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Originally posted by cash78mere:
It really does bother me that people take matters into their own hand with people who are bidding on an item. I know that if anyone ever emailed me asking me not to bid, i might be rude to them. They don't really have a right to tell me what to do. Just my opinion.
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There's no reason to be rude to someone asking you not to bid. What if, for instance, your grandmother's wedding band, engraved with her initials was stolen years ago and suddenly it pops up for bid on E-bay? Wouldn't you want to ask folks to please not bid so that you could get it back??? Asking isn't telling. All the person has to do is politely refuse the request.
At any rate, I certainly don't see the harm in asking someone if they are a member of the organization whose badge they are bidding on. I'm not TELLING them not to bid, I'm just asking if they are a DZ. One reason I do it is to make sure that I'm not going to be bidding against a sister.
It's the pin collectors who have been rude to me when I've asked. Especially the one collector who I e'm'd recently. She told me that I had no #@$% business asking who she was -- a response that was completely uncalled for since my inquiry was worded very politely. All I did was introduce myself, say hello, and ask if she was a Delta Zeta sister as well.