Chi Omega pins on E-bay
 

Hi Chi Omegas!

Just wanted to let y'all know that there are currently 5 Chi O badges up for sale on e-bay. At least one dates to 1924, I believe. I know that Delta Zeta is very serious about buying back any badges that we find in non-DZ hands, so I thought Chi Omega might be the same way. I hope this helps you to recover some special pins.

In the Greek Bond,
Carrie
dzrose93

Does anyone know for a fact what National's policy is about this? I'll ask our Chapter Visitor (cuz she's here right now), but I didn't know if this was something we should look into or not?
Comments?

I bought one off of ebay and sent it to Jan Blackwell (head of archives for XO) - she did not really say anything that it was wrong- she just commented on how they are cheaper to buy from Chi O Creations. I think she thought Chi O's were buying them but I suspect other people buy them too.
I try to buy them but once they get over $60.00 - I'd go broke! Let me know what you hear from the chapter visitor.

PS- thank you dzrose93 for the update!

I talked to the chapter visitor today and she told me Chi Omega does not have a fund set up to repurchase the pins on Ebay. She said of course, they will willingly accept them from those who have purchased them!
Guess that's all we can do for now.
Best Luck!
Hootie http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

What makes me mad is this one guy seems to be selling them all. How did he get so many?

Hi Ladies http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

I think it sucks too. Months ago I checked with my nationals to see if something could be done about the ebay shananigans. They said that our attorneys from nationals would look into it but there probably wouldnt be anything you could do. I always thought something could be done like a class action copyright law suit with all of us suing ebay. But I dont see that happening.

P.S. Amycat412,

Same thing happened to me. My badge was stolen when I was an active and it wasnt cool. At least its not in the hands of that sigma chi whos selling all of those badges online.

Kevin
Beta Theta Pi Alum
Epsilon Mu
George Mason

We just had a big E-bay fiasco this weekend. A Delta Zeta badge was up for sale, and it had the owner's name engraved on the back, as well as her initiation date (1944). We did a little research, found out that the DZ sister was still living, and that her badge had been stolen during a house burglary 43 years ago!! We contacted e-bay about it, but they wouldn't stop the auction without a police report. The police couldn't find the original report because it happened so long ago and the statue of limitations had expired. So, we tried to contact the seller to inform HIM that he was selling stolen property and that the owner wanted it back. He ignored our requests to return the badge, so one of our sisters kept bidding until she won the auction. What pisses me off is that some jerk would rather make a quick buck than do the right thing and return stolen propery to its rightful owner!! At least the story has a happy ending, though. The badge will be sent back to the sister after 43 years!

I'm so glad that sister is getting her badge back!

I think that is sick that in college, people are stealing badges. I hope to God it is not within the sorority.

Is the sigma chi selling all different badges?

ISU_XO,

Yep, I think hes got like every fraternitys badge. I saw a handful of my badges. One from the 1850s.

Kevin

No, he's not selling those badges (the Sigma Chi y'all are referring to). He collects them. I don't think he'd sell them for anything!

He has a few turn-of-the-century Kappa keys that I've tried to buy off of him . .. and he's not having any of it!

I don't like that he has these pins any more than the next person . . . but at least those pins didn't get melted down for scrap metal and jewels, which is often what happens to them!



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Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
I'm so happy that I am a
Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Nobody knows . . . how
happy I am!

We all know about that guy who has a website with his "collection" of Greek badges, right? Now this is far fetched.. but maybe he doesn't really have all those badges. Maybe they are just pictures that he got off the internet or something. It seems kinda crazy that someone would do something like that just to make Greeks mad, but we all know what lengths some people are willing to go to. It just makes me sick every time I see any badge on eBay. And even more so when I see people selling their own, or their deceased family member's badge. It is really sad!

Allie

Allie--

Wouldn't that be nice? I mean, if that Sig didn't really have all of those badges?

Sadly, he does. I know this to be true, because he frequents several of the same antique shows that I do to find badges. (I, however, only look for KKG badges and Theta Chi badges (my finace's fraternity).) I've seen some of his pins in person, and let me tell you--he is the real thing.

