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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
What I mean, is that if someone wants to buy the pin as a way of "helping the sorority", then, in my view it helps the sorority MORE when those funds that they've earmarked already to "help the sorority" are directed towards that sorority's Foundation, not towards a pin that is going to be rescued, and then lying dormant in a jewellery box (although it is nice to see them in the historical archives, etc.).
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I'll agree that if someone is collecting their pins to "help their sorority" they could help more effectively in other ways. But what if they are collecting their pins for their own pleasure? Can't they do that as a member?
Also, my pins don't lie dormant in a jewelry box.
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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
Anyhow...I've always maintained that if someone wants to buy the pin because they admire them and think they're beautiful, then good for them. I do object to it, if someone is buying a pin for the purpose of wearing it with the intent to misrepresent themselves.
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I agree with you here again. I think it would be really pathetic to buy pins off ebay in order to pass yourself off as a member. I think I can reassure you though. I've never come across a single collector that would even consider doing that. It's simply not the goal of collecting.
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Originally Posted by CutiePie2000
Donated thousands, huh? Can you introduce me to some of these people? I only ask, because I saw some Betsey Johnson dresses & Manolo Blahnik shoes on Ebay that need...uh..."rescuing". Yeah, that's it.  |
You might already know some of these people and not realize it. Some of them might even be...
dare I say it?....DGs!!!
You just never know.