My little Ebay Revenge

[AlphaFrog]

Ebay Listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3629451319&category=11145)

Scroll all the way to the bottom where I inform this idiot who had this pin listed as "Sigma Delta" (where in the world did he get that), that it is actually a Sigma Kappa pin...

(Okay, so I misspelled "sell", give me a break)

I still can't believe he actually posted me email.... LOL

[moe.ron]

You should've let it be. That way people won't be able to find it. By him correcting it, now people are finding the badge easier.

[texas*princess]

hehehe

that's hilarious.. and sooooo true. seriously, if you are going to sell stuff, at least have the decency to find out what it really is

on the other hand, moe.ron has a point. He probably wouldn't have made much money (if any) if you didn't correct him.

[AlphaFrog]

Possibly, but alot of pin collectors don't care what you call it...and they just search for "fraternity pins"....they don't really care whether the seller has any clue what they're talking about...

[Tom Earp]

moe.ron, is right for that fact!

Has been LXA on, listed totally wrong. Sometimes can get better deals that way!:)

[Kevin]

Personally, I don't see much point in spending any time or effort trying to stop these ebay auctions. Remember, to normal folks, your badge is just a nice looking configuration of precious metals and stones. It's just a pretty trinket to them that they're willing to spend a good deal of money to aquire.

What is sacred about the badge? The badge itself, or what it represents? It is a symbol, not the body and blood of Christ.

Heck.. If anything, it's a compliment that folks think your badge looks good enough to spend money to aquire it.

[texas*princess]

From now on let's email sellers and give them the wrong organizational names and maybe they will stop selling b/c they aren't making money! :):p ;)

[aephi alum]

Don't sweat it. Maybe the fact that you corrected the seller, will make it easier for a Sigma Kappa to find it and snap it up.

Honestly, how could you mistake a Kappa for a Delta? :rolleyes:

Pretty pin, btw. Hope a SK gets it.

[Lady Pi Phi]

Originally posted by aephi alum
Honestly, how could you mistake a Kappa for a Delta? :rolleyes:


Hahaha, I was thinking the same thing. But this seller probably just looked at the badge, saw it was in the shape of a triangle, and thinking he was a smart guy was like "oh yeah that must be a Delta, oh and the Sigma must definitly be an Epsilon. He originally had it as DKE.
The guy is probably not really a pin collector. Just some joe schmoe out to make a quick buck.

[Kevin]

Whoah.. your organizations spend $$ aquiring these things off of Ebay?

I can think of 12394891284 better uses for my donations/dues.

[CatStarESP4]

I don't understand how anyone could confuse a Delta with a Kappa. Oh well, if someone could confuse a Theta with a Phi (some guy who saw my letters and thought a Phi was a Theta), I believe there are some people out there who have the IQ of a garden slug! AlphaFrog, that was hilarious though!!!!

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[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Whoah.. your organizations spend $$ aquiring these things off of Ebay?

I can think of 12394891284 better uses for my donations/dues.

Our organization doesn't, our Badge Task Force ponies up our own money for it. Nothing is taken out of Gamma Phi Beta dues. I believe Keepers of the Key functions in a similiar manner.

[KillarneyRose]

Originally posted by ktsnake
Whoah.. your organizations spend $$ aquiring these things off of Ebay?

I can think of 12394891284 better uses for my donations/dues.

We have a program like that; I believe it's discussed on our national website. The maximum National will reimburse us is only $50 though and it's rare to see an eBay badge go for less than that.

And that SK badge is beautiful!

[sigmadiva]

Originally posted by aephi alum


Honestly, how could you mistake a Kappa for a Delta? :rolleyes:



I follow some of the badge sales and I honestly think some of the sellers don't know or don't care to know the greek alphabet. Like some one said, (most) people search for 'fraternity pins' and probably not for one particular GLO.

[33girl]

OT but I didn't realize SK used rubies...I thought they used some sort of purple jewel. ;)

[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

for what it's worth, I think it's a good thing it's being listed correctly.

A sister of SK is going to just search for SK. A collector will search "fraternity pins" and would've found it anyway.

is a SK getting it now? hope so....

[SSS1365]

Originally posted by HotDamnImAPhiMu
for what it's worth, I think it's a good thing it's being listed correctly.

A sister of SK is going to just search for SK. A collector will search "fraternity pins" and would've found it anyway.

is a SK getting it now? hope so....

I agree, that's a very good point. And yeah, pin collectors don't care what the seller calls it and they will still find it and buy it anyway because all they care about is the fact that it is a fraternity/sorority pin.

Now, I did notice that the seller had someone email him and "correct" him that the pin was really a Sigma Delta pin. So whoever this person is, is even more of an idiot for incorrectly correcting someone!

"I was sent this email, "you may get more interest in this pin if you described it as a Sigma Delta Sorority pin (which it is) rather than as a Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity pin(which it is not)." Thanks for the help fellow eBayer."

[SSS1365]

Originally posted by 33girl
OT but I didn't realize SK used rubies...I thought they used some sort of purple jewel. ;)

Yeah I noticed that the seller calls them rubies. Those don't look like rubies to me!