to buy.. or not to buy...

[Frank Heukemes]

Although rare I would not buy it, the barrel and some other spots are ruined forever.

[Chet Sowersby]

Ok guys,
I'll buy into it. It's a hard maker to find. The price is acceptable, I think. I just don't think I would have it for myself however. You can always up-grade at a later date.

Chet

[Sergey]

Mike,the price seems to be sexy, but I don't recommend you to buy ground dug zink badges. The zink alloy is chemically active and even if now the badge looks not so bad, in the future you will get a lot of problems with it. The oxidation process will be continue and destruction of the badge is inevitably. Dont spend you money.

[hcliffe]

Think of it this way though; if your goal is to have an original of every maker, you may never have a chance to find an original by this maker, at an affordable price, again.

[Michael Kuligowski]

Hello guys !
thank you again for opinions !!!
I couldnt make my final decision.. but then one of great members of this forum asked me can I get this badge for his collection... I agreed - think it's good for this badge to be in hands of somebody who will make better use of this award than I would..

cheers !!!