Advertising on Mail

[Geordie582]

I was just reading, over on Coinpeople site, of a theft of a coin collection, and it brought to mind an old hobby horse of mine. Whenever dealers send coins ( and other valuables) through the post, they take the opportunity to advertise on the packaging. Even just a return address showing the business of the supplier gives any casual observer a good idea of the sort of items to be found in the home of the recipient. It is obvious that any such packaging should be destroyed completely and not through the re-cycling system. But couldn't the advertising be stopped at source, reducing the danger?

[Chris Perkins]

I'd thought of that long ago. Usually I just put my name and return address, with both website URL's (predecimal.com and rotographic). I don't mention 'coins' or anything specific, and it's my logic that you'd have to be a very bored postman/dustman to read all the return 'stickers' and look at all the websites written on them.

And it's just common sense to shred envelopes with 'Spink, established 1666' written on them isn't it?

[Geordie582]

I wonder if we could get the Royal Mint to send literature in opaque envelopes, as the plastic wrap they use now shouts 'collector'.

[Chris Perkins]

I wouldn't attempt to break into a house that receives mail from the Royal Mint....Obviously a complete ameteur with stacks of modern novelty items!

[krasnaya_vityaz]

Proof positive of the need for a P.O. Box. My wife always used to question why I insisted on getting a P.O. Box, then we caught someone opening our mailbox in front of the house. Now nothing comes to the house except junque.

[krasnaya_vityaz]

I'd thought of that long ago. Usually I just put my name and return address, with both website URL's (predecimal.com and rotographic). I don't mention 'coins' or anything specific, and it's my logic that you'd have to be a very bored postman/dustman to read all the return 'stickers' and look at all the websites written on them.

And it's just common sense to shred envelopes with 'Spink, established 1666' written on them isn't it?

I shred all coin related adds that come in the mail - then they get burned in the chimney outside for good measure.

[Emperor Oli]

Proof positive of the need for a P.O. Box. My wife always used to question why I insisted on getting a P.O. Box, then we caught someone opening our mailbox in front of the house. Now nothing comes to the house except junque.

Doesn't solve the problem. Anyone can walk into a Post Office and ask for the name of the owner of the box. Then it's a short jump away from burglary. Granted, it affords a higher level of protection than the usual letterboxes, but it's not infallible. Couldn't you just have had a letterbox on your door like we have in England?

[Geordie582]

I wouldn't attempt to break into a house that receives mail from the Royal Mint....Obviously a complete ameteur with stacks of modern novelty items!

Thanks Chris - I get their literature. I like to keep up to date with coins being produced, though I admit I have to wade through some tacky rubbish most of the time!

[krasnaya_vityaz]

Proof positive of the need for a P.O. Box.  My wife always used to question why I insisted on getting a P.O. Box, then we caught someone opening our mailbox in front of the house.  Now nothing comes to the house except junque.

Doesn't solve the problem. Anyone can walk into a Post Office and ask for the name of the owner of the box. Then it's a short jump away from burglary. Granted, it affords a higher level of protection than the usual letterboxes, but it's not infallible. Couldn't you just have had a letterbox on your door like we have in England?

I might add that an unpublished phone number helps too. Stops ring ups from telemarketers, and also the lookie loos

[burpalot]

thiefs would have a shock if they tried to pinch my coins.

there not exactly worth much. there more family heritage than good spoils

BURPALOT

[planz666]

I wouldn't attempt to break into a house that receives mail from the Royal Mint....Obviously a complete ameteur

Granted the non-coin trinkets are naff,However,lots of interesting new sets,whats amateur about that?

[planz666]

and it's my logic that you'd have to be a very bored postman/dustman to read all the return 'stickers' and look at all the websites written on them.

No,just tenacious,you'd be amazed at what turns up at landfills and has a potential to be misused by the unscrupulous.After all, why the boom in shredders in the last few years?.

Complacency is the enemy of security.....

[Chris Perkins]

I wouldn't attempt to break into a house that receives mail from the Royal Mint....Obviously a complete ameteur

Granted the non-coin trinkets are naff,However,lots of interesting new sets,whats amateur about that?

What's interesting about them?

It's all rubbish, mass produced and advertised in a way to make people believe that it 'might be worth something in a few years'.

It never is (apart from the odd error that genuinely is rare).

Get your modern coins from circulation, don't actually buy them!

It's been like that since the coin collecting boom in the 60s, when some mint official somewhere thought it would be a great way of making money, if they could sell 'collectable' coins direct to collectors. So they mark the most obscure occassions with a special coin, and in rolls the cash. The stamp and banknote people do exactly the same.

I've slagged off modern coins elsewhere. Don't waste your money.

[krasnaya_vityaz]

It's been like that since the coin collecting boom in the 60s, when some mint official somewhere thought it would be a great way of making money, if they could sell 'collectable' coins direct to collectors. So they mark the most obscure occassions with a special coin, and in rolls the cash. The stamp and banknote people do exactly the same.

I've slagged off modern coins elsewhere. Don't waste your money.

I really do not like modern coins, when you really get deep into the artistry and passion of collecting, you find that older coins have much more appeal than modern mass produced for the masses coinage.