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All of the pins that TyOrgon bids on go to his daughter who is an Alpha Phi. While it is frustrating that he wins so many auctions, another Alpha Phi who's met him before asked me to think of it this way: none of us like that he outbids Phis who would treasure the badges or return them to the Fraternity but he has the money to buy the pins and can outbid anyone he wants. Why not make sure we have a positive relationship with him so that we can pursuade him to let us to have access to some of our historically significant badges that he purchases for his daughter? Isn't it better to at least know where the badges are and that they are with an Alpha Phi rather than have them go to random pin collectors around the world?
I am not condoning his bidding wars or anything else, just asking you to think of all sides of the issue.
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