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Virtually every pin collector is greek themselves. We collect the badges because they mean a lot to us. We know they also mean a lot to you, but that doesn’t really change anything. Ebay is an auction site. So whoever wants it most, gets it
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Prove that statement wptw....in MANY cases that I have personally experienced, the badge mean a lot to the collectors mainly because they have it and a member does not -- the thrill of the chase and winning means more than the beauty and significance of the badge to the collectors I have come across...Yeah, they want it most so they bid to get it -- but do not say collectors know what the badges mean -- because they really do NOT! If they truly knew what the badges meant, they would not be collecting them.
I'd admire more of a badge Robin Hood who rescues/collects badges and returns them to the sorority they signify -- to me that is the only kind of collector who'd indicate they knew the meaning of a badge...
I am sorry but I do not think badge collectors are doing Greekdom any favors. I have only "met" one collector on ebay who I considered to be even remotely courteous. The rest I have "met" act like self righteous thugs who if they were a country, would be Switzerland which took and kept holocaust victims money for themselves after WW2....sorry if that is harsh but it's how I feel.
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