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Subaru offers this cute little thing to people who purchase their vehicles. They’re called badges of ownership and they’re free.

You buy a car, you go to their site, punch in your VIN # as proof and choose. I did this when I bought Ethel, she was my first. So now that I have Pearl, she needed some badges as well.

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The website says you can order as many as you like, but in actuality I was limited to 6. Since one of them was the medallion that identifies how many Subarus you’ve owned.. I felt gypped.

Enter eBay, where I figured someone must be selling a few.

Remember, they’re free… so I figured I could pick up 3 or 4 more for a couple of bucks.

And yes, they had them… even the wine and cheese badge I especially wanted.

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‘Free’ suddenly felt anything but.

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Rare… and discontinued.

Please.

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