Pin On EBAY
 

Hello,

I came across this on EBay. I hope you are able to retrieve it.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1153400031
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I couldn't get the picture on eBay, but I have also come across Phi Sigma Sigma pins on ebay up for auction. There is something very wrong about that. So sad.

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wow. this is nuts. i mean how desperate are people for money? anyone in greek life should understnad how important ones pin and anyone other ritual "gear" is. anyways, i just wanted to say that i totally agree that this is a disgrace.
pslam, meghan

Hello,

Just the other day my "little brother" who is a Kappa Phi Alpha (local fraternity) found a Phi Sig t-shirt at the Salvation Army for only 25 cents. He bought it for me because he could not believe someone would give it up. You would think they would pass it along to their "little sister". BUT A PIN! Wow is right, that is ten times more surprising and also depressing!
LITP,
Shannon

I was thinking that maybe these items end up for sale because they use to belong to girls who disaphiliated. It's still very sad, though. They should just pass these items along to other sisters or turn it in to the chapter and let them decide what to with it. How sad.

I know were told to never give letters to charity, we either pass them down or make them un wearable... so no one can wear them. I told someone from CO about the pins on E-Bay and things, and Im waiting for a response! I know when someone disafiliates from our chapter, we get back everything...

When will people learn?

LITP
Ali

Having a pin for sale on ebay is awful but it could be a lot worse. I was just searching for random things and I came across a phi sig teddy bear and other sorority picture frames...but the real shocker is that someone was auctioning off a fraternities ritual book! I know that very few people get their hands on a ritual book wether for formal meeting or initiaion or whatever.....it is terrible what some people will do.
LITP

Hey Ladies- I just saw on ebay that someone is auctioning off their jeweled badge. The guard pin says it is from Gamma Zeta chapter. It was up to $95 the last time I saw it. It bothers me to see these items being auctioned off. I hope the person who gets it is a Phi Sig so she knows how to appreciate it.
LITP:( :mad:

Some people sell them to a place called vintagefraternitypins.com but most of these are so old that they were probably from someone's family after they passed on. I can't say that I agree with it, but I can't say I disagree with it. At least someone can buy it and have a peice of their sorority/fraternity's history

simply put:

I'm crushed!

Another pin on eBay...
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1037393522

I dunno if any of y'all know already, but I just thought I'd give a heads up.

:)

funny, but there is another Phi Sig badge that just got put on Ebay, looks like it's from the same chapter.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1044757293

:confused: What is wrong with these girls?! Just giving away their badges as if they meant nothing. My guess is that the girls from that chapter might be upset about something. There has to be some good reason because there is something VERY wrong with selling your badge on E-Bay. :mad:

Are all of our badges supposed to have the engraving on the backside??

It might be a decesed members pin???? Sometimes family members do not know any better.....


Some chapters engrave the backs it all depends on your chapters funds.

Badge on Ebay
 

I was searching Ebay and I found one of our badges. The person says that its an old, rare badge, but it looks pretty much like mine. Here is a Link. The bid is up to $53, so its not that expensive. Good luck!

New Pins on Ebay
 

Hi Ladies

I was searching the site this morning and there are 2 auctions going for our pins. One is really old with a pyramid back ground. If I could I would buy both of them.

Bye
Annice

Hey,

I hope you win all that jewelry....it'd be nice to have a jewelled badge if you already don't have one, and of course getting it away from collectors...

the highbidder on the other badge also recently bought another badge last month, so hopefully it's a dedicated sister....

anyway, good luck...

I was out bidded
 

Well, maybe next time I can get a pin from one of the collectors.

Bye :)

pissed!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...category=11145

Click here

Let's just not post why.........

wow! That's messed up!!!
 

You are not supposed to ever do that, and I hope that somebody takes action on this. It is unacceptable to sell something that is so cherished on a site where anybody can purchase it! I am truely outraged at this!!!! Where does anybody get the right to take away the respect and dignity that our sorority has accomplished for itself, especially another Phi Sig Chapter.


*I had extra words at the end that I believe I spoke in somewhat of a hastey manner, and so I have removed them. Afterall there is no true way to be sure that the chapter mentioned had been the ones actually selling the pin, and what is really important is trying to see if a Phi Sig can't win that pin back. I apologize for saying shame on you before, afterall, we are all Phi Sigs and we are all sisters for life. Let this be a lesson learned, and lets hope we don't see another Sphinx head pin on e-bay for a long time if ever!*

It may not actually be someone from the chapter who did this... it could be the relative of someone who was a Phi Sig...although it seems it's either a member or an Ex member seeing as how they mentioned the twin ideals.. which are public knowledge... but.. someone who doesnt' know a Phi Sig wouldn't really know that w/ out at least some research

It's a shame to see something like this...Unfortunately I'm broke and can't afford to bid :( All we can hope is that a Phi Sig wins the bid!

I was thinking the same thing. At least it should "stay in the family."

I agree with Glitter in that it does not have to be someone from the chapter who put the badge up for sale. Remember, Gamma Iota has been around since 1977 and since then I'm sure there have been women from the chapter who have accidently lost their badge (yes yes shame on them but it does happen) or women who have passed away leaving their badges in the hands of family who may not know to return them to Central Office.
Also the site does not say that the chapter placed the badge up for sale, it simply says that the badge comes from that chapter most likely due to the attached chapter guard. So please lets reserve the shame on you's.
Finally while the situation is definitely not a good one, I believe that the best thing to do is to take Lora143s advice and "take action on this" I know that when I checked the site the high bidder was a sister from my undergraduate chapter. While she has since been outbidded, I hope that there are those of us out there who may be able to follow her lead. And to those of you who are thinking "yes great idea in theory, but I'm a broke college student" I'm right there with you, but we all have sisters somewhere around us and a little bit from everybody could work...it's at least worth a try.

