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Hi, I'm Lucypm on Ebay.
This was an interesting thread to read. It was especially interesting because I have made a decision to stop bidding on badges for the very reasons you see listed here- I am constantly bombarded with requests for badges, and for the record, I gift any older badge to the national archives. The others I give to women who are collegiate chapter presidents, have lost a badge or who I know have made outstanding contributions to our collective sisterhood.
For the record I am not a badge fairy.
I even get requests via non ebay to buy women's badges. This is particularly offensive, although I have purchased them to keep them off of Ebay. I will no longer do that as I feel women who wish to sell their badges should take them to the open market from now on- anything less feels like extortion.
I was going to buy this opal badge for posterity ladies. I was going to preserve it via donation to Foundation for everyone to enjoy for years to come. But I think that the woman bidding against me on this and many other Phi Mu items is making that impossible, so I have decided to stop the madness and cease bidding, which also means I no longer gift badges to women who ask. It also means that someone's mother wins what should be present to everyone- in our archives. But Ebay is an open maretplace, therefore high bidder wins - fair is fair.
So PhiMunursie and her mother are welcome (and surely relieved) to bid on anything else that comes up on Ebay. I have decided to spend my money on something that truly matters- saving a chapter in distress. She and her mother can comfortably collect our artifacts on a personal level to their hearts content. I will no longer be bidding (or gifting).
By the way PhiMuNursie- I suggested to your mother once that she should pursue Alumnae initiation. Should you wish to find out more about that, please feel free to pm me and I can give you the details.
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