Gainesville Coins

I second Gainesville. 

Good prices, fast delivery.

Gainesville gets a big thumbs up here too.  It's the only place I purchase anymore, save for my local coin shop.

The prices were great and the site was easy to use but it took several weeks for my goods to show despite showing "in stock".  I would use them again though if my local guy was out.

I live 30 miles from Gainesville and drive there frequently to drop off cash (up to $10,000) or pick up product from a previous purchase. I have been buying Maple Leafs for a couple of years and their markup has always been 3% or less. Add in the fact that I don't have to pay for shipping AND I can pay in cash, avoiding a CC charge (~3%) or wire fee, the argument to buy from them, for me at least, is compelling. The only issue I have is that I now have to wait for product (Maple Leafs are about a week) instead of walking in with the cash and out with the coins.

They have a very nice store, that impressed my wife a lot, who had visions of a pawn shop until she saw it.

I too give them a thumbs up, if you dont have a problem waiting a week for them to ship. I dont, and they've always been a day or two faster than what I expected. If you want overnight bullion go with tulving but otherwise Gainesville is the tits as far as online dealers. I still prefer my LCS though, have been tempted to check out their actual store as I drive down to Sarasota all the time and it would be a nice side-trip. They're also the only ones I can find selling MB's of Pandas, was gonna pick a 2011 MB up until I heard they were doubling the mintage again.

I've been to the Gainesville Coins store in Tampa numerous times. The showroom is nicely decorated and the furniture is comfortable. There is always a deputy on duty and the staff has always been friendly. I understand the business is family owned.

It's not unusual for the showroom to be busy, but there are times when you can walk in and be the only customer. The last two visits were on Saturday afternoon around 1 pm. It was quiet both times, but I understand it's hit and miss finding a quiet time to visit.

There isn't much stock available in the showcases, ready for delivery. You'll be disappointed if you show up expecting to walk out with an order if you haven't placed an order and received notification it's ready for pickup.

The wait for an order for pickup is usually 2 days to 2 weeks depending on the order. They are sometimes out of a specific item for a short period, but usually not long.

They have been very accommodating and have held orders for me for several weeks while I've been out of town.

Gainesville coins gets 5 stars from me.

I stopped at the store today to order some Gold MLs. The delivery time is now up to 15 days. The person behind the counter said they were swamped with orders.

On the plus side, I saw in the counter at least 20 stacks of ASEs I could have just taken, but $4 over spot is way to rich for me.

First time customer. I don't know how many times I've had metal in my cart but never officially pulled the trigger.

Anyway, I caught the knife at $30 on Monday 26th and ordered when plenty was in stock. 

Got all the confirmations and whatnot the day of and on Tues.

Nothing Wed.

Get the CS follow up call on Thursday saying they'd be shipped out "immediately."

And "immediately" the next day (today) on Friday I get the shipping confirmation with tracking.

I get it that they're busy as hell and have high volume. If it was any other time I'd be disappointed by the 4 day delay. I'd expect next day shipping at the least. Four days following is a joke in my book. Guess I'm just a hard ass this way.

Wow, what a joke.

I thought I was ordering two new, BU rolls of Sunshine Mint rounds, but apparently not. What I got was two used, dirty medallion coin safe containers with random writing on them containing 30/40 random year, mix mintage rounds that are either toned, damaged or otherwise "used." Only 4 out of 40 could be considered "new." And the shit about it was the return address on the box (which was poorly packaged) is from some plumbing supply company in FL. 

Stay tuned, this ain't over...

thanks for the feedback...are standards slipping out there? I see a lot of shipping times "guaranteed" at 10 days after they get your money. Now that is bs. Here's a good one: I left a message at a supplier a week ago and they got back to me today. My call had "slipped through the cracks" was what the guy said. Wow. Just wow.