Alice in Disneyland (Wonderland) event
Like Masamune, I have had the three Cheshire Cat pins on my wants list since, well, since I was able to add them. Unfortunately, I was not able to get any of the pins, but what saddens and upsets me more than my rotten luck in not getting a wristband (especially since I think I was disqualified from the drawing from the beginning because of a glitch in my account and never had a chance) is what this release has turned/is turning into. Instead of being something that should be fun, it's turning into something, well, bitter, miserable, and ugly ... a real battle of the haves and have nots and who can turn a profit. I've been reading the thread since the beginning and, well, in places, we really are at each others' throats. If this is what the scene is like before the pins are released, I shudder to think of how tense and ugly the actual pin release is going to be - especially for the second chance line.
With the current atmosphere surrounding this pin release, I really can understand why people (not fortunate enough to be in the right group/any group) who can afford to would bite the proverbial bullet and pay those outrageous prices on evilBay. Yes, they are paying extortionate prices and submitting to something akin to robbery, but at least:
1. They know that they are guaranteed to get what they want
2. They don't have to go through the stress/frustration of waiting in the second chance line all day and still maybe not getting what they want
This is supposed to be fun, right? We're supposed to be excited about a pin release that finally will sell out in a day, about pins that finally will be worth something on the secondary market, right? Instead all we're doing is tearing each other apart over these pins and disecting what everyone does or does not do in association with this event, with each comment ratcheting the tension, hatred, and animosity surrounding this release just a little higher. So tell me, are we having fun yet?
+1 :bigthumb: