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I'll caution you on contacting the HQ-- there are two views out there about badges. As most people said here-- one view is "Yeah you saved the badge--wear it proudly!".
The other view, especially from HQs, can be that by not buying the badge from the sorority's vendor, the sorority lost an opportunity to receive income. Many of the vendors shares royalties on the sale of sorority badges and jewelry with the national organizations. So someone from HQ might not like that you saved the badge for that reason.
And for a soapbox moment-- if we all stopped buying badges on eBay there would be no market for them there. And the sellers would stop selling them. I know that's a pretty idealistic view but I have seen badges go for 5 times what you could get them from the vendor for--and most of that is members driving the price up on each other.
All of that said-- I say enjoy the badge-- and, as someone else said, make sure you make arrangements for its return to the HQ when you will no longer need it.
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