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Originally Posted by kddani
Somehow fraud doesn't seem to be in line with the ideals that LXA puts forth, at least on its website. If someone is committing fraud while flaunting your letters, that's kinda bad.
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Sorry, I missed a few posts and skipped to the end before I posted. I cannot speak for members of other GLO's, or other individuals about how they feel about their badges. And to state the fact, these are my individual opinions and don't represent anyone else, nor am I trying to influence anyones faith in their GLO.
I looked at the ebay threads, the highest selling badge was $60, and that was for a 100 year old badge. That isin't a lot of money, if he was trying to profit he could easily have set the reserve to several hundred higher and it would still probably sell. Odds are thats what he paid for it. The other badges are around a few dollars to 20$ ish.
It seems to me that the basis of the argument is people not wanting other GLO's to own their pins, and that people from a GLO should not sell their own pins. I agree with the second with reservations as stated before. He could own badges, and not sell them, and no one would ever know that they still existed. Then it wouldn't be a problem? It seems to me that this collector, hes obviously not just selling 1, is trying to give the badges back to their owners, or whoever appreciates them the most. It is also obvious that he is not trying to profit off the sale of these pins, because almost all of them could go way over the asking price.
I am not trying to inheritantly defend the person selling the items, more to offer an explanation that doesn't involve the individual being a horrible person. I don't think that the other items being sold are being misrepresented. At no point does he say that he is a member of the sorority of the pins hes selling. Its the trade of history, it just happens to be in this case viewable on ebay. It happens each and everyday, public, and private. And most of the transactions you will never ever hear about. Some people honestly like collecting and selling old things. I have accepted the fact that there are plenty of things that are missing from my chapter that will never be seen again. I rather find it on ebay, then never at all. Stealing is a different story, this is not stealing.