Idiots...

[Leslie Anne]

Okay, so "my friend" received a response from the seller.

This is what "she" sent to him:

"Dear ctoucey63,

Not harping at you. (I'm sure you've gotten plenty of that.) I'm just curious why someone should pay for something they can just print off TKE's website?"

He responded with:

"That's a good question. My friend who's a TeKE is posting this item for sale. I'm not familiar with their rituals or history."


Hmm, isn't it nice that we all have so many "friends"?

[southernfrat]

why does anyone even give a shit? worry about your own fraternity/sorority

[Day13]

I think people care because they have the "What if it happened to me"feelings on it.

The greek community should really be a united group considering the stereotypes and problems we have to overcome.

By the way, its not our ritual book. But it is making money off of copyrighted material.

[When Doves Cry]

Well that's not fair; making someone pay for something that they could get for free

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by jmagnus

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWA:IT&ih=006

Just wondering what you all think about this. Don't worry about any non-greek seeing this and trying to bid because:

1. I'm pretty much sure that there is nothing in it.
2. I have a friend who set up a ebay account and bid 900 for it.

Just wondering your thoughts. I personally think it's funny that he says TKE members only should bid on it...like the idiot is actually a member...it makes me laugh.

Just so we don't lose the link!

[nittanyalum]

If he is really misrepresenting the item, eBay should be contacted to let them know about it.

And you'd be wise to tell your friend to retract his fake bid, eBay does not play around with that stuff these days and if somehow he ends up "winning", he may well be tracked down. I understand the anger at these things, but contact your national if you really think someone's selling your ritual, contact the seller to see if it's an honest mistake, or contact eBay if you think something fraudulent is going on. But fake bidding or bid escalation in general is a VERY bad idea these days.

[Xidelt]

I'm with cuteASAbug on this one. Who cares? It's NOT ritual. How do you know it's stolen? How do you know the seller didn't print it off the TKE website and put it in a binder himself? Get a life, people. Go rescue a badge or something.

[33girl]

We had someone do this with some non-secret ASA ceremonies - try to pass them off as "ritual" on ebay.

Just because it has a candle, an open motto, and a Greek word or two doesn't make it a ritual.

[nittanyalum]

Because the OP started with this:

Originally Posted by jmagnus

Just wondering what you all think about this.

And ended with this:

Just wondering your thoughts.

[jmagnus]

True that Day13!

By the way, my friend retracted his bid when I showed him this thread. It still ended up going for like $120 though. It went to some stupid collector. I checked his feedback and viewed the items he bought in the last 90 days...stuff from all kinds of different fraternities and sororites. Oh well, it's his money wasted. Maybe next time he will think twice before bidding on something that he shouldn't have access to in the first place...

[Corsulian]

I know I'd want to get my hands one it and find out about the mysteries of the TKExperience (see left hand page in the second picture on the ebay page).

[Day13]

Originally Posted by Corsulian

I know I'd want to get my hands one it and find out about the mysteries of the TKExperience (see left hand page in the second picture on the ebay page).

Oh, you mean the little thing with the Goat?

[JonInKC]

Originally Posted by Day13

Oh, you mean the little thing with the Goat?

What does the GTO have to do with this?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by JonInKC

What does the GTO have to do with this?

I believe it was a joke that went over your head.