Help!!!LONDON MINT COMPANY SCAM

custardy

consuma wrote: »

Well I don't know how I could possibly expected to know that. I don't know why this forum makes it so difficult to link to other threads relevant to the current one. That would seem to be a basic requirement.

because the forum software doesnt support linking to a search
you need to provide the link to the specific thread/s

squeaky

Actually it's because of the way that the forum software assigns an id# to a search (instead of leaving the original search criteria intact the way google does, for example) and then those search id#'s are set to time out after a couple of hours or so.

consuma

custardy wrote: »

because the forum software doesnt support linking to a search
you need to provide the link to the specific thread/s

There are at least seven threads from disgruntled customers of the London Mint Office, so that is why I did not do that.

I heard from their lawyer today. They will claim compensation for a lost coin. I feel that is so wrong as I am sure they did receive the coin and I do not want to be party to a fraud on the Post Office.

Monster_Montoya

I just registered to say I had the same thing happen to me. Wife purchased the first coin at a low price without realising it was a 'collection' (our first mistake, not defending this). Paid for it, and then received another coin the next month. Called up London Mint Office, asked to cancel the subscription and posted the coin and other assorted rubbish back - regrettably did not use Special Delivery for this (mistake number 2).

London Mint Office have said they did not receive the coin back so looks like they have us strung up, hook line and sinker - nice little con operation they run. It doesn't take long to find scores of similar stories from other people, reporting that the coins somehow don't end up back at London Mint Office - very suspect, given the frequency of occurences. Perhaps their London postie has a thing for stealing packages with their tat.

Life lesson, will probably end up paying the bill before it spirals out of control, but impressed with the extent of their con and leveraging of the Royal Family / Royal Mint.

consuma

I have been minutely examining the correspondence sent to me by London Mint office and I have found some tiny writing in a light grey colour on the back of something: it appears that the address to return the coins is actually a different one from the address that sent the coin. I am going to insist that they check the other address before I assist them to defraud the Post Office, and I suggest you do the same.

Monster_Montoya

I used the freepost returns label that they had sent me (which address did you use?).

consuma

I put the coin back in the freepost envelope in which it came to me and sent it back to that address, marked "return".
I enclosed the invoice slip with a note asking for the arrangement to be terminated.

Monster_Montoya

Same here, although they didn't send an envelope to me so I had to use my own padded envelope.

david39

Consuma :
I'm not wishing to get embroiled in all the arguments going on in this thread, but in Post #49 you said that you posted the coin back to the LM in the freepost envelope provided and that you asked for the agreement to be cancelled.
If they have cancelled the agreement, they must have received the coin as well - so, have they cancelled the agreement?

consuma

Hi David,

I do not know my current position in regard to the agreement. They have not said in so many words that they have concelled the agreement, but they seem to have stopped harrassing me for the moment anyway