I believe many of them are knock-offs. We, unfortunately, purchased one of those before I investigated it. We were in DTD and they had a bunch of pin traders outside one evening. We were looking at their books and one of the traders spied a pin on DD's lanyard that she swore was very limited and ended up trading DD about 5 of their pins for this one. DD wasn't emotionally attached to it so she picked the ones she really liked and traded with the woman. We got back to the RV and I looked in the bag with the rest of the trading pins I had purchased and there were about 5 more of them. It was supposedly a run of only 750 pins. Oops. I only purchase from Disney now.Im seeing lots of 50 pins shipped free on ebay, for about 2.00 How can they be real disney pins?
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Im seeing lots of 50 pins shipped free on ebay, for about 2.00 How can they be real disney pins?
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Im seeing lots of 50 pins shipped free on ebay, for about 2.00 How can they be real disney pins?
thanks
They are real Disney pins, but not pins that were sold to Disney for Disney to resell. They are perfectly good pins, that can be collected or traded at the parks or ships.
I've bought "lots" of pins on ebay, but never for 4¢ each. I bet the $2.00 price is the current bid not the final sale price. If you can get a "lot" of pins for 40¢ to 50¢ each, that is a fair deal.
Mike
They're scrappers. Not necessarily fakes, but not good enough to be sold at disney.
Personally I would rather pay a bit more for my pins and not have a fake or a scrapper.
i buy ones that catch my eye or remind me of a trip or cruise. outside of the odd truly limited edition or such, they arent valuable other then a memory. you might see the odd pin on ebay as a rarity for tens or hundreds of dollars, but doubting they sell for that and they dont really appreciate in value. the value is what someone is willing to pay - at the parks/ship they sell for 8-16 each i would guestimate.I have never bought any, but im wondering. Are they sometimes valuable? How do you find out there value?
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I have never bought any, but im wondering. Are they sometimes valuable? How do you find out there value?
thanks
Im seeing lots of 50 pins shipped free on ebay, for about 2.00 How can they be real disney pins?
thanks
They are real Disney pins, but not pins that were sold to Disney for Disney to resell. They are perfectly good pins, that can be collected or traded at the parks or ships.
I've bought "lots" of pins on ebay, but never for 4¢ each. I bet the $2.00 price is the current bid not the final sale price. If you can get a "lot" of pins for 40¢ to 50¢ each, that is a fair deal.
Mike
These are scrapper pins, called this because they are pins that were manufactured for Disney but they were not approved by Disney so they were supposed to be "scrapped". Someone goes through the trash or takes the scrappers and sells them to another party who then sells them on eBay for pennies. Or the molds are scrapped because the run is complete and the molds get taken to secondary factories and they use the molds to run more of the pins, again, scrappers so not "real" Disney pins.
^ That is horrible advice.
OP please use the link in my signature to the current (and being updated to a new thread) thread on eBay and pins, I recommend reading the first 5-10 pages and then the last 10 pages to see information on good pin sellers on eBay, where you can get authentic (approved by Disney) pins at decent prices, not 4 cents a pin but I can regularly get authentic pins for trading for about $2 per pin.
I beg your pardon, but it is perfectly good advice! There is nothing wrong with buying a big lot of Disney pins on ebay to trade. It is done all of the time; that is if you want to save money. However, if money is no object, go ahead and pay outrageous prices for pins you are going to trade away.
Most of the lots of pins I have purchased on ebay, I have traded away. However, several of them I have liked, so I've kept.
Mike
BUT I do NOT trade fakes/scrappers whatever you chose to call them. I have no problems with buying pins from eBay, I DO have problems buying FAKE pins from eBay and trading them for authentic pins. But because it is so prevalent I draw the line at $2 for pins I will be trading. A little bit of reading on this forum will help anyone buy authentic pins from good sellers at decent prices. I'm sorry if you feel you gave good advice but unfortunately you did not.
I'm not going to spend a bunch of money for genuine pins that my son will trade with CMs for scrappers of characters he likes. He doesn't care whether they are real or not, Disney supposedly doesn't mind "scrapper-trading," so I think it all depends on your motivation. Bad move to buy a $5 pin to trade for a 50 cent one.
I don't call them fake/scrappers, that is your term. I think it is elitist and insulting to insist that your pins are real and my pins are fake because you paid more for your pins than I did for mine.
Mike
How do I find out when and where limited pins will be released and sold?
I ask because I happened by a line of collectors in the Contemporary Resort on Dec 6, 2012 waiting for the store to open selling the most recent Piece of Disney Movies Cell pin. I was able to purchase the pin for myself and this store sold out of their allotment before noon.
Can you trade Vinylmation and/or mini pins for regular size and non-Vinylmation pins? They seem to be the cheapest of the pins at the Disney Store (I have a gift card), and since I'm just getting them for my daughter to trade, I don't care what they look like. I just want to make sure before getting them. Thanks!