I have to say, in his defense, he is a really nice person, and treats the pins with the utmost of respect. He doesn't run around wearing them or anything (maybe the Sig badges, I don't know.)

But make no mistake--that collection that you see on the net is for real.

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Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
I'm so happy that I am a
Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Nobody knows . . . how
happy I am!

What is the web address for this guy who has handfulls of badges? I would like to look at them, if there are pictures available.

The pin collection we've been discussing can be viewed at:
www.fraternitypin.com

It is run by a Sigma Chi and his Tri-Delta fiancee.

Be sure to check out the PinFest pages too, for some really old badges (everytime I see the KKG badges on those pinfest pages, I salivate . . . what I wouldn't do to buy them from him!!!)

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Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
I'm so happy that I am a
Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Nobody knows . . . how
happy I am!

IMSOH,

The point is that he has them. Whether or not he is collecting them or selling them. He still has them and thats highway robbery. In my opinion he should make every effort to make sure that each respective greek organization gets their badges back. For my Fraternity I would rather see him melt them down than for him to collect them for his purposes. He is NOT a member of my Fraternity. Ebay is another story altogether. Just my opinion.

Kevin
Beta Theta Pi Alum
Epsilon Mu

[This message has been edited by Miami1839 (edited March 08, 2001).]

Kevin--

I agree, I wish he didn't have them either. I guess I just figure that the fact that they haven't been melted down and still exist means that someday, Jeff (the guy who runs fraternitypin.com and owns that collection)will have to sell those pins, some of them with significant historical value.

In fact, he already sold about 25-30 pins from his collection last year in order to fund a new business venture he was undertaking . . . so you never know when he will decide to sell the Beta pins you want . . . it has to happen sometime . . . just my opinion.

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Oh, Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
I'm so happy that I am a
Kappa Kappa Kappa Gamma,
Nobody knows . . . how
happy I am!

IMSOH,

True... I see where your coming from. If I had the money I'd definitely would buy the Beta pins. I guess we'll just have to see what happens. http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Kevin

One of my sisters was jsut asking me about this the other day. she is a new initiate, and her friend bout her an old chi o badge. should she send it to nationals?

Although AGD doesn't have a specific fund to handle pins for sale, we do have someone from IHQ who carefully monitors items put up for auction, especially fraternity pins and vintage AGD stuff (old songbooks, etc.). I know this for sure because my chapter advisor usually bids on a lot of historical stuff on eBay...and she got an email from IHQ. They are actually doing detective work to see who buys and who sells!

Does Chi Omega have a similar person who deals with eBay auctions? It's really disheartening to see these individuals making money off things that are not rightfully theirs. The fact that the two individuals running the fraternity pin site are GREEKS makes me sad. They, of all people, should know the policies regarding badges and pins. AGD's policies state that badges are the property of AGD, and upon a sister's death she is to be either buried with it or have it returned to IHQ. Are your policies the same way???

Yes, def. send it back to Nationals- my house was robbed and my grandmother's pin (XO) was stolen- I would so like to have it back - - I'm sure many are out there like me. Sue

Yes, Perspehone, you should send that badge to HQ! While Chi Omega does not have a specific person whose job centers around eBay, they do hear a lot about it and deal with donations from stuff found on eBay all the time. About the pin, HQ will keep it in the archives and display it. of course, if the person is still alive, they may be able to return it to her. In any case, an initiate is only supposed to wear her own badge or the badge of her mother or grandmother, so you guys might be able to find that someone else has better use for it. Also, it probably has the chapter, initiation date and initials engraved on the back, unless it is very old, so check it out!

Sisters-

Heads up- There is another Chi Omega badge for sale on Ebay.


Grrrrr

happyowl

Hey,

Not only are there pins/badges on there, but also paddles, sweatshirts and t-shirts, songbooks, and pledge manuals from a bunch of GLOs. Type in the word "fraternity" for the search, and you'll get a LOT of pages. Some of it is masonic related, but a lot of it is for glos.

[This message has been edited by Billy Optimist (edited April 22, 2001).]

Sorry XO's....I saw these today... http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/frown.gif
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1165032107

and
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...tem=1164527208

Thanks for the heads up but somethings in life- we just can not stop! But- I did place a bid on the cute bracelet with the owl charm!!! http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif