CURRENT Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[SupernaturalMommy]

PixieWings, I need you to weigh in. Gyantzpod is on the list of good sellers. I didn't add him but I personally have bought tons of great pins from him over the years. I looked at his feedback. Overall, fabulous. Only 7 neutral or negative out of over 4000 in the last year. And, if you read them, a couple of them wanted to retract. Should we let one bad pin experience move him?

[Ratmaster2000]

I Think steamboatwillie39 should be moved to the GREEN list, I have bought from him several times, and each pin has come in great shape, most new on card and no signs whatsoever of being a scrapper. Koolstuff2005 I am still look over those pins I got from the seller, and a prelim look makes me think they could be scrappers, so buyers beware

Ratmaster2000

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by Ratmaster2000

I Think steamboatwillie39 should be moved to the GREEN list, I have bought from him several times, and each pin has come in great shape, most new on card and no signs whatsoever of being a scrapper. Koolstuff2005 I am still look over those pins I got from the seller, and a prelim look makes me think they could be scrappers, so buyers beware

Ratmaster2000

Thanks for the info on steamboatwillie39. They were on yellow because we didn't have a lot of information on them. Koolstauff2005 is on orange because sometimes you get good stuff and sometimes bad, so the orange is buyer beware. I have bought from them myself. I didn't get scrappers, but the pins I got were damaged, and they weren't in their supposed self-taken photos. So, it is a toss-up with them, especially since their stories don't add up.

I will make some adjustments to the list.

[maburke]

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

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If you have side by side pins, as I did in the case of the Disney Princess Shoe pins, you can tell when the Mickey heads should or should not be there. But unless you have the pins side by side, or have bought them yourself at Disney, you can't really use that as a determining factor.

I hope this information helps.

Rats. That was, I thought, one sure way to spot a scrapper.

Thanks a ton for the info, though.

[maburke]

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

PixieWings, I need you to weigh in. Gyantzpod is on the list of good sellers. I didn't add him but I personally have bought tons of great pins from him over the years. I looked at his feedback. Overall, fabulous. Only 7 neutral or negative out of over 4000 in the last year. And, if you read them, a couple of them wanted to retract. Should we let one bad pin experience move him?

Hmm. One pin from one person with one post on the board. It's a good question. I think maybe that's why the old thread referenced individual posts -- so people could see individual cases, if they differed from the general rating, and judge for themselves.

[SupernaturalMommy]

The old thread started with individual posts, but after a while stopped. There is no way I can list 137 pages of individual posts. The thread wouldn't accept that much text. Gyantzpod (Greg Yantz) has sent me tons of great pins. Always authentic. Look at his auctions and his feedback. The one recent feedback is from the person with one post. It's a tough call.

On the other hand mickeybigears826 is listing his auctions as factory seconds... from his ad: "Pins are listed as *used* and may have minor scratching, rough edges, blemishes, wobbly posts or color imperfections.
If you are buying from me, some pins are considered factory seconds.
If you are a collector, these pins may not be suitable for your personal collection.
This lot of pins is recommended for trading with Disney cast members. "

[pixiewings71]

Originally Posted by dynamitegirl

Hi!! I am Paola, i came from Disney Pin Forum , and want add the seller gyantzpod in to the list of bad sellers. I buy from him some pins , and everything is ok with them
, but the last pin i buy is Counterfeit. He denies all , i send pics with the errors , and still keep in denies.
Thanks!

Thank You for your feedback, your experience is appreciated.

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

PixieWings, I need you to weigh in. Gyantzpod is on the list of good sellers. I didn't add him but I personally have bought tons of great pins from him over the years. I looked at his feedback. Overall, fabulous. Only 7 neutral or negative out of over 4000 in the last year. And, if you read them, a couple of them wanted to retract. Should we let one bad pin experience move him?

I would not, one report from one person when previous FB has been great, our own personal experiences have been great. I would wait and see if we get more reports with negative experiences. There was a seller before who was on the green list (I'm blanking on his name), I personally purchased many pins from him without issues, then suddenly he started to send scrappers, we left him green until we had multiple reports, moved him to orange, yellow and ultimately red. IMHO that's how we should handle any green sellers. Does that make sense?

Originally Posted by Ratmaster2000

I Think steamboatwillie39 should be moved to the GREEN list, I have bought from him several times, and each pin has come in great shape, most new on card and no signs whatsoever of being a scrapper. Koolstuff2005 I am still look over those pins I got from the seller, and a prelim look makes me think they could be scrappers, so buyers beware

Ratmaster2000

Thanks for your FB!

