Ossie said:
Ok, I just came across this post, and I'm in a hurry so will reply quickly!
Good to have a response finally, however it is probably a bit too late to swing me back.
Just to re-iterate what happened:
I rang up late in the morning and spoke to the Older fellow who works there. One big reason why I called apart from a stock check of 60 coins, was that I wanted to know if your company could throw in the standard cardboard Perth mint box for coins (5 rolls) as i already had 2 rolls of Kooks which i bought a month ago also from you. The older fellow said yes he could throw in the box. Great! so i thought.
Now I work up the road from your office so my intention was to pop in at lunch time to pick up, However soon after the phone conversation the prices shot up (50 cents an oz) before i managed to put an order in online. Hence my disappointment.
So I thought I wait until after lunch and see if the premium went down in the afternoon, Come around 1.45pm the premiums hadn't changed so I did actually ring up to see what was going on and try and negotiate the previous price.
I spoke to the young fella who's always behind the counter and greets customers, good bloke he is too btw. Friendly and always good for a quick chat. Now still wanting the coins and being keen I straight asked him if your company would be willing to take 30 cents off the price for each of 60 coins, he put me on hold for not very long and obviously went to speak to someone in your company about this. He came back apologized and told me he couldn't budge a single cent on the price and that was that.
So after all that I simply decided not to go ahead.
I have had previously good experiences with your company and exclusively only dealt with you, however this threw me out and made me explore other options. I did manage to find the '13 Kooks at a cheaper premium elsewhere and went there to purchase.
I appreciate your response Ossie and I know you probably run a tight ship however as a customer I did try to sort this out before I went elsewhere and there's really nothing more to add except that I have managed to start new relationships with other PM vendors which has opened up a different and interesting product range of metals to add to my stack.
Cheers
Call log from my mobile that day. BM's PH number in arvo
Also for those new to this thread, I am talking about the comparative premium price on Perth Mint Coins not the actual Silver spot price