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I think you might have misunderstood. . . he isn't selling those Sigma Chi pins, badges, and awards (nor those of any other GLO). He collects them, and he is exhibiting them on the web.
I think that as long as he is collecting his own badges (he is a Sig, after all), that is great--he's keeping Sig badges "in the family" so to speak. I don't think he would ever think of selling the Sig stuff that you see on his site. Just a little clarification. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/wink.gif ------------------ Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma, I'm so happy that I am a Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma, Nobody knows . . . how happy I am! |
Yeah that would make more sense, I thought everything he had pictured was for sale.
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Thanks for looking out for us! I'll return the favor if I run across any Kappa badges! By the way, my DZ alum group is working with one of your alumnae chapters in Atlanta to organize a charity event this summer. I haven't met any of your sisters yet, but I'm looking forward to doing so! We meet on March 1st to organize this year's B.A.B.E. (Bring A Bachelor Event)!
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I don't know about other Greek Organizations, but in LXA there is a difference between pin and badge. In LXA the pin ( button ) is for a pledge or in our case an Associate Member. When You are initiated, you can then wear a LXA Badge. Of course it will depend on each FRATERNITY/SORORITY. I bought and paid for mine in many ways and it means so very much to me.
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In addition to being an Alpha Gam, I am also a member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood (www.peointernational.org will answer your questions)--it's a non-collegiate sorority. Anyway, P.E.O. calls the pin an "emblem" and as with most GLOs, it is the property of the organization and is to be buried with the member or returned to headquarters. There are P.E.O. wills, which are forms to fill out to tell your survivors where your emblem is (hopefully in your jewelry box, not left pinned to your blouse from the last time you wore it!) and your preference as to its disposition.
I remember seeing a woman with a PiPhi arrow on her lapel. I asked her what her chapter was. She said, "Oh, this was my mother's. I found it in her jewelry box after she died. I always thought it was pretty, so I wear it." I bit my tongue. (BTW, I can't get used to seeing badges worn anywhere but on your blouse, over your heart.) |
Just thought I would let y'all know that there are MANY badges on E-Bay right now. KA, Alpha Gamma Delta, SAE, Alpha Chi Omega and many others. This is probably one of my BIGGEST pet peeves!
What ticks me off is these idiots who collect fraternity/sorority badges just for the hell of it! The badges have no sentimental value whatsoever to these people, yet they want them because they're pretty to look at or are valuable because of the gems used to create them. Ugh!!! The whole situation makes me sick! There are a million things to collect in this world, and these idiots pick a group of items that they legally have no right to own. I will buy EVERY DZ badge I can get my hands on, and I will let other non-DZ bidders and the sellers know exactly how I feel about the situation. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/mad.gif Thank goodness our sorority has a policy about rescuing badges and will reimburse us for what we spend to save them! Sorry for all the frustration... I really needed to vent!!!!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
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Unfortunately, I just found a really old D Phi E badge on ebay. It's going for over $200 already, and it still has 4 days left. I notified some alums who can afford that, and I hope one of them gets it. Wish I could afford it, as it's one of the old style ones. ------------------ Delta Phi Epsilon, Celebrating 84 years of Dedication, Pride and Excellence! |
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Well as far as I am concerned, e-bay sucks!!
I bought something in good faith on e-bay and did not get, along with the other Brothers of LXA. I e-m e-bay and oops they changed their policy so we would not get screwed more! HA. I for one would be very leary of buying anything on their site!! Did not get what I paid for and never heard a thing about getting it! You can make money doing this! ------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
Not to add fuel to the fire, but...
I got that email notification from eBay regarding the selling of our information. Starting May 15th eBay will sell our information to other companies!!! As if our mailboxes don't get enough junk mail! I like eBay and thankfully I've come across many honest sellers and buyers. being on eBay means having a little extra money for me. It also disheartens me about the selling of our badges. There are many things that are prohibited from being sold on eBay: humans, human organs, porn (but I've seen enough of them on the auctions), and weapons...badges and anything sacred to our organizations should be banned too. ------------------ "Talk doesn't cook rice."--Someone smart Visit Alpha Gamma Delta-Delta Sigma chapter and help some sisters out! |
I'm gonna be optimistic about this, becuase its in my name. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif At least with eBay, you can find the Badges, and make sure they don't get into the wrong hands. Without it they would probably end up in an antique store in a bargin bin or something.
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How do you get your sorority to take off things off of ebay such as pins? There is an antique Pi Phi pin on there, and I agree, that someone who isn't a member should have it. It's $90 allready...so I can't afford to buy it to take it off.
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i'm really ticked now! i was looking on ebay, and not only did i find an LCA badge, which shows up periodically, but it's from my chapter, and it's so expensive i can't afford it. i'm going to try and get the chapter to buy it though.
------------------ Steve Corbin Lambda Chi Alpha Theta Kappa Chapter Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech. |
Your national isn't the person posting the auction. It's most likely someone who bought the pin at an estate sale or something and knows they can score some cash for it. Your group has a blurb on their website about this http://www.pibetaphi.org/alum/alnewsarch.htm#ba, so check it out.
