[UK/EU GROUP BUY] [CLOSED] Physical silver plated bhCoin serie2

[scotjam]

Group buy aimed at UK buyers interested in 0.1 BTC silver plated physical coins as per:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=331084.msg3551411#msg3551411

GROUP BUY IS NOW CLOSED - FUNDS ARE IN ESCROW READY TO RELEASE TO SELLER ONCE COINS ARRIVE SAFELY IN THE UK



EDITED AS PRICE REDUCED BY 10% TO 0.18!

Great opportunity to get some early bhCoins at an accessible denomination (0.1 BTC) which is important given the sky-rocketing BTC price (who can afford the early 25 BTC Casascius coins now?!). Some first and second series Casascius coins are selling for 5x their face value!

Will consider shipping to EU if tracked shipping is not prohibitively expensive.

Will only make a purchase if I get interest from enough parties to fill an order of 6 or more coins to make it worthwhile. I'm interested in 2 myself, so that's 4 (or more) additional coins.

Price will be 0.18 BTC per coin including tracked UK shipping, or slightly more for international shipping to the EU (I will charge 0.18 BTC + shipping cost, whatever it might be). Buying one yourself from the manufacturer would cost 0.19 + 0.04 = 0.23 BTC.

Terms:
Delivery: everyone in the group buy will be subject to the risk of non-delivery by bhCoin (I do not guarantee this), but I personally don't see this as a big risk (first sale seemed to go fine). When I re-ship them I will use UK tracked shipping which is normally insured up to about £50. I've never seen a UK royal mail tracked parcel get lost, but in the highly unlikely event your coin is lost between me and you, you will get whatever is paid out by the insurance once it is paid out. I will assist you in your claim.  
Customs: I reserve the right to charge extra for customs duties or couriers' "handling fees" to the extent that any are charged to me. Typically I have seen amounts of £10-£20 charged for this kind of transaction. Onward shipping will be withheld until your share of customs is paid; share will be on a per-coin (not per order) basis. Again, this would also be the case if you were buying coins directly yourself (actually it would probably be worse as there is usually a minimum customs / handling charge, and the charge would not be shared between multiple buyers).
Returns: none - I am not a business seller; distance selling regulations do not apply.

For me this isn't really a way to make money (0.18 is only a few pounds more than the cost of buying the coins, paying the postage for them to get to me and then paying the postage from me to you; doesn't really cover the cost of my time) so this is more a way to reduce my cost of buying a couple of these. If you prefer to buy direct, feel free - I just wanted to save a few of us a few pounds. If I don't get sufficient interest here, I just won't proceed.

Please reply in this thread with the number of coins you're interested in.

scotjam

EDIT:
Enough orders to proceed; any additional orders will need to be placed this evening / early tomorrow morning as I will collect payment shortly and order tomorrow.

Reservations:
scotjam
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dozerz
dozerz
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As order will now proceed, please make payment to: 18i6uDLHVwZS5kRMgeYf7HogxUR6RyE16z and PM the transaction ID for your payment, plus your shipping address, to me

[dozerz]

put me down for 2 thanks.

[scotjam]

put me down for 2 thanks.

Got you down

Cheers

scotjam

[scotjam]

Bumping - any others interested? It would be great if we could get another 1-2 people down and get these ordered before tomorrow

Cheers

scotjam

[scribe]

Really tempted to get 1 or 2, but rate rise has got me hesitating. Depends on a few things, but will try to decide soon

[scotjam]

Really tempted to get 1 or 2, but rate rise has got me hesitating. Depends on a few things, but will try to decide soon

Rates are almost back down to $500/BTC now on bitstamp.

Anyone who wants to proceed, speak up; we need one more person in for 2 coins and I will push the button on this soon after; I will not wait forever for more people as this has been open for several days already.

Cheers

scotjam

[scribe]

Yeah go on, stick me down for 2 then Will DM details through.

[scotjam]

Yeah go on, stick me down for 2 then Will DM details through.

Great to have you on board! With 6, we have enough to make an order so I will place one tomorrow.

Price has been reduced so it will be 0.18BTC each instead of 0.2!

scotjam

[dozerz]

Yeah go on, stick me down for 2 then Will DM details through.

Great to have you on board! With 6, we have enough to make an order so I will place one tomorrow.

Price has been reduced so it will be 0.18BTC each instead of 0.2!

scotjam

thanks, paid

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[scotjam]

Thanks guys!

Just as an update, we're ready to order on our side and I have messaged aEnima (the creator of the coins) to sort out the details; just waiting for his response.

dozerz - please PM me your shipping address at some point as well.

Best

scotjam

[merv77]

I'll take 2 if you have any left and will post to Australia.

If yes do I PM you to confirm order?

Cheers
merv77

[scotjam]

I'll take 2 if you have any left and will post to Australia.

If yes do I PM you to confirm order?

Cheers
merv77

Order has been placed, but I'm checking whether we can add 2 more without extra shipping charges.

Shipping from UK to AUS will be about £16 (at current rates that's an extra 0.035 BTC)

Total charge would therefore be 0.36 BTC + 0.035 BTC + additional shipping charges on the group buy to add 2 more (likely to be 0.02 BTC, if any).

The reason why there might be additional charges is because we just slipped under the order size bracket where the shipping charges increase, and with two more coins we won't be below that bracket any more. I hope the manufacturers will decide that there will be no additional charges (more sales = better for them after all...), but if there are any extra charges you will need to confirm quickly either way whether you'd like to proceed.

Best

scotjam

[merv77]

hi scotjam,

I've PM you to confirm my interest
let me know how and when to proceed.

Thanks

[scotjam]

Additional coins have been added to our order - thanks for the prompt payments everyone!

Update from the manufacturer:

we sell the coins funded with 0.1 btc so when you confirm they arrived well we fund them. Then you will ship them to your buyers loaded, please consider that risk to you if letters are lost between you and your buyers.

FYI above. If you are not comfortable with this risk (noting that tracked shipment methods have £50 insurance by default) and would like to pay for a greater level of insurance in case of the highly unlikely event that the package is lost after I have sent it to you, please let me know now; otherwise I will ship with £50 insurance as per the OP.

Best

scotjam

[scotjam]

Coins have shipped from seller and are on their way (tracking came online today).

Best

scotjam

[merv77]

thanks for the update. can't wait to get them.
BTW. value has already gone up. BTC on Mt.Gox passed $1000. currently just on $1000 exactly.
Cheers

[merv77]

hi scotjam,

any update? if you haven't got them, where are they in regards to tracking?

not being pushy but it's been 9 - 10 days since you said you received tracking number.

thanks
merv77

[scotjam]

hi scotjam,

any update? if you haven't got them, where are they in regards to tracking?

not being pushy but it's been 9 - 10 days since you said you received tracking number.

thanks
merv77

No update yet - the tracking info seems to only go as far as the departure from the sender's country (left sender's country on the 29th), so it looks like I'll only know once it arrives with me (we're in the dark until then). I will post here once it arrives with me, but feel free to check in from time to time (as you have done above).

scotjam

[merv77]

thanks scotjam
Cheers

[scribe]

Cheers for the update. Hope the delivery goes through OK - I know Casascius Mike funds his coins *after* they arrive, so they don't have value on import.

Also heard a slightly odd tale of someone sending a small wooden disc through the post, only to have it replaced with a circle-shaped hole on arrival. No idea if that it was a deliberate heist or some other effect, but strange all the same.