WARNING!!!!
 

There's a collector really going after ADPi pins: schaad15

Anyone with the desire and means to keep this person away from our pins, please keep your eyes on this person!

Ebay pins
 

Dear Sisters, and especially to you, dear Honeychile,
Last night I tried to rescue a precious old pin from Ebay. It was from 1916, and I thought I had it. At the last 3 seconds a collector swept in and outbid me, and my fingers couldn't move fast enough to get it. I actually had tears in my eyes! What is the timing trick to those last few seconds bids? I feel like I let all of us down, you know?
love,:(
Mum

Hey Queenmum,

Did you bid with very little time left? It may be that they had it set up to automatically bid for them everytime a new, outside bid was made. Or, they could just be really good at getting those last second bids in, and I can't really tell you how on earth they do that, but it's happened to me before as well, and it is a horrible feeling.

QueenMum - we've all lost an auction or two in the last seconds, so don't feel bad! There's a site called www.esnipe.com which will bid automatically for you, but I don't know all the details. I have a fatalistic viewpoint, that if I'm not supposed to win something, I won't. Maybe that sounds odd, but it works for me.


ETA: The fees for using esnipe are:

Winning Bid - Your Cost

Auction wins for under $25 - $0.25
Auction wins between $25-$1,000 - 1% of auction price
Auction wins for $1,000 and over - $10.00

This is NOT an endorsement, just information.

Can you add me to the e-bay list. My screen name is adpi-pitt.

I am new to GreekChat, but I wanted everyone to know that I rescued 3 pins on ebay this weekend. I put some old luggage in the trash many years ago and my original pin was in it. When I realized it, it was too late. Just for the heck of it I recenty looked up adpi badges/pins on e-bay and saw 4 just this weekend. I found one that closely resembled my original pin. The council does not make my pin anymore because it was back in 1995. I just do not understand why someone would want a pin for an organization that they do not even belong to.

Congratulations! Did you get the one with the blue topaz points? I had bid on the three, even though I knew I'd be away last weekend - then my laptop broke! I think it was the longest I went internet-free in a few years!

No, I purchased 2 plain ones and one pearl one. I couldn't believe how many were on there.

Did you get "Barbara Bush"'s pin? LOL

Hey! My old ebay sn was tggrsluv2bnce, but I changed it to abrichey. Just wanted to let y'all know in case you saw me bidding on something! LOL

Thanks! :)

Updated! So good to see you around - how is the little one??

pls add me! ceci22884
University of Montevallo
zeta delta chapter

I'm new!!
 

I just opened an ebay account, my screen name is kfre5467. I would love to collect pins, but right now they're a little pricey for me. But i don't want to see them fall into the hands of someone who is not a sister!!! I know there are 3 badges right now on ebay, and one pledge pin and pledge book!!! I hope from adpi is able to get them!!!
pi love and mine,
Katie, ZE

Opal and rubies pin:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Gorgeous-1929-So...QQcmdZViewItem

Thank you, Hopeful Bubbles! That's a beauty!


Sisters, I'm having some concern about our list. I noted this on our private message board, and those who are there know who I'm concerned about.

I'd like some feedback, and I'd love to have as many sisters as possible weigh in on this: Do you think we need to maintain a list of ebay screen names WITH their GreekChat names and/or someone who will vouch for them?

I'd like to know your feelings about this as soon as possible, and if you need more information, please see the Yahoo board.