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Marcus Aurelius · 10-13-2004, 01:20 PM

If you hate those fucking commercials selling that coin that mentions around 2000 times in the span of 30 seconds that it is minted from silver recovered from ground zero you are in luck...those assholes just got busted for fraud...

READ ABOUT IT HERE

Fucking pricks profiting from the suffering of others, and selling a phony product to boot, what a bunch of assholes.

Lewis black did a piece about the coin on the daily show, glad to see they got busted.

uchase/webpry · 10-13-2004, 01:22 PM

... you should also bust the idiots that bought that shit, fucking patriots.

MattO · 10-13-2004, 01:28 PM

I'm glad they're going after those fuckers

sickkittens · 10-13-2004, 01:29 PM

The funny part is that "limit 5 per customer". Yeah, ok.

ShellyCrash · 10-13-2004, 01:31 PM

I hate those commercials- and I hate that company- trying to sell painted quarters and shit- ugh! I hope they take the whole organization down. Nothing the have ever sold will ever appreciate in value- they just scam the crap out of people.

dennisthemenace · 10-13-2004, 01:32 PM

Sweet!

Manowar · 10-13-2004, 01:34 PM

fucking bastards

NickPapageorgio · 10-13-2004, 01:36 PM

I hope these aren't the same people who made my Elvis and Micheal Jackson collector plates...

They PROMISED they would go up in value...

Marcus Aurelius · 10-13-2004, 01:39 PM

Their home page:

Owned. Now I can watch insomniac on comedy central in peace.

JFK · 10-13-2004, 01:47 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by NickPapageorgio
I hope these aren't the same people who made my Elvis and Micheal Jackson collector plates...

They PROMISED they would go up in value...

They did, now they are worth at least

Rich · 10-13-2004, 01:50 PM

Do they just sell normal quarters with faces painted on them?

http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.co...d/arod_qtr.htm

Rich · 10-13-2004, 01:54 PM

Actually I can't believe that company is not authorized by the government. How did they get away with scamming people for so long? They call themselves a mint to confuse old people.

Quote:

he TV and print ads include one fashioned after a news story that reads: ``Today, history is being made. For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower being erected in its place ... Most importantly, each coin has been created using .999 pure silver recovered from ground zero!''

The dollar pieces are priced at $39 each, but sold at $19.95 with a limit of five per customer.

A company spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sept. 10, the U.S. Mint issued a notice on its Web site that the coin ``is not a legally authorized government issued'' product.

Tuna · 10-13-2004, 02:11 PM

good. im glad someone did something about it. its a shame people get scammed so easily

KittyLix · 10-13-2004, 02:22 PM

sad that they were profiting from such a traggedy

glad they got busted though

arg · 10-13-2004, 02:37 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Rich
Actually I can't believe that company is not authorized by the government. How did they get away with scamming people for so long? They call themselves a mint to confuse old people.

This is only a temporary injunction, I believe, until the judge gives a final ruling. They are exceptionally careful in their wording. From the article:

Quote:

He said the coin advertised as nearly pure silver is only silver plated, produced by a Wyoming company called SoftSky Inc.

The TV and print ads include one fashioned after a news story that reads: ``Today, history is being made. For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower being erected in its place ... Most importantly, each coin has been created using .999 pure silver recovered from ground zero!''

I'm pretty sure their defense will be:

#1 Their ads didn't say *which* government legally authorized the silver dollar...they'll produce documentation showing that some pipsqueak government outside the 50 United States (but possibly a protectorate of the United States) authorized the issuance.

#2 Their ads didn't say the silver dollars were made of pure silver, they said pure silver was used in making them...so it could be 99% lead, and 1% silver, but the 1% silver they used is 99.9% pure silver.

That's some deceptive wording in their ads, but none of it seems outright false.

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10-13-2004, 01:20 PM	#1
Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	Minted from ground zero silver!! If you hate those fucking commercials selling that coin that mentions around 2000 times in the span of 30 seconds that it is minted from silver recovered from ground zero you are in luck...those assholes just got busted for fraud... READ ABOUT IT HERE Fucking pricks profiting from the suffering of others, and selling a phony product to boot, what a bunch of assholes. Lewis black did a piece about the coin on the daily show, glad to see they got busted.

10-13-2004, 01:22 PM	#2
uchase/webpry So Fucking Banned Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Do you use sex.com's XML feed, try ours and make double the money. Posts: 2,085	... you should also bust the idiots that bought that shit, fucking patriots.

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MattO The O is for Oohhh Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: AUSTIN TEJAS Posts: 10,861	I'm glad they're going after those fuckers

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Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	fucking bastards

10-13-2004, 01:39 PM	#9
Marcus Aurelius No Refunds Issued. Industry Role: Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 14,809	Their home page: Owned. Now I can watch insomniac on comedy central in peace.

10-13-2004, 01:50 PM	#11
Rich So Fucking Banned Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 11,486	Do they just sell normal quarters with faces painted on them? http://www.nationalcollectorsmint.co...d/arod_qtr.htm

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