Suggestions on managing our new Quills...
Dearest Sisters - I'd like your opinion. I've recently engaged in some brief discussions with some of the lovely National Fraternity staff members and our Herff-Jones representative. I was interested in learning whether I could return my crown pearl Quill to have the pearls replaced with one of the new Quill gem patterns that was approved at National Convention. At this point, it looks like it will be 1) not possible or 2) cost prohibited to do so. My dilemma is that I do NOT want a 2nd Quill! I heard from a close sister that there was some discussion at Convention that the cost of jeweled Quills was important to Sisters, and I'd like to discuss the following.
The price of gold is at an all-time high (over $1000 an ounce). Many jewelry companies buy gold from customers or allow trade-ins for new pieces. Most major high school and college jewelers such as Herff-Jones also have a trade-in/trade-up policy with their rings and jewelry. I'd like to throw this out there to see what you think. With all of the emotion surrounding our Quills appearing on the internet on sites such as Ebay, I feel it would make sense to allow Sisters to trade in their old Quills toward the purchase of a new one. This would reduce the number of "extra" Quills that are out there while providing Sisters with some financial assistance to obtain one of these beautiful new designs.
What do you think? If we get support for this idea, we could forward it along before the new Quill designs are released this week.
-TMP
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