everybody wins.

Hey Wes, looking forward to meeting you to. I was surprised that my bid made the reserve price. I've been watching it since the moment you mentioned it here and when there was only 45 seconds left I said what the hell and put in the bid. I figure I would at least show you I was serious and maybe contact you after to discuss. As it is I have to decide if I want to spend the money on shipping it or drive the 5 hours to pick it up. Would definitely be worth meeting a fellow Pinsider who takes such pride in his pins.

Congratulations on winning the auction, Kane!

Since the pin in question is so valuable, you should definitely make the drive and pick it up in person. I have no doubt that wes would do a great job of packing it up, but why take a chance of it being damaged during shipping.

Glad to hear it worked out wes and it went to a fellow Pinsider that is awesome. Congrats on the epic new addition to your collection Kane!!! I agree with gweempose make the drive then you can ensure your new beauty is cared for during transport.

Most people here do not hate Ebay, they hate how anybody wanting to sell a pin on CL uses buy it now prices to price their "HUO" machines.

DITO on that one

It really is going to depend on how bad my schedule is over the next couple of weeks. I would really like to come up though, I've never played WW or PZ.

I would drive to pick it up as well. I drove from here (Northwest IL) to Treasure Cove last year and had a ball doing it. Made a little weekend out of it.