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Just a note on the person selling the Lambda Chi badge Corbin. They are also selling badges from Delta Kappa Epsilon, Delta Zeta, Delta Tau Delta and Kappa Alpha Theta. I say you go kick butt http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif Or you could always join ebay and then give him/her really bad ratings. I read their "me" page, and they are apparently antique dealers.
Good luck http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif I found out that a sister is the highest bidder on our old D Phi E pin. Hope she wins...it's up to $232. |
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So, my suggestion would be to send them a personal e-mail, doing what I did - telling them how sentimental your badges are and how important it is to you that they stay in the hands of a sister (or brother). If you are nice in your request, they'll probably be glad to notify you about badges in the future. GOOD LUCK! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif |
Hi Everyone ~ I would like to bid on that DZ badge, but I have never been on e-bay before and I am not sure how the whole thing works? How do I even go about finding the site where the badge is being auctioned? Thanks for any help you can give me!
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Hi KillarneyRose,
Thanks for the offer to bid, but we've already got a sister working on it. I did some research through Nationals and found the original badge owner's most current address. We've sent her a letter to tell her about the badge and to find out how it came up for sale on E-bay in the first place. Right now the high bid is from a fraternity/sorority pin collector who is NOT very nice. We've politely asked the person to bow out in previous bidding wars, and they have refused and been very rude about it. Anyway, one of our sisters is determined to get the badge, no matter what the cost. I'll let you know how it turns out! DZ Love and Mine, Carrie |
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That was uncalled for. You can ONLY give a rating when you WIN an auction. Thank god there aren't that many people with your attitude. I buy AND sell on ebay. I have had NO problems with the service at all. Some people don't understand what greek items mean to greem members. They're just trying to make a profit, not trying to piss people off. If they have a bad attitude, it's their problem, not ebay's. To others who have sent nasty emails: Just because you personally don't approve of something, it does NOT give you permission to harass people with emails. If you don't like an item up for sale, buy it or find someone to buy it. Man, who here has ever heard of "Do unto others as you want them to do unto you." |
OK people, calm down!! IT WAS A JOKE...did you see the smiley face?!?!? I've bought plenty of stuff off of ebay, and I've never rated any of the people poorly. So before you go attacking people personally, take a moment to realize you don't know the person.
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As some of my Brothers know Corb. I bid on something LXA. I also kept in touch with 2 other brothers who bid and also did not receive. It is not so much the money but I wqs going to donate to the Chapter. Well wrote check and did not get. E-M e-bay and all they said they were changing there policy!
I am like the rest of you and do not like to see my Badge on e-bay. If I could afford, I would buy to keep in the family. Steve I saw that badge and thought of you! Go Bro!! They do not even make mine anymore an I am damn proud to have it. White gold, pearls and blue stones with pearl guard,!!!!! It will be going to the Zeta, Bank on it! ------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
As some of my Brothers know Corb. I bid on something LXA. I also kept in touch with 2 other brothers who bid and also did not receive. It is not so much the money but I wqs going to donate to the Chapter. Well wrote check and did not get. E-M e-bay and all they said they were changing there policy!
I am like the rest of you and do not like to see my Badge on e-bay. If I could afford, I would buy to keep in the family. Steve I saw that badge and thought of you! Go Bro!! They do not even make mine anymore an I am damn proud to have it. White gold, pearls and blue stones with pearl guard,!!!!! It will be going to the Zeta, Bank on it! ------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
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Sorry, shadokat, i definitely thought you were serious and it had me really pissed off. My bad! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif It really does bother me that people take matters into their own hand with people who are bidding on an item. I know that if anyone ever emailed me asking me not to bid, i might be rude to them. They don't really have a right to tell me what to do. Just my opinion. |
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At any rate, I certainly don't see the harm in asking someone if they are a member of the organization whose badge they are bidding on. I'm not TELLING them not to bid, I'm just asking if they are a DZ. One reason I do it is to make sure that I'm not going to be bidding against a sister. It's the pin collectors who have been rude to me when I've asked. Especially the one collector who I e'm'd recently. She told me that I had no #@$% business asking who she was -- a response that was completely uncalled for since my inquiry was worded very politely. All I did was introduce myself, say hello, and ask if she was a Delta Zeta sister as well. |
Just wanted to let you all know that the auction for the very old D Phi E pin that was on ebay ended, and our sister didn't win. The pin went for $621.00!!! I am amazed that someone who just collects pins would pay this much money. Apparently the person who won is a big collector and has paid big bucks for lots of pins. I was reviewing their positive feedback comments and all of the auctions they won were for old fraternity and sorority pins.
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Well, just to inform you, I was bidding on the LXA Badge from Rose-Hulman to keep it from getting into the wrong hands! I E-M the other bidder and found it was a Brother from R-H. My Main regret was that I bid it up more and am hoping he gets it to keep it where it belongs.As I have said all along, I worked to hard to get My Badge and when I die I and the Brothers of my Chapter know where it is to go!!
------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
I dont know if this got out or not! I was bidding on a Badge From Rose_Hulman. I e-m the other bidder and found he is a Brother from R-H. Dropped it like a rock hot from OTW area. I Know I worked hard to get mine and I know where mine is going. I hope you DO!!!!
