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randomdancing

Canadian mint and free shipping?

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I was going to sign up for one of the Canadian mint's coin subscriptions. The item description says free shipping, but when going through the checkout, it puts a shipping cost on the order. Is this just a glitch, or am I missing something? The fine print on the item description does say free shipping to U.S. I also added the first coin of the subscription series by itself, went through the checkout, and it does give an option to choose the free shipping.

In the past I've had to call for free shipping on coin series from the Canadian mint. I actually tried to call, but was told I had a wait time of 30 minutes, so I wanted to see if anyone else had seen this. I'm hoping that I can place the order, and then the shipping cost gets removed (or never added) when they send out the coins. Anyone had experience with this?

Posted Jan 19, 2016, 7:22 PM UTC

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dmwax•

I saw the same thing when I signed up for the 2016 $20 for $20 coins. However, they don't charge you until they ship the coin, and when they shipped the first one earlier this month, there was no shipping added. $20 CAD on the site, $14.24 USD on my invoice, no added charges.

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randomdancingOP•

that's what I assumed, but wanted to check for sure. Thank you!

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GoofyMonkey•

Double check the shipping type that's selected at checkout. The free shipping option isn't the one that's selected by default. They nailed me with this trick once or twice when I'm not paying attention.

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