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02-12-2008, 04:44 PM
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OH MY GOD!!! THAT IS MY PIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT!!!!! THOSE ARE MY INITIALS, MY CHAPTER, AND MY INITIATION DATE!!!!! 
The seller is lying. It is not an estate. 11/6/04 is when I was initiated. I am going to try and win it back. It is mine!!! Where in the world did she find it?
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02-12-2008, 05:03 PM
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Now that is amazing!
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02-12-2008, 05:11 PM
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Wow! I hope you have luck getting it back!
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02-12-2008, 05:12 PM
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I am talking to ebay now. I am trying to halt the selling of it.
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02-12-2008, 05:28 PM
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OhMyGoodness! 
Smiley, I hope that you are able to get it back.
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02-12-2008, 05:32 PM
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It is such a hassle. Ebay makes things so difficult. 
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02-12-2008, 05:34 PM
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Smiley, Did you realize your badge was missing? This is fascinating! I hope hope hope you get it back! Let us know if we can do anything.....like mass-email the seller or something. EEEEEKS!
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02-18-2008, 04:43 PM
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If it was stolen, you shouldn't have to buy it back...notify eBay.
Good luck! I'm still looking for 2 stolen 1974 badges.
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02-12-2008, 05:11 PM
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Originally Posted by smiley21
The seller is lying. It is not an estate. 11/6/04 is when I was initiated. I am going to try and win it back. It is mine!!! Where in the world did she find it?
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I hope you're reporting to Ebay as well.
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02-17-2008, 11:23 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by smiley21
OH MY GOD!!! THAT IS MY PIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR IT!!!!! THOSE ARE MY INITIALS, MY CHAPTER, AND MY INITIATION DATE!!!!!
The seller is lying. It is not an estate. 11/6/04 is when I was initiated. I am going to try and win it back. It is mine!!! Where in the world did she find it? |
Did you win?
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02-18-2008, 08:47 AM
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Did you win?
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02-18-2008, 09:57 AM
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Smiley, please contact her and tell her that if she doesn't get back with you in the next 24 hours, you'll have her charged with receipt of stolen goods. Even if you don't know her real name yet, act like you do...and when you find it out, do call the police.
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02-18-2008, 11:17 AM
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Originally Posted by carnation
Smiley, please contact her and tell her that if she doesn't get back with you in the next 24 hours, you'll have her charged with receipt of stolen goods. Even if you don't know her real name yet, act like you do...and when you find it out, do call the police.
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As much as I'd like for Smiley to get her badge back, I wouldn't recommend this. Calling the police will do little -- she didn't report it stolen when she realized it was missing, so it's going to be very hard to report it stolen now, especially if there was no sign that her car was broken into. The police will consider it lost, not stolen.
And Smiley can't have anyone charged with receipt of stolen goods, even if it was stolen. She can report it, but she can't charge anyone. No point in making threats you can't back up.
If Ebay can't or won't help here, I'd contact the buyer, explain the story and offer to pay her what she paid for the badge, including shipping. Be ready to throw in a little extra for his or her trouble.
Good luck.
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02-18-2008, 02:48 PM
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I guess I'm just shocked the Ebay hasn't done anything. The seller lied about the pin (claiming it was vintage) and where she got the pin (an estate sell), that alone should have caused a  to Ebay and the sale should have been halted until they could investigate further.
If there is anything I can do to help, please let me know.
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02-18-2008, 03:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ASUADPi
I guess I'm just shocked the Ebay hasn't done anything. The seller lied about the pin (claiming it was vintage) and where she got the pin (an estate sell), that alone should have caused a to Ebay and the sale should have been halted until they could investigate further. |
I'm not trying to defend the seller, because I can't tell enough from the seller's description. But I would point out that if the seller thought it was vintage (and actually, he called the design vintage, not the badge itself) or reasonably believed it was from an estate, he may have been terribly mistaken or ignorant, but he wasn't lying.
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