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Ah Tracy me Lass, very well put!!!!! I know what I did to get mine and I know what has come over the years and Never Give It Up for the world!

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Tom Earp LX Z#1
Pittsburg State U. (Kansas)

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Originally posted by KillarneyRose:
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

That's a great view to take! I'll think of those words next time I see a DZ badge on E-Bay. Maybe it will cool me off a little! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/biggrin.gif

Hey DZ Rose... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I totally understand your frustration with someone buying your badge. I too have been ticked off many a time by ebay randoms buying my sorority's pins n' stuff. I am not one to normally give people the benefit of the doubt, but since I've gotten in touch with some of my fellow sisters who bid on ebay, we've formed an alliance and when someone bids on a badge, pin, etc. and they're from another sorority or a random, we email them and *sometimes* (albeit rarely) the person is buying for their friend or biological sister or something. Now, I don't believe everyone who tells me this, don't get me wrong! But I know that I bid on a DG badge for my sister (though I'm in a different sorority) because she didn't have an ebay ID. Anyway...I know I'm rambling, but I just wanted to offer a different perspective. Bottom line is that we're all working toward the same thing, and I would rather have a fellow greek member bidding on a badge with the intention to return it to a rightful owner, than some dumb ass collector who will sell it to the highest bidder. My .2.... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif God, that was a long ass email! SOWWEE!

I've noticed there has been a decline in AXO badges on eBay as of late...which is cool. I actually considered buying a badge that had been converted to diamonds (instead of pearls), 'cause I had lost my badge. I found mine, and the price shot up to MORE than it would have cost me to buy a new badge with all diamonds.

Anyway, for AXO, there seems to be more paraphenalia instead of pins. Which is good for me.

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"Don't tell me I've been wrong...don't tell me all the magic's gone."--Liz Phair

Someone selling one of my fraternity's pledge ins (Alpha Phi Omega) for $9.50. For everything I can tell, it is identical to the pledge pins that the National Fraternity sells for $4 to the chapters. I simply intend to tell this to everyone who bids on the pin.

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Naraht
Alpha Phi Omega Alumni Volunteer

At least now we all know where the stolen goods are going to these days *L*

EBAY