[Leslie Anne]

I've got some serious problems with all of this.

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Now take for instance this TKN badge that is on ebay right now from LXAZ1, he paid well over $400 for it (If I remember correctly over $500), and I was actually going to buy it for myself, but came across a slightly better opportunity. ($675 for a founding member's badge). So to say that he is 'ripping' people off is absurd.

I'll agree that he isn't ripping people off.

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Now I happen to know that this particular gentleman is 'mature' to say the least (A little research will show that the Lambda Chi Chapter was founded in the 60s), so this person is no spring chicken, so to make a mistake such as a date on an Organization that isnt even his, can hardly be called fraudulent. (But hey everyone up here knows absolutely EVERYTHING about EVERY GLO)

What, you turn 60 and suddenly become a doddering old fool? Serious collectors or anyone who's been in contact with a lot of fraternity and sorority pins could tell in a nano-second that that ADPi pin was not a hundred years old! And I know plenty of collectors who actually do know just about absolutely EVERYTHING about EVERY GLO.

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Now lets look at the reason why he is selling some of these, this man has over 60+ LXA Badges, he feels that by putting them on ebay he has a much better chance of getting them into a deserving Brother's hands, and hardly ever for more than what he paid for them.

I doubt the reasoning here. More likely, he's been collecting them for a while and now has a lot of valuable ones so he's selling off the less valuable ones. I'm in the same position. I've bought so many KD pins that now I realize that some aren't as valuable (in terms of age and genuine gems and gold). BUT, you will never catch me selling those KD pins on ebay.

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Now lets look at donating them to a new colony or what have you, again this man is well into his 60's and may not have the means to get them into the proper hands.

This is WEAK! Again, just because he's in his 60's he can't figure out how to get pins to a new colony? Pfft!

Originally Posted by Trey_P-I_47

Oh an one more thing, would you rather pay a little more for a slightly older, better made badge, or one of the newer plastic like ones from Herff-Jones. The quality now-a-days sucks, and I will leave it at that.

Here, I actually agree with you.