1904 (??) ADPi badge on eBay - Page 3

smiley21 · #31 02-12-2008, 09:59 PM

I am waiting on the Trust and Safety team of Ebay to get back to me. My email is lost in a line. I hope I can get it back in time.

honeychile · #32 02-12-2008, 10:04 PM

Smiley, you are with PM.

Have you contacted the seller, to tell her that your pin was most definitely NOT part of an estate?

smiley21 · #33 02-12-2008, 10:05 PM

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Originally Posted by honeychile

Smiley, you are with PM.

Have you contacted the seller, to tell her that your pin was most definitely NOT part of an estate?

My stupid account is not allowing me to send email.

smiley21 · #34 02-12-2008, 10:09 PM

The item number is 160206082646. If you guys can send emails about it, that would be so awesome. Send it to the seller!! If you need to know my name, pm me.

honeychile · #35 02-12-2008, 10:58 PM

Okay, I just sent the following message to the seller:

Dear colleenscornerltd,
I contacted you to tell you that this pin is from 2004, not 1904. It seemed odd to me that someone initiated only 4 years ago would have an estate. I am a mod on a chatboard, and know the woman who rightfully owns this pin. Her initials, chapter, and initiation date are all the same as this pin - which went missing right after her initiation.

My intention isn't to threaten you. She's heartsick, and I've offered her another pin, but it's just not the same as the one she was initiated with. She has filed a complaint with ebay, though, because it's the RIGHT thing to do. The man who won the auction is a pin collector, not someone with a such a strong sentimental attachment to this particular pin. If you need her name, chapter, and date of initiation, I'll supply it.

Please do the right thing, and let her buy her own pin. If she won't, I'll buy it for her, and get it for her. It's HER pin in the first place.

I thank you in advance for hearing me out.
honeychile
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I then sent the above to the buyer, too, and asked his help in restoring this pin to its rightful owner.

Let's hope and pray that we* get a response, that they see reason prior to ebay even getting involved!

*I say WE, because this involves ALL Alpha Delta Pis, ALL Greeks! This isn't an anonymous pin; we all know that it's Smiley's. This is definitely a matter of "No matter what the letter, we're all Greek together!"

ComradesTrue · #36 02-12-2008, 11:33 PM

Okay Smiley, I went to bat for you too. I emailed the guy who won the auction, since it is possible that he has already paid for the item.

(and excuse the teeny white lie in the first line.. I am certain that we *would* be friends, so I just took a little liberty when writing the note! Hope you don't mind!)

Here is my note:

I know the person who was the original owner of the ADPi badge that you won today... her initials, initiation chapter and date are all on the badge. It was lost a while back and she has been devastated since.

Please consider returning the badge to its original owner. She has no idea how it wound up in the seller's possession.. but I can assure you that it is only 4 years old and NOT "vintage" or "from an estate" as the seller indicated.

This piece of jewelry has tremendous sentimental value to its owner.. imagine a wedding ring or such- it means *so* much more to you than anyone else.

Please understand that I mean no disrespect, and that you of course would have had no idea the story behind this badge when you placed your bid. But I do hope that you will consider allowing the original owner an opportunity to claim it back.

Thank you for your consideration.

Anyway, hope that it can help... I am really pulling for you!

smiley21 · #37 02-13-2008, 07:28 AM

Thank you guys so much. I am still waiting on a reply from them and ebay.

OleMissGlitter · #38 02-14-2008, 11:21 PM

Any update?

smiley21 · #39 02-15-2008, 07:38 PM

Not yet.

texas*princess · #40 02-15-2008, 07:51 PM

wow. that's crazy. unfortunately at this point i'm sure money has already been exchanged.

FirstAndFinest · #41 02-16-2008, 01:56 PM

This is just amazing!!

I would think that if the item was stolen, then even if money has been exchanged, the transaction could be forcibly reversed...

Was the badge stolen? I'm really curious how it was discovered to be missing....

texas*princess · #42 02-16-2008, 03:28 PM

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Originally Posted by FirstAndFinest

This is just amazing!!

I would think that if the item was stolen, then even if money has been exchanged, the transaction could be forcibly reversed...

Was the badge stolen? I'm really curious how it was discovered to be missing....

Well if the item was stolen, then yea I can see how they would be forced to reverse it (though I'm not sure how ebay handles that since it's a website, and wouldn't the police need to be involved?)

She said she hadn't seen it since an Alpha ceremony last fall and thought she left it in her car but never found it.

smiley21 · #43 02-16-2008, 06:12 PM

The last time I remember seeing it was last fall. I thought when I took it off, I put it in my car. I cannot imagine someone breaking into my car and stealing a pin that was nowhere in sight. It is truly a mystery how that pin ended up in a stranger's hands. I feel so careless and irresponsible that I would let that happen to something that is so important.

FirstAndFinest · #44 02-16-2008, 06:36 PM

I've reported sellers as selling stolen items and yes, there is a requirement for a police report. Since the mdse was not stolen from me, I coudn't persue the matter.

I don't think you're irresponsible; I totally understand how these things can sometimes grow legs and run away!

I thought I'd lost my badge and that is how I came to search ebay for a replacement. Then, about 6-9 months later, after buying other badges but not one exactly like the lost one, I put on a winter blazer and in the pocket I found my badge! I couldn't remember how it got in that pocket... I've been more careful, but I have truly lost one badge since then (though I'm 99.99% sure it was eaten by my washing machine - I've rescued another one in the machine though its guard is gone....)

sageofages · #45 02-17-2008, 11:23 PM

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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?