02-08-2022, 12:23 PM
(02-08-2022, 08:33 AM)JoeRowing Wrote: I didn't attend the event and I can see the desire for a nice dash or rad shell badge to mark the centenary. Perhaps this is just filling the gap.
NB I wouldn't buy one of these as I wasn't there, and 75 quid is way beyond what I could justify for a " might be nice to have" item.
I wouldn't buy one and I was there. As I said earlier, the value is in receiving one as a memento of the event. It is sad to see them commercialised in this way, although it is even sadder for me that the organisers saw fit to sell them on the last day of the event to people who already had one, which is really what has caused the issue. It is a shame the excess wasn't offered to those of us who attended but didn't otherwise get one. After all, we paid the same price for the tickets!
As to eBay, the original listing attracted 10 bidders. That means at least 9 people are willing to pay upwards of £100 for one of these plaques - a fact that won't have gone unnoticed in certain quarters. Add to that the comprehensive set of pictures that accompanied the listing and I think we will see quite a few coming up for sale in the future.