I saw that this girl has her Promise book for sale on eBay. From what I can gather it's actually HERS -- she's selling lots of letter shirts and stickers and things, and the way she describes them it appears that they have all been owned by her at some point or another. I don't know if she just graduated or what, though she says the Promise book is new and never written in. She also advertises it as containing "everything about Sigma Kappa!".
I know that our Promise book doesn't contain anything secret -- but it is (or at least should be, in my opinion) still a cherished guide and keepsake for the new member, the active member, and the alumna. I'm going alum in April, but I would NEVER think to sell my Promise book -- even if I had never written in it! I treasure it.
In my mind, this is just as bad as selling our badges on eBay. Buying these things outside of being a part of the sisterhood is not only disrespectful, in my opinion, but harmful as well. It makes me SO angry to see our badges for sale on eBay, and when I saw the Promise book this morning I was absolutely incensed. I started to fire off an e-mail to her DEMANDING that she cancel the auction (remembering the sequence of e-mails in the current Triangle between Angela Guillory and an eBay seller), but thought better of it and went to class instead. If this girl is a member of the Sorority, why on earth would she have such disregard for Sigma Kappa as to sell her Promise book? I don't know her membership status for certain or if she's even affilitated with the sorority -- that's just my inference given what she says in her auction listings. Either way, I think she should cancel the auction; I don't think the Promise book should be sold under any circumstances.
Am I totally out of my mind, or does anyone else see something wrong with this? I guess the primary thing I'm feeling is insult, and even more so if she's a sister... if she's ignorant of Greek life altogether and is just selling stuff she found, that's one thing, but if she has a connection to the sorority (and if she's a MEMBER!), I'm insulted that she would have such lack of emotion toward the Sorority that she would sell her own Promise book. You know?
Anyway, I was really pissed off and had to vent. It's just that she seems to imply that she's been affiliated with SK in some way or another, and with a collection of letter shirts as big as what she's selling, I'm guessing she was around for a while. It takes a while to accumulate so many shirts!
And while I'm talking, we Sigma Kappas need to get out here and represent!

We don't make enough use of our own board. I'd love to hear from all my sisters out there and know what you're up to! That was why I joined GC in the first place!!!
In Sigma --
Lauren
PS -- The item # for the Promise book is 1070978029.