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Originally posted by texas*princess (in part)
... and I personally don't feel it's right to sell something that not yours to someone else just to make a buck.
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I'm not a collector, and maybe it's a mistake to belabor this, but...
Why do you assume that the badges being sold on e-bay do not belong to the seller? Yes, I know that many GLO's have constitutional/by-law provisions or rules that badges should be buried with the member, returned to HQ, or given to a legacy, but many GLO's have no such rule -- the badge is the property of the member, period, and anyone who buys it -- say from the member's estate -- is unquestionably the owner of the badge.
As for the GLO's that do have such rules, if legal ownership came down to a court battle between the GLO and, say, a seller on e-bay, my money would be on the seller. I just don't see much chance of a GLO winning that fight.