Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[blockscrappers]

Hi All!

I am looking to buy 50-100 pins for traders. My trusted source is no longer in business. Does anyone have someone they can recommend that is not selling scrappers (to the best of your experience).

Thanks!

Thewill and I have had good experience with retiredreading specialist.

 

[robinb]

Thewill and I have had good experience with retiredreading specialist.

I also had a good experience with retiredreadingspecialist. She has a couple of auctions up right now for $55 BIN w/shipping for 40 pins. What I like about her is that she shows you exactly the pins you will receive and not just the junk the seller picks it for you. I bought one of her 41-pin BIN a few months ago and all but 2 of the pins were perfect. One was an "error pin" but it was a keeper anyway and one felt a little lightweight. I am NO expert at these things, but I would not hesitate to buy from her again.

 

[pixiewings71]

I bought from retiredreadingspecialist and got 2 or 3 scrappers, I felt that in a lot of 40 that was acceptable but I did post it here.

I also like getting larger lots from pinderellas_castle, she has good pins IME. otherwise thewill, mubunny, gitanoman are all really good.

 

[blockscrappers]

Had a bad transaction with mousepinz, the lot I bought from this seller had a lot of obvious scrappers and several broken pins. This seller might have good individual pins but I would not recommend buying lots from this person. I did receive a refund but I don't like my time wasted by dealing with scrap pins. Later I will post pictures (once I figure out how) of some of the pins I received. I highly recommend that this seller be moved from the green to the yellow list at least.

 

[Cardsfann18]

I totally agree about mousepinz, I got some broken pins also from him/her. I am going to disney pretty soon here and was thinking about the traders at DTD. Do they still hang out around there or are they completley gone?

 

[Tammylynn]

I totally agree about mousepinz, I got some broken pins also from him/her. I am going to disney pretty soon here and was thinking about the traders at DTD. Do they still hang out around there or are they completley gone?

If you don't mind waiting until you get to Disney, check out the outlets when you get there. We just stocked up on traders at the Disney Outlet stores. The 2-pack of mystery pins was $1.99 and there were tons of them. At $1 each, it's an even better price than some people are paying for scrappers!!

http://www.themouseforless.com/tripplanning/travel/OutletStores.shtml

We found the pins (and other cool souvenirs) at the first two, but nothing of use at the character outlet.

This was the only trip we went to the outlets, so I'm not sure if they're always there... I wouldn't risk it if they would be my only traders. But it would be good for those of you who are waiting to get to the area to buy.

 

[Goofy442]

So let me make sure I have this right, there is no more tables at DTD & Epcot to trade pins?
Thanks

 

[earthfaries]

So let me make sure I have this right, there is no more tables at DTD & Epcot to trade pins?
Thanks

There are no tables at DTD but there ARE tables at Epcot

 

[Broncobilly83]

And I think there are still tables at DHS too, right?

 

[opaleyes]

Just got a lot of pins from lauritadelmar (yes, I'm new and didn't get all of my info before diving in). At least half are obvious scrappers as evidenced by the poorly mickey-patterned backs (have a border, are spaced far apart). The other half are pins that I know scrappers exist for, though I'm still looking into whether or not they're actually fake. (Probably. Have a different feel than my park-bought pins)

At least one seems like it might actually be real, but that's one out of 20. Buyer beware.

 

[Cardsfann18]

Oh, I see thanks for the link!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Anjelica]

If you don't mind waiting until you get to Disney, check out the outlets when you get there. We just stocked up on traders at the Disney Outlet stores. The 2-pack of mystery pins was $1.99 and there were tons of them. At $1 each, it's an even better price than some people are paying for scrappers!!

http://www.themouseforless.com/tripplanning/travel/OutletStores.shtml

We found the pins (and other cool souvenirs) at the first two, but nothing of use at the character outlet.

This was the only trip we went to the outlets, so I'm not sure if they're always there... I wouldn't risk it if they would be my only traders. But it would be good for those of you who are waiting to get to the area to buy.

Someone told me about the outletstores but I didn't get a chance to check them out. How are they? They are run by Disney right?

 

[Broncobilly83]

Unless you drive to WDW or rent a car, then how can one get to the outlets?

 

[opaleyes]

As a follow-up: I wrote lauritadelmar for a refund, planning to send the pins back. She gave me the refund w/o my having to send the pins back. Prompt shipment, prompt refund, and I appreciated not having to return them, but still scrappers.

Edit- she ended up later asking if I could send her some explanation as to why I believed they were fake, so I sent her a long email regarding the (bordered, loose) Mickey pin pattern on the back of half, and the quality of the rest. She seemed surprised that the pins were fake, and interested in info, so I just wanted to add that on. It looks like she's making an effort.

 

[Broncobilly83]

As a follow-up: I wrote lauritadelmar for a refund, planning to send the pins back. She gave me the refund w/o my having to send the pins back. Prompt shipment, prompt refund, and I appreciated not having to return them, but still scrappers.

So as a general question, since I have seen others who refund without wanting the pins back, how do those sellers make any money then? They had to pay something for the pins, right?

 

[earthfaries]

And I think there are still tables at DHS too, right?

No, only at Epcot

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

That's a great price on the mystery packs! Which packs were they? I doubt any will be left in August, when I'm there.

 

[opaleyes]

So as a general question, since I have seen others who refund without wanting the pins back, how do those sellers make any money then? They had to pay something for the pins, right?

I would guess that they pay very little per set. Like if we're paying around $1/pin in the lot (I paid about $22 for a lot of 20), they probably paid more like .25 a pin. This seller, for example, currently has 150 lots of 20 pins listed. Some which are ending soon are going for around $10.50. They have to be paying only around a quarter a pin to even make it worth it to sell them.

 

[Tammylynn]

That's a great price on the mystery packs! Which packs were they? I doubt any will be left in August, when I'm there.

One pack had either: Colored cars (http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=58427&sid=2233.1274471048.v2) or Figment (http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=4718&pin=69860)

The other had either the family with ears (http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=4718&pin=68735) or Pet with ears (http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/group.cgi?group=4718&pin=68734)

They must have just released them while we were there because the CM's lanyards weren't really flooded with them. Our last day, at EPCOTT, we saw the most, but we still had no trouble finding a unique one to trade when we found something we liked.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Yep, those are the $10 packs from last year. What a great deal. I wish I could buy some.