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I don't understand why a GLO would spend its extra money on rescuing non-historically significant pins rather than donating the money to its philanthropy or contributing to a scholarship fund for needy members.
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Y'know, I kind of agree with this. I can see if they're historically significant, but just the generic badge? For Kappa it costs $46, which is probably much less than you'd pay on eBay. I understand if it's YOUR badge, or your mom's, or your big sis's, but...
Kappa's "Keepers of the Key" are operating independently from the Fraternity. They work with the Fraternity to establish measures for protecting badges, e.g. creating the badge disposition form, raising awareness about filing police reports, etc., but the Fraternity does not contribute financially to the rescuing of badges.
And it's also worth reminding that the huge, public badge rescue efforts are what have driven up the cost of eBay badges in the first place.
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Nor do I understand why it bothers people if a non-stolen pin ends up in the display case of a collector who admires the physical and conceptual beauty of Greek life in America. How are the ideals of the GLO damaged by this preservation of a symbol?
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I think the biggest problem, IvySpice, is not the collectors who wish to preserve the symbol. It's the not-so-nice collectors who seem bound and determined to keep our badges OUT of our hands: those who refuse to disclose the badge owner information engraved on the back; those who block bids from known GLO members, and those who make the prices prohibitive when they know that GLO members are there.