"The
Story of Brett's Nugget"
Email to The
Perth Mint on Tuesday 16th January 2007
Hi, and our son has recently purchase shares
in an Australian (Victoria) Gold Company
We would like to buy him a Gold Nugget as a momento of this purchase
Plus he has a birthday coming up soon!!
We are interested in a nugget with the value somewhere between
$250.00 and $350.00
Would you be able to advise on when one might become available?
Thank you, Geoff
Reply from Liselle
Liley of The Perth Mint
Dear Geoff
Please find attached images of natural nuggets priced between
$250.00 and $350.00
Kind regards, Liselle
A note to Liselle
Hi Liselle
Appreciate the photos - and here is my choice!!
Now, a few questions
------#01
- what is the 'weight' of the nugget I have selected?
------#02
- could you please let me know which of the Nugget Presentations
it will be supplied in?
------#03
- what would be the final cost, including postage here to Cairns?
Thanks for your help, Geoff
A further reply
from Liselle
Hello Geoff
Here it is!!
I just had to make sure I could supply this nugget in the Sealed
Capsule, as shown in this photo
The
nugget weighs 0.24ozt --- 0.24 ounce [troy] = 7.464834432 gram
The price will be $334.80 and postage is $17.50 to give a total
of $352.30
!!! details of
an overcharge credit of $80.00 are below !!!
Please let me know if this is acceptable as I am about to send
a batch of capsules to be sealed
Thank you, Liselle
Confirmation
email to Liselle
Perfect!!
I guess all the "blanks" on the Certificate will be
filled in before it is sealed?
Thanks for your help with this
Regards, Geoff
Another note
from Liselle
Hello Geoff
Yes, the blanks will be filled in!!
The nugget will be posted to you on Friday 19th January 2007
Please let us know when it arrives
Kind regards, Liselle
Here
is the Invoice
...and
also refer to the overcharge credit details further below
Email to The
Perth Mint on Saturday 10th February 2007
Firstly, I would again like to thank Liselle
for her help (lots of it!!!) when I recently purchased a small
Gold Nugget
Now, I am not whinging!!
And I am not complaining!!
I just have a question on the price
I was again looking through your web site, and I refer to this
page and this
page (Thursday 10th April 2008 - these links are
no longer active)
On these pages are listed the following Nuggets:-
------1
gram - USD$37.00 = AUD$47.63
------2
gram - USD$52.00 = AUD$66.94
------3
gram - USD$70.00 = AUD$90.11
------4
gram - USD$90.00 = AUD$115.86
------5
gram - USD$120.00 = AUD$154.48
The Nugget I purchased is described as 0.24 ounce [troy] =
7.464834432 gram
I paid AUD$334.80, and the invoice details are attached
When looking at the above list of Nuggets that are listed, it
seems the price I paid was "quite high" for a 7.5 gram
one!!
For example:-
------(1) if you combine the 2 and 5 gram Nuggets, the total
is AUD$221.42
------(2) if you combine the 3 and 4 gram Nuggets, the total
is AUD$205.97
Even bearing in mind that my Nugget is a 1/2-gram more, the difference
in price in each case is well over AUD$100.00 when compared to
the amount I paid!!
That is a lot!!
It appears that I would have been much better off buying two
smaller Nuggets instead of the single one of 7.5 grams!!
My Question
- is the price I paid correct??
I hope I have expressed my query clearly, and look forward to
hearing from you
Regards, Geoff
Reply from Liselle
Liley of The Perth Mint
Hi Geoff
I see what you are saying
To answer your question the price you paid is correct according
to our retail system
What has happened here is I made a new ‘nugget in capsule’
for you because the internet stock had sold out
This was then processed through our retail sales system at the
current prices
Unfortunately, the prices on our website haven’t been updated
since its launch - seven years ago!! - and it didn’t occur
to me to compare the prices
As a result you have paid more per gram for the nugget on comparison
Below, next to the figures from your email, I have averaged out
the five prices
------1
gram - USD$37.00 = AUD$47.63 (355)
------2 gram - USD$52.00 = AUD$66.94 (249)
------3 gram - USD$70.00 = AUD$90.11 (224)
------4 gram - USD$90.00 = AUD$115.86 (216)
------5 gram - USD$120.00 = AUD$154.48 (230)
The
end result is $254.80 (1274 divided by 5)
You paid $334.80 for your nugget, so I have refunded the difference
of $80.00 back onto your credit card
I hope this result is to your satisfaction
Kind regards, Liselle |
-BRETT!!!
