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Ok.... my 2 cents....
hypothetcal situation:
Badge comes from estate sale, buyer doesn't know what it is. Buyer then decides to post it on ebay.
Member of GLO sees badge on ebay, bids on it in effort to "rescue" the pin. Good plan.
GLO member then reports his or her findings to other members of the GLO via message board, email, what ever.
Other members of the GLO are now aware and interested, so they all bid against each other.
So, not only are there members bidding. Top that with the collectors, and the bids go to incredibly high.
In the end, it can't all be blamed on collectors. If a member of the GLO wants the badge, they will bid, but there will probably be someone, member or not, who has the means to outbid them.
Even if, in good faith efforts, members pool their money in order to rescue the badge, they are likely still going to bid against brothers/ sisters. I've seen on the national website of my GLO where women have found our badge on ebay and posted it there. I don't beileve that everyone is communicating back and forth about how much they have to add to the pool. I believe they are bidding against each other and increasing the final sale price. All to do a good deed.
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