[Kevin]

Badges are symbols for things we believe in. It is how we live out the values that they represent that matters, not how we treat/revere the symbols. If someone who's not a member sees fit to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars on a symbol they really know nothing about.. more power to them.

I don't think it's realistic to think that you can solve the problem. Just find comfort in the fact that other people like your symbols enough to spend money on them! The letters/symbols that you wear and own are not nearly as important as the way you live your life and honor the vows that you took to uphold what they stand for.