Ugh, the gouging on eBay is just horrible. It's starting to look like the way Disney set this up, with everyone getting multiples of most items, instead of spreading it out so everyone just can buy ONE of EVERYTHING to further distribute the merchandise, will ultimately benefit the resellers more than it will benefit Disney. In actuality, it shouldn't matter to Disney whether they sell ONE or TWO of an item to a person ... believe me, there is no way these things won't sell out shortly after 1.00 pm, if not before, and their profit margin will be exactly the same, regardless of how the pins are sold.
I think that getting rid of the 'running of the bulls' wristband distribution was a good thing, despite the fact that I NEVER have been lucky enough to have been selected for one through the internet - this time was no exception, unfortunately - and I ALWAYS got a wristband with the 'campout/mad dash' method when I chose to go. The old method was just too chaotic and, quite frankly, with the end of the first DLR POH series, became dangerous with the blocking of city streets and the near riots that ensued (just ask anyone about the AIW POH and HM POH releases).
That being said, congratulations to those who were fortunate enough to be selected to purchase these pins. I dearly wish I could have been one of them, but ... *shrugs* ... it looks like I'm going to have a long chat with guest services in the future to find out if the reason I didn't get selected was because I'm having problems with my account or I just have the worst luck in the world (I didn't even get a wristband for the POH II, and those wristbands never were all distributed, so I should have). Now I have to decide if I want to try my luck with the second chance line on Saturday or just figure out what my time is worth, chances of actually getting them are, and see if I just should buy them on eBay or attempt to trade for what I need for my collection. In any case, I figure that if I'm meant to have these pins, I'll find a way to add them to my collection ... eventually.
Remember they are just pins and not worth stressing over. Pins are supposed to be fun ... and if you are stressing over pins, how are you having fun?