Thanks for the pics, Rex. Think that's all I'm going to see! I did e-mail Fodors and offered to pay for one, but no response yet.

I received my pin on Friday, hole in the envelope taped shut, pin unscathed inside. I feel for the marketing person who thought to mail them this way! In retrospect it was a really bad idea, but this is how we learn.... Hopefully they will reissue the lost pins--the cost to replace them is probably less than the lost goodwill.

Yes!!! I GOT MY PIN! Or rather I got my husband's pin. I ordered mine only minutes after the sign-up form was displayed on the site, and several days later husband decided to request one. Mine hasn't appeared yet, but he doesn't have a prayer of ever getting this one off my lapel. <BR> <BR>The envelope had a hole in it that had been taped over by the PO, I guess. It was stamped "Received in Damaged Condition." Thank you, US Postal Service! <BR> <BR>Beware! The back thingie does not hold the pin on. Mine promptly fell off into the bathroom sink. I found another back in my jewelry case which seems to do the job. <BR> <BR>I'm the whiner from the SF Bay area who has been agonizing since this thread started several days go. I am thrilled. Thank you so so much, Fodors. I will no longer have to camp out on the curb watching for the postman. <BR> <BR>See you in Italy in October wearing my FODORS.COM PIN!

No pin in Australia. After all these stories, don't expect it either.

I'm so sick of this thread if mine comes I am holding an auction on ebay! Check it out

&lt;&lt;I feel for the marketing person who thought to mail them this way!&gt;&gt; <BR> <BR>the two people whose names were publicly identified with this pin project were among the layoffs at fodors.com earlier this month. <BR> <BR>Terri Wearsch and David Downing <BR>

Yes mine came back then too....of course in those days I was known as (censored) and now am known as Reisender!

My pin is still my pride and joy.

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Thanks for finding this &quot;ancient&quot; thread. I forget about those pins...Mine disappeared somewhere between Munich and Heidelberg back in Summer of 2003. I had it on my baseball cap one day and it was gone the next night. Rather fitting that I lost it overseas, eh?

I still have my two pine- I think so many were lost in the mail that Fodor's re-mailed, so I received another one.

Never have remembered to wear either to Europe, though.

Byrd

INTERESTING! The dates on the thread from 2001, way before registration, yet the nicknames are clickable, and some continue posting!

And I never got the pin, only the orange folding bag and a tour book - both at the last SF GTG in 2007.

Faina! This is SO funny. Guess who's the xxx who posted above? I'm in stitches!

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Oh, so you are the XXX-rated woman! Good to know :)

Yahooo. I got my pen...no hole in the box and it writes really well!!

What are you talking about?? What pin? I'd like one!

I got two too, and I sent one to someone who didn't get one- I can't remember who, now- and promptly lost the one I kept:(

They never did any more, csgraves.

And what did I get........???

Nothing !!

:-(


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