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Here's my $.50:
It's just an online auction. They're just items. People can bid on whatever they want, and they don't have to rescind a bid just because someone asks them nicely or meanly. If they want it, they will have it. That is why this is America. Just because one person wants something and watches the auction more closely than another doesn't make the late bidder less deserving.
I don't think ADPi needs to regulate its membership on Ebay. If there is a committee established for the purpose of educating the membership on chapter history and ritual, and the subpurpose of preserving (or rescuing) paraphernalia through sorority funds and member donations, than so be it. A great place to start is with the Ritual and Heritage Director/s, and to form a specific task force. Work with pin collectors, instead of fighting them, to buy before the auction begins, if it comes to that.
In the meantime, the only etiquette one need abide on ebay is that s/he with the most cash wins, and for everyone to show good sportsmanship all around. These are just material things, and yes, they may have historic and sentimental value, but come on.... to quote William Shater, "It's just a[n object] people!"
Win some. Lose some. Let's agree to disagree and move onto the next thread.
/End $.50... I think I may have just saved a penny!
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