I actually emailed him before I read your reply. Asking if they were legit etc and saying I had read neg about him on the boards. I told him what I wanted which is for my kids to trade in the world bc they never want to trade the ones we buy down there bc they have chosen them. I am also going with 2 1st timers and thought it would be fun for them....this is what he replied.....
"Hello,
My advice is never trade and never buy from ebay. You should only buy from Disney and never trade with a cast member.
Its the only way to be 100% sure.
- dopeyspins"
I replied back asking if that meant his were not legit and if so how we should proceed....waiting to hear. This is so sad....just want the kids to have fun with a little less expense. I need to read this thread more tonight!!!
thanks....hope it is not bad that I let them know about the thread.....they may make themselves look more legit.....No reply from him! Funny thing is he has great feedback!
I recently purchased some pins from seller theatreandfilms and all the pins that were sent were 100% scrappers, poor off color remakes of cast lanyard pins. Contacting seller to see what he will do about it.
I bought 2 lots (20 and 25) from MrLast79. Good seller....I think a couple scrappers. Overall good (I think he probably really traded for them)
NOT SO with 423disneypinfreak. Maybe she's an old "red-lister"under a new name....."Pat" from Chatanooga TN ring a bell w/anyone????
I'm sick---two lots 140 pins!!! And EVERY SINGLE ONE a very OBVIOUS scrapper. Now, I'm used to picking over the big lots and am willing to accept 10-15% poor quality (we toss them) but ALL 140????? never before.
Have an inquiry in to her....my 11 year old is watching this closely too.....nothing like a lesson in "ethical business 101"
So how do I add them to the Red and Green lists????
I actually emailed him before I read your reply. Asking if they were legit etc and saying I had read neg about him on the boards. I told him what I wanted which is for my kids to trade in the world bc they never want to trade the ones we buy down there bc they have chosen them. I am also going with 2 1st timers and thought it would be fun for them....this is what he replied.....
"Hello,
My advice is never trade and never buy from ebay. You should only buy from Disney and never trade with a cast member.
Its the only way to be 100% sure.
- dopeyspins"
I replied back asking if that meant his were not legit and if so how we should proceed....waiting to hear. This is so sad....just want the kids to have fun with a little less expense. I need to read this thread more tonight!!!
I'm going to send a PM to the OP concerning someone I just bought pins from on eBay (it was a lot of 20 pins). At first glance they looked ok but when I inspected them further they looked odd. They looked like they had brush stroke marks on them. DF says he thought they were using a polisher to try to 'fix' the pins. I wrote back to the person stating I couldn't give them the 5 stars they wanted because something seemed wrong with the pins and I question whether I can trade them or not. The below is the response I received:
'Thank you so much for contacting me before leaving a feedback i really appreciated if you are no happy with your order is no problem just return the pins to me I will refund your money plus the return postage and if happens you still want to keep some of them just keep it...the parks really don't care about the quality of the pins people trade...you will see some times after you trade you find out that the one you took it has some paint or black spots in the back...but the fun of this in the parks is to trade this pins are not for collections. I really appreciate your honesty and telling me about this instead of leaving me with a bad feedback because it really hurt my account... thanks so much. Please let me know what are you going to do. regards '
Now I've read a few complaints from other Dis'ers that CM's would not trade pins with them because of scratchmarks so I found it odd for him to say that the parks don't care. There has to be some truth in them caring - right?
At any rate I feel uncomfortable keeping the pins & trying to trade them because it isn't fair for someone else down the road to end up with a scrapper. The ebay person is disneyeasypin, I don't believe I saw them listed on the first page. I appreciate that he is offering to refund my money & return shipping. I'm guessing he really doesn't want a bad review.
I'm trying to give pin trading a shot & I probably should've done more research here on the Dis to find out more info. Thankfully someone sent me the link for this thread so I'll stick in my fave's to reference when I do want to purchase some pins.
I posted a while back that I bought some pins from a UK Seller, Pin-Princess on ebay.
Having gone through the pins, I thought you may like to know my findings. I bought 11 pins, she doesn't sell large lots and I think these 5 are scrappers, there are 3 that I think are OK and three that my dd loves and wants to keep, whether scrappers or not
I have been in touch and she has replied to say that she will take the ones back that I don't want, but to be honest, I think I will just leave it and cut my losses, but I would be interested to know what you more experienced traders think.
Pin 65409 - Bowling Pin, Villans, Maleficent
Says 8 of 10 (should be 1 of 10?). Eyes not black, but silver
Pin 68603 - Inspirations, Fruits of the Mouse
Mickey icons on the back are small and don't got to the edge, eyes are not painted and the colours on shoes are both green.
Pin 73105 - Mystery Pin, Jungle Cruise
No water splashes on the ears, the butterfly is not fully painted. Mickey Icons on revers don't go to edge and are small.
Pin 34497 - Series 3 Minnie (Kite)
No black eye dots - features plain, not black. Tail is definately rounded and not enameled.
Pin 56894 - Hidden Mickey Pineapple
Detail on the stem is plain - should be black?
Kate