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Originally posted by ASUADPi
Wow your badge is pretty cheap at $46, but then again if I paid $46 for a pin, I guess I wouldn't be so upset if it ended up on Ebay.
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All of our badges are not $46. You can pay more than $200 for a badge if you want diamonds on it. Kappas can get badges that are plain ($46) or jeweled with pearls, sapphires, diamonds, or any combination of the two.
And don't get me wrong, I'm always upset when I see a Kappa badge on eBay. I'm upset that the symbol of our sisterhood is being bought and sold as if it were just a random piece of jewelry, especially by people who don't understand the deeper significance behind it.
I just think that it's a little absurd for organizations to spend thousands of dollars to rescue historically insignificant badges when they could do other things with the money. If private members wish to do so, that's their own business, and all the more power to them.
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Originally posted by IvySpice
A lot of people on GC take great exception to pin COLLECTORS as well as dealers. I view this the same way I would view a person who collects & displays flags of other nations. A French flag collector cannot possibly understand what the U.S. flag means to a U.S. veteran who fought in Korea...but it still has both aesthetic beauty and a beautiful open meaning that non-Americans can appreciate.
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I guess I do take certain exception to collectors. Often they're purchasing lost or stolen property. If they're active in the trade, they'll know that GLOs have policies about the possession of their badges, so they'll realize that they're keeping badges out of the hands of members. I know that some organizations allow their members to purchase, often at a discount, used badges that have been returned to HQ. It's both cheaper and significant in that the sister wearing the used badge is carrying on the legacy of a deceased sister.
I guess what I'm saying is that I'd rather have them in the hands of members than collectors. But I'd certainly rather have them in the hands of collectors who value their beauty and open meaning than melted down for scrap.
Make any sense?
(edited for typos)