Thank you for posting this, Mary. You know, when I read the article, I thought to myself "Geez, they're making Mary out to be a lot more...what's the word...forceful...about this than she really is," and something didn't sit right. Caring about recovering badges is one thing, a writer making people believe you'd practically break into peoples' houses to get them is quite another. You are one of the LEAST aggressive, hostile people I know...but I still meant what I said before about how I love you for being a caring, one-woman KKG army.
I'm an Ebay pin collecting lurker, I can't even tell you how much money I DON'T have right now to rescue them, but there is some ridiculousness going on there. Sellers are putting reserves on Kappa pins over $600, and almost no one is buying. The one person that DID bid is new to Ebay, and had totaled at least $1000 in bids on pins. I'm all for capitalism, but that seemed a little outrageous to me. I suppose it's only a matter of time, though, before the sellers realize no one is bidding on outrageously overpriced pins, and we'll be back to where we were before.