CONFIRMED NOT GENUINE Cut and run pin badge , by met on Aug 15, 2023 5:25:20 GMT 1,

Aug 14, 2023 18:04:58 GMT 1 Acme Thunderer said:

This is an official response from the Oxfam Glasgow shop.



The good news is that they will destroy any badges they still have and not all 50 were sold.

The bad news is that some were sold and therefore people were scammed and it means that some might end up being resold.

For this reason, the thread should not be deleted so there is a record that these are not official merchandise.

My understanding from the shop manager is that just 9 pins were sold yesterday (Monday 14 August) by Oxfam Bookshop Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow.

And 3 of those were sold to Oxfam's own volunteers, meaning only 6 pins went to the general public.


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That said, for bespoke or custom-made enamel pins purchased from platforms like Etsy, there tends to be a minimum order of 100 (the total cost for such a quantity being about £150).

And so, after the present kerfuffle — or is it a brouhaha? — has died down a bit, what will happen next is anybody's guess.



For all we know, Postal Pirate's brother, niece and nephew might make a return visit to the Banksy exhibition.

It is also possible that, by pure coincidence, the stewards will (a) for a second time tragically run out of Polaroid instant film, and (b) offer the despondent niece and nephew handfuls more of these pins as consolation.

My hunch is that, having already established a clear precedent, the brother will remain true to his grabby form, by commandeering all the pins from his own children.

However, since he still isn't au fait with eBay, the brother may once again be forced to ask Postal Pirate to list the pins on his behalf. On their mother's eBay account, of course.

Aug 14, 2023 18:04:58 GMT 1 Acme Thunderer said:

This is an official response from the Oxfam Glasgow shop.



The good news is that they will destroy any badges they still have and not all 50 were sold.

The bad news is that some were sold and therefore people were scammed and it means that some might end up being resold.

For this reason, the thread should not be deleted so there is a record that these are not official merchandise.

My understanding from the shop manager is that just 9 pins were sold yesterday (Monday 14 August) by Oxfam Bookshop Royal Exchange Square in Glasgow.

And 3 of those were sold to Oxfam's own volunteers, meaning only 6 pins went to the general public.


__________


That said, for bespoke or custom-made enamel pins purchased from platforms like Etsy, there tends to be a minimum order of 100 (the total cost for such a quantity being about £150).

And so, after the present kerfuffle — or is it a brouhaha? — has died down a bit, what will happen next is anybody's guess.



For all we know, Postal Pirate's brother, niece and nephew might make a return visit to the Banksy exhibition.

It is also possible that, by pure coincidence, the stewards will (a) for a second time tragically run out of Polaroid instant film, and (b) offer the despondent niece and nephew handfuls more of these pins as consolation.

My hunch is that, having already established a clear precedent, the brother will remain true to his grabby form, by commandeering all the pins from his own children.

However, since he still isn't au fait with eBay, the brother may once again be forced to ask Postal Pirate to list the pins on his behalf. On their mother's eBay account, of course.