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Originally Posted by OTW
Pardon the forum crash...
Badge collectors know that there's a hot market for badges/pins because of the importance of the item to organization's members. They know that the item "technically" belongs to the organization, so it's easy for them to make a quick profit.
I do see the importance in rescuing very old badges, but for newer and "average" ones? I say save your $$$ and quit giving your business to these despicable sellers. The more business we give them, the more $$$ they can spend to buy our badges.
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Fortunately, the average badges have not been sold at outrageous prices. The ones I've seen or bought myself cost less than the sale price for a new badge making them rather reasonable. As for the fancier badges, the bids are getting out of control. Those are the badges that I choose to save my money on! I'm not going to give in and pay more than a badge is worth because there are a few extra gemstones on it! Maybe we should just stop buying all of the badges...even the fancy ones to stop this trend.