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Dzrose93:
“If she loves and respects Greek Life as much as she claims, then she wouldn't commit an act that goes against the wishes and written regulations of nearly every GLO in existence.”
Wrong. GLOs who actually take a position on this issue are in the minority.
Dzrose93:
“As for the Greek pin collectors who say they're collecting badges in order to "save" them from being melted down... Why don't they go a step further and REALLY "save" them by returning them to their rightful owners - National Headquarters?”
You know, that is such an easy offhand “cocktail party” thing to say. Sure, everyone wants to have their cake and eat it too:
You want the badges saved from being melted down…
But you can’t afford to buy them all out of the ebay dealers hands…
And your HQ can’t afford to buy them all out of the ebay dealers hands…
And you won’t do the legwork to find the other 50% of “loose” badges that AREN’T on ebay…
So you expect collectors to do ALL of this for you with their own time and money? This sounds like Communism!
Let me see if I’ve got the message straight:
>>>Thank you, Mr. Collector, for spending piles of your own money and scores of Saturdays to rescue pins since before I was even born. But now there’s ebay, and we’re on top of it now. Besides which you weren’t really supposed to have those pins anyway you know, and even though you’ve spent a big chunk of your life preserving and studying GLO history, really you don’t understand what it means to be a respectful greek. So could you please just donate your entire collections that you’ve worked years to build back to the HQs, where they will likely collect dust in a storage room? Thanks. We can’t afford to reimburse you or anything, but just think what great PR it will be!<<<
Gack!
FYI, from time to time we actually do return pins to national HQs.
SSS1365:
“I earned my badge by learning what it means, and it can never mean anything to someone who has never learned it.”
You’re saying that all it takes to earn the Tri-Sig badge is learning what the symbols mean?
Funny - My GLO teaches me that earning the badge is a lifelong process, not something you do once. Maybe that’s the whole source of our difference of opinion about badges on ebay.
Cream:
“Hey, I don't wear knickers...they wouldn't go with my lovely DPhiE badge!”
But I think I’ve seen DPhiE knickers on ebay. Quite nice. Surely these would complement the badge, yes?
And trying to distract me by telling me you don’t wear knickers will not work!!
Umm…Crap, lost my train of thought. What the heck were we talking about?
Oh yeah…
ZZ-kai-:
“We need to get over it, because the more people are worried about it, the more the pins will sell for.”
Exactly.
wptw
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