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Originally posted by ISUKappa
... we also need to teach our members smarter ways to bid when badges do go up for sale on online auctions. The easiest thing: Don't. Leave it to the groups assigned to take care of those things.
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Some groups do have alums, volunteers, or HQ employees to watch for badges and important items. Many do not.
Even those GLOs that watch for badges often cannot afford to spend the money to buy them. It would be preferable that all GLOs had the funds to support buying their respective badges off Ebay. Unfortunately this is just not the case. It does hurt to see very special, vintage, or charter member badges go into a non-member collector's hands.
I do wish that GLO members would communicate better with one another to prevent bidding wars when the ultimate goal is to simply get the item off the open market & return it to HQ. If you want an item personally, then I guess bid away!
For those who oppose the trade, then there is ONE way under our control to stop it... WE have to cut off the supply.