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I know that I own all the badges( I am in a social, philanthropic and professional sorority) I have because I bought them from Burr Patt or I bought them from ebay and no one from that particular organization has a policy. As a matter of fact, a national officer encouraged me to go through ebay if I "could get a better price".
If I decide to upgrade my badge and contact Burr Patt directly and they sell the badge to me, it's mine. It is not my sorority's and it is not a life long lease and it does not become their property if I get kicked out, quit or die. I bought it from the jeweler. I have the reciept!
I would also like to add that I have purched 5 or 6 badges directly from jewelers and other IHQ's with no proof of membership ever being asked of me. I simple informed them of the name and chapter and year I wanted engraved on the back. I gave these as gifts to good friends of mine that either lost their badges or had been watning to upgrade. But I could have been anybody. Those badges, until I gave them away, were also legally mine.
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