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

Thanks for the info on steamboatwillie39. They were on yellow because we didn't have a lot of information on them. Koolstauff2005 is on orange because sometimes you get good stuff and sometimes bad, so the orange is buyer beware. I have bought from them myself. I didn't get scrappers, but the pins I got were damaged, and they weren't in their supposed self-taken photos. So, it is a toss-up with them, especially since their stories don't add up.

I will make some adjustments to the list.

Originally Posted by maburke

Hmm. One pin from one person with one post on the board. It's a good question. I think maybe that's why the old thread referenced individual posts -- so people could see individual cases, if they differed from the general rating, and judge for themselves.

Yes, but at some point there are too many posts, the old thread is still here so people can go look if they want.

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

The old thread started with individual posts, but after a while stopped. There is no way I can list 137 pages of individual posts. The thread wouldn't accept that much text. Gyantzpod (Greg Yantz) has sent me tons of great pins. Always authentic. Look at his auctions and his feedback. The one recent feedback is from the person with one post. It's a tough call.

On the other hand mickeybigears826 is listing his auctions as factory seconds... from his ad: "Pins are listed as *used* and may have minor scratching, rough edges, blemishes, wobbly posts or color imperfections.
If you are buying from me, some pins are considered factory seconds.
If you are a collector, these pins may not be suitable for your personal collection.
This lot of pins is recommended for trading with Disney cast members. "

IMHO if a seller says he's selling seconds he should automatically go on the red list.

[SupernaturalMommy]

Thank you Kerri. Looks like I am getting it right so far. I am so much newer to this thread than you who has been using it for years. I want to keep it in the spirit of the original thread, but keep it easy to follow. I'll keep going and if I have any questions, I'll look to you for guidance since you seem to be the major veteran left from the old thread Thank you for everything.

[Wolfie68]

you have irpliquidators in 2 places, can't remember now where and I will lose my place if I go back. I will say I bought from them and wasn't happy at all, lots of the same pictures on lots starting at .99.... might want to take a look

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by Wolfie68

you have irpliquidators in 2 places, can't remember now where and I will lose my place if I go back. I will say I bought from them and wasn't happy at all, lots of the same pictures on lots starting at .99.... might want to take a look

Thanks for the catch. I must have overlooked them being in both orange and red. I removed them from orange.

[maburke]

Originally Posted by pixiewings71

I would not, one report from one person when previous FB has been great, our own personal experiences have been great. I would wait and see if we get more reports with negative experiences. There was a seller before who was on the green list (I'm blanking on his name), I personally purchased many pins from him without issues, then suddenly he started to send scrappers, we left him green until we had multiple reports, moved him to orange, yellow and ultimately red. IMHO that's how we should handle any green sellers. Does that make sense?

I agree, that does make sense. As usual, Kerri!

[pixiewings71]

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

Thank you Kerri. Looks like I am getting it right so far. I am so much newer to this thread than you who has been using it for years. I want to keep it in the spirit of the original thread, but keep it easy to follow. I'll keep going and if I have any questions, I'll look to you for guidance since you seem to be the major veteran left from the old thread Thank you for everything.

Originally Posted by maburke

I agree, that does make sense. As usual, Kerri!

Thanks guys, I appreciate you asking. I'm happy to contribute as much as I possibly can, this is actually the 3rd eBay pin sellers thread I've been active on on the Dis. LOL I do feel like I'm pretty well informed. LOL

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by myAAbatteries&aTD

pin_surplus and pinsurplus - very close, but not the same seller? I don't see pinsurplus listed on your list anywhere and they have some pins for sale on cards. All positive feedback so I'm tempted...... Anyone have experience w/ them?

From the other thread. pins_surplus not currently listing any items, still in the red.

pinsurplus - judging from their feedback I would buy at your own risk. They seem to not have themselves together and send used items claiming new and take forever to ship, according to the feedback. That does not mean you will have a bad experience. Nobody here has remarked on them so it is tough to say. You can not go by feedback alone, especially when there is that large of volume. I set up a new saved search the other day and some of their items came up in it, coincidentally, and I saved them to my watch list, but I have not purchased from them and don't know if I will. If you purchase from them, please let us know how it goes.

[The Fox Menagerie]

Thanks Mommy, for starting this new thread, I appreciate all the work. I'm working on getting pins for a June trip and will provide seller updates if relevant.

[Vala]

Regarding gyantzpod, I've been buying from them frequently since I started collecting 7 years ago. Never had any issues.

I'm mainly a lurker in this thread, but I also wanted to say thank you for all the hard work.