Ebay Buys

[DG515]

I've got a question for all of you....now, before you assume this goes into the Chit Chat board, hear me out.....

Ebay is a great tool and you can buy many great things (both GLO and non-GLO) for relatively low prices...I've gotten some really great DG buys on there and have seen some pretty amazing auctions (for example the DG badge from 1892 that went for $2,289.82...the badge was incredible and without Ebay, we would have never even known it existed) but there's something that has bothered me for a bit now, but it directly relates to me now.

There are many mixer and greek week shirts that go up on Ebay all the time. How do you feel about your letters being out there like that? I mean, I don't really have a problem if DG's at some random chapter have an event with our letters on it and people wear the shirts they recieved as being an event participant. It's pr for us :-D (Granted if they were wearing it and doing stupid stuff, another story) However, I know it's a bigger deal as far as Fraternities go. From what I understand for a Fraternities letters to be on something is a big deal, esp if they aren't brothers.

My situation: I am GREAT friends with one of the local Sig Ep chapters (but we never do joint events with them and have t-shirts) and I was on ebay and I found a Sig Ep/DG shirt from a mixer a couple of years back. I think that the Sig Ep men here are great (and my chapter is really tight with them) and I would love nothing more than to wear a shirt supporting not only my Sigma Phi Epsilon friends but the relationship between our two organizations. On the front breast pocket area there are both sets of letters and on the back it says Sig Ep and Delta Gamma: Western Mixer. I bid on it because the auction is about over and I think it's a great shirt, however, the more I think about it, the more concerned I get. What is the general feelings on shirts like this? Should I go to the chapter and ask for permission to wear it? I would never do anything to ruin the reputation of my boys here and they know that, esp if I'm wearing a shirt with their org on it, but I still don't know. I don't really know what to do....and I'm curious on your all's personal viewpoints.

Thanks!
..::Mandie::..