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I find the whole idea of pin collectors quite irritating. Of course I understand that there is nothing I can do about it when a badge from my sorority is up for auction, but it's frustrating all the same when you see that the winning bidder is not a member of your GLO. I don't think I'll ever understand why a person would want a badge to whose organization they were never a member. I earned my badge by learning what it means, and it can never mean anything to someone who has never learned it. And I assure you that if I ever did purchase another GLO's badge, it would be for the purpose of returning it to that GLO.
What I think even a lot of members sometimes fail to understand is that that badge belongs to their national organization. I was told during my pledge period that when I die, my badge is to either be sent to nationals or buried with me. And when a member terminates her membership, she must return the badge to nationals. I KNOW that MANY, if not all, other national GLOs have the same policies, so there's no excuse for these pins to keep popping up on ebay. I don't care what excuses the collectors come up with, I will NEVER understand why they want them!
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