[shadokat]

I don't hate collectors, as wptw would like you all to believe. Maybe people do, but that's their choice to make. All I tried to do by posting in the organization's forum was to tell folks that a pin from their organization was up for auction. I would rather see pins on ebay go to members of an organization or their HQs than see them go to a pin collector. Of course, I realize that pin collectors (one of the being a sister of mine) also save the pins sometimes from people who melt down the valuable gold and keep the gems for their own use.

My motive in my posting is pretty clear...I'd rather see a member or HQ get the pin. It hasn't nothing to do with posting for popularity or anything else.

With that said, I think I'll go back under the rock I came from, because I'd rather not become the focus of some argument.