scrapper question

[NYY2SMP]

Has anybody bought a pin lot and not received any scrappers and what do you do with scrappers you get from the parks?

[PhantomVirus]

Most if not nearly all of the eBAY lots are Scrapper/Counterfeit filled. When you see lots of pins that are selling for $1.15 or so you have a pretty good chance that they are not going to be real. When you add in the eBAY and PayPal fess these folks are sourcing pins for $0.75 or even less - want to guess how they get them (besides stealing of course).

I have bought from a seller that really TRIES to keep their lots clean but even with their best efforts some junk gets through - and they usually sell for $2.00 a pin (NOT on eBAY).

When @ WDW most lanyards had fakes on them - mostly due to people buying pins on eBAY that are fake and trading with CM's for 'real' pins.

What to do with fakes - look sadly it is the new nature of collecting - trade for what you like and don't over analyze the pins. I can send youlinks on real vs fake but the pins should represent a fond memory of a trip - you are not going to retire on reselling them.

Enjoy trading and collecting, ignore the counterfeits - especially since you, I and even Disney have no means of controlling the situation.

[NYY2SMP]

That is what i figured about lots. This is why im starting to collect vinylmation because they dont have scrappers yet.

[nym4588]

I have received scrappers both through pins I've traded for at the park and from Ebay lots (before I knew better). I keep the scrappers on their own page of my pin book because there really isn't anything else I can do with them. Sort of a "page of shame," lol.

I really enjoy trading with cast members but I've received more than one fake pin in return. It really takes some of the fun out of it. I try to avoid trading for hidden Mickey pins as they seem to be the most likely candidates for scrappers.

[tink576]

I just watch closely at what I'm trading for at the park, and if I trade for a pin and think it's a scrapper I tell the cast member so and they'll give you your original pin back or let you trade for another.