Tara

HI Tara,

There is part of me that agrees that sisters who can afford it need to take action and purchase the item. The other part of me sees what has happened with KD - I believe they have a group of rescuers that buy them at whatever cost to send back to their National office. The items at times have skyrocketed into the hundreds and a couple of times the thousands of dollars. this just makes sellers go out and deliberately look for the items to post them.

despite this I hope that it is a sister who wins this item.

Carolyn

i need a badge
the one i have is a loaner
because i lost mine after a j-board
but e-bay won't let me register
i was going to buy that one
and just get the chapter guard replaced

Contacted National.
 

Hey Girls. I just wanted you to know that I've contacted national today about this and I'm awaiting a response from them to see if anything can be done to get this item out of the hands of the general public. I'll let you know what they say :)

LITP,
Linda

Linda,

Thanks for contacting CO. I'm actually curious as to what their official stance is about this.

Carolyn

Contacted National Also
 

I contacted national about this incident over a week ago, but I am yet to have heard anything. If you hear something please try to keep us all posted.;) Thanks!

I know that many sororities have had a problem with this but say that there is little they can do. With funds in many sororities in desperate need elsewhere, they are not able to reimburse for the badges that are "rescued". And, like others have pointed out, bidding on the badges just encourages sellers to drive the prices up and sell more badges. However, there are Greeks that have gotten really good deals on badges. They buy them for a number of reasons and when they can get them cheaper than buying them through their organization, it is hard to ask them not to bid.

Badge being sold...
 

Sorry to intrude on your forum, but I received this email and thought you all would might be interested. I try to bid on AGD badges as they come available, basicly because I hate that they are out there! :mad: This person saw me bidding and contacted me. This is the email that they sent me:


From: moocow724@hotmail.com
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2003 7:41:47 PM
Subject: Question from eBay Member

From member: moocow724@hotmail.com

Hello!
I see that you are bidding on a sorority pin. I dont know if you are looking for a particular one, but I have two different phi sigma sigma pins. To view a picture of one of them, go to www.burrpatt.com/phisigmasigma then click on badges and pins. you will see most of the phi sigma sigma pins that they offer. one of the ones that i am offering is the plain badge ($81.50) attached to the plain double letter guard ($36.50). i also have a
pyramid pin which is not like the ones here, but it is a triangular pin that gold and sapphire plated with the greek motto diokete hupsala engraved into it. this pin retails for $80. Together, these pins are worth almost $200, but I am willing to sell them both for $125 or the sphinxhead for $85 alone and the pyramid for $55 alone. If you are interested or know anyone who might be, please let me know! Thanks so much!
-Karen :-)


I hate to see badges bartered around like this, and wanted to let you know. ~Kristin

Thanks for the heads up! Unfortunately I can't afford to rescue these pins...hopefully someone else can :confused:

:mad: I wish I wasn't broke!! :mad:
I know the badge talk has gone on forever on the boards but would C.O. buy them?

Is she talking about the new member pin--in which case Retails for $80.....I really hate the fact that someone is trying to profit off of this.

I wish too that CO could or would do something about it!!:mad:

I so just wish that people would keep our badges off of e-bay. Mine just means way too much to me to go and put it on an online garage sale!!! Last year our advisor saw one for sale and bought it. The person selling it wasn't very intelligent though and put their phone number on the auction site. She called when we were all there and we sang one of our song on her voicemail. It was pretty funny.

Re: Badge being sold...
 

I stumbled across this thread, and just wanted to let you know for future reference that this woman emailing you is against ebay rules. You're not allowed to email someone who's bidding or has bid on an item and try to sell them one yourself- it's a form of auction interference. Also, never complete a sale like this off ebay- you loose all the protection that ebay and paypal affords you. If you ever were to decide to make a deal with one of these people, have them put it in an auction with a buy it now. Some people try to avoid this because it costs the seller fees, but it's really for the bidders best interest to get it on ebay.

Just my 2 cents :)

Memorabilia on Ebay
 

HI All,

I just wanted to give everyone the heads up so they don't bid against me on this. On ebay someone has put up memorabilia from the 1930's and 1940's. It's programs from conventions, dance cards, etc. I am bidding on them so that I can then donate them to CO for the Phi Sigma Sigma history project. There may have been a Phi Sig bidding against me but I wasn't sure so I raised my bid then emailed the person to let them know what I was doing it for. I haven't heard from them since. If you know any avid ebayers that may bid on that stuff just let them know that they will be bidding against someone who is going to donate it to CO. I can't go any higher then what i've already bid so hopefully no one else bids against me.

For those who were at LTS, wasn't it awesome seeing all the memorabilia they had there. An old Sphinx magazine, Jeannette Lipka Fursts pin, etc. I really hope they put a musuem in the new headquarters so that Phi Sigs can see all this stuff.

Carolyn

That stuff is really neat Carolyn, I hope you win it!!! I think it's wonderful of you to donate it to CO - will you tell us which chapter it came from if you can figure it out?

Keep us posted!