2nd in the series...launch delay....sad face.
over 5 years ago – Sat, Nov 21, 2020 at 04:23:58 PM

Hey there coin lovers!

The plan was that this update was going to be a direct link to the new campaign but, unfortunately, the launch has been delayed. We're still waiting on Kickstarter to approve it so we are patiently waiting.  Instead of a link to the launch, I'm going to take a moment to break down some slight differences.

The bad news - International blues

The worst bit of news is that this campaign will only be available to U.S. backers. I know...total bummer, but because of Covid-19 countries are constantly blocking shipments from us so I have no idea what's going to be happening with that in February when we fulfill the campaign. Believe me when I say, this hurts us more than it hurts you. We are still dealing with trying to get The Fibonacci Coin to some international backers so it seems irresponsible to open it up to international orders this round. What we will likely do is make them available on the website in February with the Kickstarter discount. This will make it easier to deal with in a case by case scenario and leave shipping frustrations in the past (theory).

The good news - Add ons available in the pledge process!

This is extra exciting as I (Anthony) have been waiting for this function to be added for years. It's still in beta mode so you won't see it on many campaigns yet but they've approved us as one of the testers. Let's hope it works. What this will do is eliminate the need for numerous pledge options because you can just choose one and then add on whatever you like to that pledge. Not sure what took them so long to add this but we're thrilled that it's here.

More good news

Since I was able to keep the pledge options to a minimum, I decided to offer an Early Backer pledge level for the Copper and the Bronze. There are 500 total slots available so get there fast because they will likely get snatched up pretty quick (fingers crossed).

All of this about the pledges should make more sense when you can actually see it (hopefully) tomorrow. 

Well...I think that's about it...oh wait...forgot one small thing...

Drum roll please...

I said drum roll...

The Platonic Coin

That's all folks! Hope to see you tomorrow.

Anthony & Jason

Need more coins?
over 5 years ago – Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 06:54:04 PM

Hey there...I finally made the Fibonacci Coins available on my J. L. Lawson site.

Take 15% off your order with the code*: FIBOKS15

Coin Collection

I should have another update regarding the new coin in about a week or so.

Thanks!

Anthony

*discount code applies to most items in the store excluding One of a Kind pieces.

New coin update and shipping.
over 5 years ago – Wed, Sep 23, 2020 at 08:35:26 PM

Hey all,

I've recently learned that some of you still haven't received your coin. This is unbelievable and fairly unheard of...but I guess that's 2020 in a nutshell.

If you haven't received your coin please direct message or email me your information. Full name will do it. I'll do what I can from there. 

I'm dying to share some sneak peaks about the new coin but I'm going to refrain. We finished the first prototype a few weeks ago but neither of us were content with the results. Jason pushed the limits on the minting process (in an amazing way) so he scaled it back and we are having new dies made. We were hoping to be launched by now so we could get these to you by Christmas but decided that the coin itself was more important than the timeline. I'm still hoping to launch in October but coins likely wouldn't ship until January. 

How about a little survey? You can respond in the comments...

Launch in October no matter the ship date (answer A in comments)

or

Hold off and Launch in the new year (answer B in comments)

Full disclosure...I highly doubt we'd be able to wait until the new year to launch because we are so damn excited about it but would still love your feedback.

Need more Fibonacci?

I have my website shut down for a refresh but will be re-launching next week with new products and have the Fibonacci coin available. I'll send out an update here to let you know but you can also head over to the site and sign up for the newsletter if you're so inclined.

JLLAWSONCO.com

Thanks again for your support and (most importantly) patience on the Fibo campaign!

Anthony

International shipping blues...
over 5 years ago – Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:51:54 PM

Hey there international backers (outside U.S.),

I wanted to take a moment to post an update rather than try to reply to comments. 

International shipping has gotten really bad over the last couple of months. They claim it's due to covid but I have no way of knowing for sure. What I do know is that I've never experienced such a consistent delay with international shipments. Delays occasionally happen but not this often. Unfortunately, there's nothing I can do about it on this end. The postal service isn't like a UPS, Fed Ex or DHL. You can never get a live person on the phone and any responses to emails are automated. They never guarantee international shipping times so they technically don't have to do anything until the package is officially lost and the tracking is close to worthless.

Here are a few of things to know...

• The tracking is poor to say the least. All it tells you is where the package last was and that it's now "in transit". This doesn't mean that the package is still sitting at the last place stated. It may be sitting in customs waiting to make it's way through or it may be at the post office getting sorted, but when you see that it hasn't "moved", it doesn't mean it's stagnant. It's happening...it's just taking longer than normal.
• It's not uncommon now for shipments to take many weeks, 4-8 easily, so please be patient. Four months ago, the average was 1-2 but that's changed for many packages.
• There's no rhyme or reason. You may have ordered something from another U.S. company at a later date and already received that package but that isn't relevant to other packages. They don't move packages by order of ship date. This has always been the case, and hasn't changed, but the longer ship times are making it seem more dramatic.
• You can try and contact your local post office and have them look into the package. There are times when it is sitting there waiting to be sorted and delivered.

Just had another thought regarding the delays. There is also an unordinary amount of packages being shipped because of covid so it's adding time. This is something the manager of our local post office shared with that I forgot to mention.

I know this is frustrating for those of you who haven't received your package. I really wish there were something more I could do on this end, but all I can do now is learn from it because I have a feeling this isn't going to change for awhile.

The biggest bummer will be if some of you haven't even received your coin by the time we launch the next. I hope that's not that case but, for the next campaign, we'll be shipping international orders out before domestic. I usually wait on international because they are a bit more complicated, and it's never a problem. but clearly is now. We are hoping to launch the new coin in about a month so keeping my fingers crossed on all of your packages.

Thanks so much to all of you for your patience.

Anthony

Fin...pretty much.
over 5 years ago – Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 10:17:01 AM

Good afternoon Backers!

Well...we did it. Every order (possible) has been shipped. There are still some international orders that are being blocked and a handful of folks that haven't filled out their survey but, outside of that, we're done! Some international orders are taking a bit so please be patient if your tracking seems to have stalled. Unprecedented times and all that junk.

If you still haven't received your coins or tracking...please message me (don't comment) or email [email protected]

Last Call

I'm officially closing the pre-order store Thursday morning so this is your last chance to get more coins at the Kickstarter price. If you placed a pre-order within the last few days, expect to see tracking on those come through in the next week or so.

Pre-order Store

The Future

I've mentioned this a bit already but wanted to give you some more detail about what's to come. This collaboration was a long time coming. Jason and I have been friends for many years and have talked about collaborations for most of them. We accomplished one (The Spin Tray) years ago but faced challenges with production and ultimately had to pull it. This Fibonacci project couldn't have happened more organically and we are both so pleased at how well received it has been. Overwhelmed and giddy are probably better terms. When we started this I didn't expect it to go beyond the Kickstarter campaign and some occasional sales on my site, but you guys have motivated us. Since the end of the campaign we have been working hard on the next coin in the series (that's right...series) and hope to bring it to you by late August or early September. I'm tempted to say that the next coin is even better than the Fibonacci, but that's a bold statement. There are even talks of a new brand in the works but that's still up in the air. Jason and I have a weekly Zoom meeting and I can't tell you how fired up we are at the end of every session. The ideas and potential are seemingly endless and we can't wait to share.

We hope to see all of you for round 2 and thanks again to everyone for your support!

Anthony & Jason