Archive for May 31, 2007

Direct from Hunan, China

Posted in Patch Collecting by John E. Pannell on May 31st, 2007 at 4:05 am

Kevin Doyle recently made me aware of this eBay seller.   In his words:

See you don’t have to get your patches approved by BSA or use a BSA -certified manufacturer…

http://cgi.ebay.com/70-BOY-SCOUT-FELLOWSHIP-WIPALA-WIKI-432-2007-PATCH_W0QQitemZ320120076357

This ain’t Chang, and they aren’t fakes.  The lodges run smack into what it’s like to do business with the real pros. Taiwan and Hong Kong ain’t got anything on these guys…..

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