? regarding CM and pin trading

[Spiffie]

I have seen a couple of replies on this board concerning people who have taken their eBay purchased pins to a CM for verification of whether they are fakes or not. Both people posted that they were told the pins "looked fine" and one even traded with a store CM.

So, my question is, do you think that CM have been told not to refuse a trade? Could they have been told not to attempt to discern a pins authenticity? I can see why Disney would not want them to get involved with something that people are spending their money on. My guess is that most CMs don't have the time to bother with checking out every pin they see and in fact may or may not know what to look for.

Anybody else wonder this?

[Cardsfann18]

If it says "Disney" on the back of the pin, your technically allowed to trade it to a CM, scrapper or not. Which makes me mad because I might trade for a scrapper or even worse a little kid. As for the CM's being told not to to decline a trade, I say that it depends on the CM because I have ran into CMs that have to check the back of the pin to even let me tell them the pin I want. Some don't even look at the pin much less check the back.

[CR Resort Fan 4 Life]

Everytime I have traded with the Cast Members I have not seen them check the back of the pins to make sure they are not a scrapper, however all my pins have been purchased while at WDW and I know they are 100% authentic.