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Old 2004-10-13, 12:44 PM   [Ignore Me] #1
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I don't know how many people have seen this commercial on TV, but everytime me and Jenny see it we just shake our heads. Well it turns out they are getting owned:
Spitzer Halts Sale of Sept. 11 Coins

51 minutes ago U.S. National - AP


By MICHAEL GORMLEY, Associated Press Writer

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer on Wednesday obtained a court order to temporarily suspend the sale of commemorative Sept. 11 coins heavily advertised as being minted from silver recovered at ground zero.



Spitzer said the sale of the silver dollars emblazoned with the World Trade Center towers on one side and the planned Freedom Tower on the flip side is a fraud and he's investigating the claim the silver came from the ruins of the twin towers.


"It is a shameless attempt to profit from a national tragedy," Spitzer said. "This product has been promoted with claims that are false, misleading or unsubstantiated."


Spitzer said the National Collector's Mint, based in Port Chester, N.Y., claims the coins engraved with "In God We Trust" are legally authorized silver dollars, when they aren't.


He said the coin advertised as nearly pure silver is only silver plated, produced by a Wyoming company called SoftSky Inc.


The TV and print ads include one fashioned after a news story that reads: "Today, history is being made. For the first time ever, a legally authorized government issue silver dollar has been struck to commemorate the World Trade Center and the new Freedom Tower being erected in its place ... Most importantly, each coin has been created using .999 pure silver recovered from ground zero!"


The dollar pieces are priced at $39 each, but sold at $19.95 with a limit of five per customer.


A company spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. On Sept. 10, the U.S. Mint issued a notice on its Web site that the coin "is not a legally authorized government issued" product.


The temporary halt on sales is pending a civil suit filed by Spitzer in state Supreme Court. Spitzer seeks civil penalties, restitution to those who bought the coins, greater consumer disclosure and full disclosure that the coins aren't endorsed by the federal government.


The company sells a variety of novelty coins, including those with characters from the "Harry Potter (news - web sites)" books and movies.
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Old 2004-10-13, 12:50 PM   [Ignore Me] #2
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Yeah, that struck me as an odd thing, guess my instinct was right hehe.
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Old 2004-10-13, 01:18 PM   [Ignore Me] #3
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Old 2004-10-13, 01:53 PM   [Ignore Me] #4
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Yeah I always saw this on tv and actually wanted one. GUess I dont need it now.
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Old 2004-10-13, 02:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #5
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Try and buy one! They'll be rare, and a novelty. People will pay for useless stuff like that on eBay.
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:03 PM   [Ignore Me] #6
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:05 PM   [Ignore Me] #7
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Ya as soon as I saw the ad on tv i knew it wasent real I mean who would really think it was 100% pure silver from Ground 0 ... what an asshat
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:07 PM   [Ignore Me] #8
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:23 PM   [Ignore Me] #9
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Corrosion's mom was about to buy one of these. I just laughed when he told me
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:35 PM   [Ignore Me] #10
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"point nine nine"
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They said that waaaay to many times in the commerical for being BS.
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:36 PM   [Ignore Me] #11
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They should be shot. Repeatedly.
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Old 2004-10-13, 03:40 PM   [Ignore Me] #12
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Originally Posted by Gohan
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They said that waaaay to many times in the commerical for being BS.

*point nine nine NINE*

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Old 2004-10-13, 04:02 PM   [Ignore Me] #13
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Originally Posted by EineBeBoP
Corrosion's mom was about to buy one of these. I just laughed when he told me
I didn't know his family had any money.
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Old 2004-10-13, 05:53 PM   [Ignore Me] #14
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Originally Posted by Jennyboo
Ya as soon as I saw the ad on tv i knew it wasent real I mean who would really think it was 100% pure silver from Ground 0 ... what an asshat
Yeah me too. I just shook my head in disgust when I first saw it.

Another thing that gets to me is shirts or posters with the towers all fallen down and burning and stuff. I can only imagine how it makes the victim�s families feel when they see posters or people wearing shirts of the place their loved one died and to be reminded of it. Then the companies that make and sell those are makeing money off them.
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Old 2004-10-13, 05:58 PM   [Ignore Me] #15
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People are dumb for buying them in the first place. Money makers wouldn't be in business if there weren't a market for their crap.
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