people when I sort out onwards postage. 

 

[PansPurse]

9 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

 

I think he is referring to regular britannias

2017 or 2018? I can hold off ordering the britannias until sunday evening. as long as people join in and pay me before hand. If there is then enough for 100 I will refund the difference to people when I sort out onwards postage. 

 

2017 are the cheapest on the site so I recommend those (I'll be ordering at least one oriental bordered one too)

[BackyardBullion]

14 minutes ago, Big23 said:

Short question, do they an automatic pricematch? E.g cheapest bullion silver round or silver Panda 2018 are way cheaper on gs.be ...

We can ask but I cannot guarantee anything. 

I will let you know if I hear anything.

[Ansel]

I'm in for the first time on a group order, very exciting! 

[BackyardBullion]

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the order as this is the last weekend. 

Total value: 3700 EURO and we are in the 86 EURO shipping category. 

So if you order 100 EURO of items your share of postage is 2.26 EURO

I also want to quickly address questions around price matching and general cost relative to GS.be

GS.be have cheap silver - we all know this. European mint is a much smaller player in the market and as such they cannot price match everything on the GS.be website. I have asked the manager for price matches on some of the key items that are popular. Britannias, Oriental Britannias, cheapest silver etc. If I get an update I will share it here. 

A few people have noticed that you can get cheaper silver from GS.be and also the shipping is cheaper. Yes this is true - but where I (as the organiser) feel we get our value here is the fact that EU mint has a much better ethos regarding delivery and having personally met the manager I have a lot more confidence ordering £5000 worth of other peoples money! Whilst the cheapest possible silver is of course the goal - also me (and Mrs BYB) not shitting ourselves (apologies for the french) when we order from GS.be and it goes dark for 4-5 days!

So it is what it is for this order. Join if you want - it will still be a dam sight cheaper than ordering directly or from a UK dealer.

We will probably use GS.be again at some point as they do have an amazing selection of coins available!

[richatthecroft]

7 minutes ago, BackyardBullion said:

I just wanted to give everyone an update on the order as this is the last weekend. 

Total value: 3700 EURO and we are in the 86 EURO shipping category. 

So if you order 100 EURO of items your share of postage is 2.26 EURO

I also want to quickly address questions around price matching and general cost relative to GS.be

GS.be have cheap silver - we all know this. European mint is a much smaller player in the market and as such they cannot price match everything on the GS.be website. I have asked the manager for price matches on some of the key items that are popular. Britannias, Oriental Britannias, cheapest silver etc. If I get an update I will share it here. 

A few people have noticed that you can get cheaper silver from GS.be and also the shipping is cheaper. Yes this is true - but where I (as the organiser) feel we get our value here is the fact that EU mint has a much better ethos regarding delivery and having personally met the manager I have a lot more confidence ordering £5000 worth of other peoples money! Whilst the cheapest possible silver is of course the goal - also me (and Mrs BYB) not shitting ourselves (apologies for the french) when we order from GS.be and it goes dark for 4-5 days!

So it is what it is for this order. Join if you want - it will still be a dam sight cheaper than ordering directly or from a UK dealer.

We will probably use GS.be again at some point as they do have an amazing selection of coins available!

I'm with you on this one, I dread sending anything through the post/ by courier, I lost faith many years ago in any postal service.  I have lost so many items in the post particularly many years ago when I was selling and sending numerous amounts of low ticket items out following sales on eBay, and no redress when they went missing. 

I understand totally your apprehension in organising big group orders like this, there will be a massive amount of pressure on you and more yet if the supplier has any kind of ambivalence of which courier/ the insurance they take out.  It wouldn't be pleasant if a consignment like this went 'missing' and it would most certainly be followed by 'the blame game'.  Unfortunately, it is a reality that apart from very few exceptions, sending bullion through the post,  is almost always done without insurance (read any t&c's couriers put out)  or businesses either swallow the cost and pass it on or pay for their own- .  My son sold a nice old Bang & Olufsen Amplifier the other day and was going to use one of the more reputable courier firms, he read the t&c's and low and behold, an explicit exception for insurance purposes was, wait for it... 'Amplifier's'! It took quite an effort to find a courier that would ship it insured.    

Modern life has to have risk involved, things do go missing/lost and get stolen and all we can do is minimise the risk, I think @BackyardBullion is absolutely right as an organiser, to ensure that the supplier actually cares about what they are shipping and provide necessary assurances that our investments are safeguarded, at least he won't have to go through the anxiety of 'what if it doesn't arrive', anxiety isn't pleasant and life is too short to experience it. 

[augur]

It's not only the shipping but also the customer service. 

The belgium approach is rather direct bordering "perceived rude" and the coin handling not particularly delicate. Seeing my 10oz Queens Beast capsule from a previous group order from gs.be you start to wonder if hockey is a national sport.   

[BackyardBullion]

The order is now currently at 4700 EUROs

[BackyardBullion]

Group order is at 5000 EUROS 

100 Euro order means 1.72 in shared shipping costs

[BackyardBullion]

5200 - any more for any more?

Roughly 9pm deadline if you do.

[kimchi]

Just made my order - cheers BYB!

I have to say for Kook fan or simply someone looking for something with a bit of profit in future (unlike Brits and most of the rest) the 2018 Kookaburra Dog Privy is a very good bet at this price imo, I was surprised:

https://www.europeanmint.com/2018-1oz-australian-silver-kookaburra-privy-dog-coin/

[BackyardBullion]

Last call for orders. 

Speak now or forever hold your peace!

[BackyardBullion]

Boom - done and dusted. 

5500 EUROS was the total order value. 

86 EURO shipping

means 1.56 EURO per 100 euro ordered. 

Thanks for joining - you can all expect your onwards postage invoices at some point tomorrow. 

I will update when I know the shipping date - there may be a few delays whilst we wait for the Oriental Boarder Britannias. 

In theory if there is an "in stock" item that you wanted in the interim we could add it - just let me know. 

[BackyardBullion]

Can anyone guess the Gold:Silver ratio for this group order? And yes, there was some gold ordered. 

I will give you a helpful start...

276 oz of silver ordered

How much gold!?

[Big23]

I guess 1/2oz

[Bullionbilly]

1.1oz 

[PansPurse]

I know there must be at least a gram of gold... 276:1?

[Alymac]

Be interesting to hear how order goes and if all okay will jump in for next one.

[BackyardBullion]

4 minutes ago, Alymac said:

Be interesting to hear how order goes and if all okay will jump in for next one.

I have a lot of confidence in them, having met them and seen their offices, packaging areas etc. 

That said...there is a lot of pressure on them to get this order right!