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Youngmogul said:Its not the idea of "faking" the pins... And the amount of money someone has is irrelevant. Let me ask a question, What would be the difference in me electroplating pins then selling them for what the market will bear, and another guy selling them without giving any knowledge about them other than they came from a computer? Just because I took the added step in re-plating them, ADDING GOLD TO THEM, before I sold them, How am I now "unethical"?
I am not deceiving ANYONE. Its clearly stated on numerous places on the forum that pins bear different amounts of gold. Just because I take some not so shiny ones, and make them shine more...
Have you never bought a crummy looking car from a private owner, then cleaned it up a bit, then re-sold it for a profit? SAME THING
Bought a struggling business, turned it around, then sold it for a profit? SAME THING
Bought a house that looked like crap, fixed it then flipped it? SAME THING
All the things mentioned have the same theory, an item was sold for a profit, because someone had the skill-set required to "guild" the item while it was in their possession.
Being your moral compass seems broke.
1.) When you cleaned up that crummy car did you roll the odometer back to make it appear to be better than it was?
2.) When you fixed up that house did you slap up some cheap paneling over the termite damage to make it appear to have no problems?
3.) Do you re-label horse meat to make it appear to be premium beef?
By altering the appearance of these pins it's nothing but theft by deception.
By the same perverse logic one shouldn't have a problem stamping plated brass rings 10k. After all the buyer ought to know better right?
If you were able to pull this caper off, the idea that you would be somehow be providing a service to your victims is nothing but a rationalization of criminal intent.
You don't really believe this is an honerable thing to do, do you?