Selling your own GLO's badges on EBay

[DZRose]

I can only think of a few reasons why someone would sell their own badge.

1. It has no special meaning to them.
2. They had a falling out with their sorority.
3. They were in some dire straits and needed the cash.

For us, the fees we pay to HQ actually are more like a rental. Our badge actually doesn't belong to us, even though we are in posession of it, it actually belongs to the sorority. When we die, we're supposed to either be buried in it, or it's supposed to be sent back to HQ (yes, they actually have a vault at HQ with a huge box of badges in it) and there are very specific guidelines for disposal of a badge upon a members deactivation or death. When we initiate, we have to pay for a badge, there is no option to purchase badges no longer in use by other sisters.

Now, I will say that my mom is also a DZ, and I am not sending hers back when she dies. It was the badge I was initiated with, and I intend to hang onto it. If they want it, they can come and get it...lol.

On a brighter note, there are some sisters I know who devote a serious amount of time and resources to retrieving badges off e-bay. They buy them and send them back into HQ, who reimburses them up to about $50. I have also known of a woman who had her badge stolen in a home-theft years ago turn up on e-bay and she was able to get it back. So while the whole thing kinda sours my stomach, there are some bright spots in the whole thing.

DZRose