------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
I'm an Alpha Phi Omega alumnus and I try to bid on most of the historical stuff on Ebay. (The stuff like the new hat where they will put your name on it is useless).
Alpha Phi Omega is different from most of the social greeks in that the official pin that a brother receives at initiation (and the pledge pin given at pledging) are both *super* cheap - $4 at last check. There are Jeweled pins that are official that can be bought from the national office, but that is the individual brother's choice. The official pins have changed size and backing over the years, so old ones are easily identified on Ebay. There was a guy who was selling an APO pledge pin on Ebay with the minimum bid of $17, I wrote to him and told him he was out of his mind... There are about 5-6 regular bidders on Ebay for historical stuff that are brothers, so one (or more of us) are likely to bid on most things, we just have to be sure when we bid against each other. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif BTW, for Alpha Phi Omega, one of the really hot things to bid on on Ebay are Scout Patches that mention Alpha Phi Omega since we help with badge days and such... |
just thought i'd let everyone know, i was searching through ebay today and there are pins up for sale for the following:
Sigma Nu Sigma Kappa FIJI Phi Epsilon Tau Kappa Sigma Kappa Delta Kappa Delta Pi Alpha Tau Omega Delta Kappa Gamma Delta Zeta Phi Delta Theta Chi Omega Beta Theta Pi Sigma Chi Delta Delta Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Tau Kappa Epsilon Alpha Sigma Pi Beta Phi Delta Sigma Tau Delta Tau Delta A lot of them have the "Buy it now" option - where if you pay a big price (a lot of them, like $150) you get it! [This message has been edited by IowaHawkeye (edited May 02, 2001).] |
Our last badge went for $501 on Ebay last week. There was no way for us to compete with that. I'm sooooo tired of this!
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I hear that dzrose. Our last one went for $621 and got the high bid within like a minute of our sister who bid $611. Apparently the pin collector population has a lot of cash to play with...I need their job http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
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Well Group, I check e-bay dailey after finding out about it on this site. As Corbin knows I will bid on our badges! I also check to see who I am bidding against, and if it is a Brother I drop out as they are doing the same thing I am. We have saved a few Badges by not bidding against our selves for the same reason. I always e-m them to find out if they are a Brother and from where to verify it. This will keep the cost down and get them back into the right hands! I really do not care about much of anything else but the BADGE!
------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
Saw a few more today... (i'm addicted to e-bay :eek http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif
Delta Delta Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Tau Kappa Epsilon Alpha Sigma Pi Beta Phi Delta Sigma Tau Delta Tau Delta |
The auctioning of badges on ebay is a good remember for us to make arrangements for our badges afer our deaths. Personally, I have in my will that I will either be buried with it or it's sent back to Nationals. If we don't tell our non GLO family members what to do-how will they know how to handle our badge? I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of the badges are from estate sales.
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Just wanted to let everyone know, another old D Phi E badge from one of our now closed Canada chapters just sold on ebay for $935. I wish I had that kind of loot to buy sorority and fraternity pins!
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Okay, now I'm REALLY ticked off. Some chick with the E-Bay name of ADsweetiePi is bidding on our badges! In a way, I can understand how non-Greeks buy badges for collectibles. I don't agree with it, but I can see where they wouldn't understand the sentiment behind the wearing of the badge. But how could a fellow Greek be so cold as to buy another GLO's badge, knowing our policies about them???? I'm assuming from this person's name that she is an ADPi, yet she's buying up DZ badges (this isn't the first one she's bid on). I sent an e-mail asking her to please not bid on our badges, saying that as an ADPi, I was sure that she understands how important these things are. I have yet to receive a response. arrgghh... I am NOT a happy person right now. (For all you ADPi's out there on GC, please know that I'm not trying to be negative towards you or your organization --- I'm just REALLY frustrated by this one person.) I would never dream of buying another GLO's badge.
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dzrose, I have been fortunate enuff to have made contact with bidders on our Badges and they are Brothers!
Know badd experiences from them! i bid on to LXA watches and had a Brother bidding on them, he dropped out and I got them. I have been in contact with bothe Brothers who got the Badges and they are going to the right place. Of course, there are coarse people out there who do nat care as they have no life but that. People collect all sorts of things which is not bad unless they are the Robber Barons on today and want to gouge people like us who feel strongly about what we had and have! If not there would not be so many people on this site!!! ------------------ Tom Earp LX Z#1 Pittsburg State U. (Kansas) |
Look at it this way, everyone. People on e bay can buy our badges and they'll then own a pretty piece of jewelry. Fine. But they will never know or understand the symbolism behind the shape of the badge, or the jewels or the letters or anything else pertaining to us. The badge is only a physical symbol of our organization. The idea of true brotherhood/sisterhood is not something that can be bought on e bay or anyplace else. It is something that is offered only to a relatively few lucky people, and those e bay people will never be able to touch it no matter how many of our badges we buy.
That said, those losers seriously need to get a life! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/rolleyes.gif ------------------ ~@~Tracy~@~ Proud to be Delta-Z :-) |
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