SA Mint arbeitet NICHT mehr mit Emporium zusammen !
Liebe Sammlerfreunde,
wer von Euch hat bzw. hatte Probleme mit EMPORIUM Hamburg? Heißt ja jetzt Emporium - Merkator.
Laut Mitteilung der SA Mint, der South African Mint Company, ist Emporium NICHT mehr offizieller Importeuer, Distributeur für SA Mint Münzen,
wie Krugerrand, Natura und Protea.
hier ein Auszug aus dem statement der SA Mint:
Dear Mr .......
If my memory serves me correctly, they could only buy single coins from another dealer because we did not have any more Prestige (wooden boxes) sets left from that year's mintage. The same year, he also illegally enameled some Krugerrands (incorrectly I must add). Our South African laws state that we may not deface a legal tender coin in any way. So it was soon as these incidents that we began to cut ties with Emporium.
(neue e-mail)
I just cannot believe the audacity of the man! I am glad that you are not dealing with Emporium. Please see the attached info sheet regarding the Elephants.
I have forwarded your mail to our General Manager for his attention.
From the example we have managed to obtain, it seems as though Emporium's boxes are more lacquered and the plaque looks like a type of plastic instead of metal. If we could see the product, we would be able to identify our packaging.
With regards to the boxes: If our own carpenter is too busy, we may outsource the product so even our own boxes may differ from year to year. As a matter of interest, many people make their own packaging using the single coins. However, it is important to include the original certificates with the new packaging.
If Emporium bought our coins and repacked them into their own "Emporium box" and included both our certificates as well as there own special certificate (stating very clearly on his certificate that it was Emporium's packaging), and left our certificates as they are, we would have no legal reason to sue them. But they are copying our certificates and putting other details on them - this is illegal!
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