Pin Collectors

Originally posted by valpogal99
Hey Sisters - bad news. TyOregon won the Alpha badge. If you check out other boards about their badges, you will see that he claims he has relatives in the sorority - the most common story is that his daughter is a member of X sorority. It does appear that he may have a daughter that is a KD and he buys badges for her. Either way, he runs up the price on a number of badges so if you see him bidding, bid late - he apparently doesn't have any cash flow problems. It also doesn't do any good to write to him and ask him not to bid. Anyway, just thought I would pass that information along.

I have a question though, as a "pledge pin" that has to be given back to the sorority - can't EO do something about that pin. Noone can buy them from the Sorority so the pin must have been "Taken" from them. Just a thought.

Sorry to crash your board...... Tyoregon does have a daughter and mother and they are both Alpha Phi's our EO knows of his daughter and EO has seen her serious collection of Alpha Phi badges that daddy warbucks ( tyoregon) has bought for her. He is a not very nice man if you ever deal with him on an email level. Even if your the nicest sincerest person who emailed him a non threatening email he still is a creep.

He does run up the board to outragious amts and in my opinon is a creep. He tells everyone he has a daughter that is a KD,APHI,KKG,ADPI, etc... i don't know his reasoning but nonetheless a jerk

I love your idea of guardians of the diamond program to help "save " your badges... you all should be commended for trying to save your heritage like us all against creeps like him!

Laura

[skerbow]

Thank you Laura! I'm sure our badge means as much to each of us as your's does to you.

[FirstAndFinest]

Here's my thought and the logic behind...

Bid early with the HIGHEST AMOUNT you would be willing to pay.
THis was suggested to me when I first started bidding (and losing) on Ebay, and it is good advice. Obviously, we all want to pay as little as possible, and that is how ebay's proxy bidding works. For example, if you are willing to pay $100 - at MOST - but opening bid is $1, BID $100! Ebay will enter your first bid at $1. This way you will automatically out-bid anyone who bids later. Yes, these later-bidders *will* drive the prioce hight, so you've got to be willing to pay your bid price.

So, now you know my bidding strategy! If you see me bidding on ebay for ADPi stuff, you might want to PM or email me if you have a special request (I've been know to stop bidding or to sell for my purchase price TO SISTERS).

Loyally,
Leslie

PS - I also bid on Theta Chi (my dad's fraternity) items and NJ postcards.

[skerbow]

I was always told to watch an item until the final day. Then if it is still reasonable, bid with your highest bid. This will keep the price from going up every time someone bids. Just my $0.02

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by skerbow
I was always told to watch an item until the final day. Then if it is still reasonable, bid with your highest bid. This will keep the price from going up every time someone bids. Just my $0.02

^^ I've ALWAYS won auctions this way.

With highly coveted items (like sorority pins for example) there are some ebay members who simply bid to raise the price.

Say for example I placed a proxy bid and my max was $100, but the bid so far was only 45, people have been known to bid on the item simply to raise the cost.. so I would definitely suggest waiting until the end, unless money is really not a concern and you just really really want to be the highest bidder for 8 days straight on that one item

[FirstAndFinest]

Thanks, Princess. I never thought about people spitefully raising the price.

[skerbow]

For those of you that do collect, what are your plans for your badges once you pass on??

[honeychile]

Originally posted by skerbow
For those of you that do collect, what are your plans for your badges once you pass on??

VERY good question, Sherra!!!

I had always planned on giving my pin with sapphire points to my one "niece" and the pin with ruby points to her sister, but Kelly didn't go Greek, and Molly didn't have ADPi on campus. So, Plan B is: Sapphire points to my chapter for some sort of Reward program (Spirit?), Ruby points to a sister who has become very special to me (and who has a daughter), and all pearls to International HQ for someone who can't afford a pin.

All this is scrapped if I end up having a daughter, of course!! That poor child would be lopsided, from the number of ADPi and DAR pins she would be left...!

[skerbow]

nah, she'll just have an assortment.

I'm lucky my great aunt had me to pass her down to. I'm sure i would have run across it after the funeral, but It was more special this way.

I am thinking that I need to have atleast 3 daughters right now. Or have 3 granddaughters. And if not, I have a neice, and two psuedo neices that just might benefit from my mini collection.

Otherwise, to EO or my chapter they go for a sister that can't afford a pin.

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
Thanks, Princess. I never thought about people spitefully raising the price.

yep Finest, sometimes people do that

sherra, that was a very good question!!! I don't have a collection yet (mainly because I'm still a poor college kid!) but if I didn't have anyone to pass them on to, I would definitely send mine back to EO

[FirstAndFinest]

I'm hoping to have a daughter one day, so hopefully she will go ADPi (can a 2nd generation legacy NOT go ADPI?????_

I may have a step-daughter one day soon... Are they considered legacies? Never saw anything about that in COB.


I recently learned the my chapter LOST the President's Badge. That got me thinking... What methods or plans do chapters that have President's (or scholarship, et al) badges have in place to ensure that they stay with the chapter?

[skerbow]

Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
I'm hoping to have a daughter one day, so hopefully she will go ADPi (can a 2nd generation legacy NOT go ADPI?????_

I may have a step-daughter one day soon... Are they considered legacies? Never saw anything about that in COB.

Leslie - See your pm...I replied to the legacy question.

Sisters, please do not reply if you are going to get specific about our selection process. It is to be kept between initiated sisters. Please remember there are Alphas on the mb and other greeks. If you want to know my reply, please pm me. I'll be happy to share what i know.

[skerbow]

Originally posted by FirstAndFinest
I recently learned the my chapter LOST the President's Badge. That got me thinking... What methods or plans do chapters that have President's (or scholarship, et al) badges have in place to ensure that they stay with the chapter?

My chapter actually didn't have a presidents badge. They had a president's necklace with a gavel charm. This was passed down for many years, and I believe still is. Texas*princess can you confirm this for me??

[ADPiAkron]

Neither did my chapter...I do not think we had anything. They passed on the gavel to the next president is all I knew of...although I was never president. (stupid stupid me!)

[texas*princess]

Originally posted by skerbow
My chapter actually didn't have a presidents badge. They had a president's necklace with a gavel charm. This was passed down for many years, and I believe still is. Texas*princess can you confirm this for me??

Yes it is still in use today