are these pins tradeable?

[krismom]

I got the "grab bag" of pins today that I ordered from MousePinsOnline and they seem pretty chinzy. They say "propins" c Disney Germany on the back. They had the metal clasp, not the black rubber one that comes with the other bins I've bought. They were 15 pins for $30. Did I get had?!

 

[Deb & Bill]

Sounds like you got what you paid for. Disney pins at the parks run anywhere from $7 to $15 per pin.

 

[carrie_106]

We traded pins from mousepinsonline at Christmas with no problem, I know they aren't the best, but they trade ok.

 

[mattsdragon]

as long as it's a Disney pin, CM's have to trade with you. Now my wife, she woun't take any cheap pins.

 

[krismom]

me again, thanks for the replies. I guess they are ok to trade (?)- which is why I didn't care what they were....

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Not sure I'd trade them if I did not want to recieve them. If I understand pin trading, wouldn't the CM eventually end up giving the pin to someone else?

 

[ivanova]

Not sure I'd trade them if I did not want to recieve them. If I understand pin trading, wouldn't the CM eventually end up giving the pin to someone else?

The CMs don't "give" the pins out ... but the pins would be on a CM lanyard for a guest to trade for if they wanted it.

 

[IMGONNABE40!]

Oh. So you get to pick the pin you want from the lanyard? Then I think it would be okay.

 

[In a hurry]

We traded some last week, and, yes they are acceptable, but we got some pretty mean remarks about them. (I had purchased 100 for the 8 kids that were with us to trade.) More details on the collectible board posting.

 

[WDWCM]

Just a question - if you wouldn't take them in trade from a cm, why would you put it there for another person?

 

[philaround]

Just a question - if you wouldn't take them in trade from a cm, why would you put it there for another person?

I have a theory. MousePinsOnLine is actually owned by Disney. At the end of every day the CM's take all these pins off thier lanyards and throw them in a barrel. Disney then bags them and sells them again on MousePinsOnLine.

 

[In a hurry]

Just a question - if you wouldn't take them in trade from a cm, why would you put it there for another person?

My daughter trades for whatever she wants. I bought propins because I came home last trip with a bag full of sedesma pins which she had traded for using good rack pins (I had 3 of the stupid hyenas from Lion King, alsone!). The kids with us were aged 4 - 9. These weren't little pin sharks...heck one even traded away a lanyard pin (a mystery pin) he had for a 2000 pin. No biggie. We still, as a group, came back with a bunch of sedesma/propins, because they were special to the kiddo collecting. We didn't "make" anything from the trading.

My nephew even caught a rude comment for trading a propin for a sedesma. There was no rhyme or reason, just rude CMs. All Disney needs to do if they don't like the current arrangement is change the rules. There was no cause for rude comments to children.

 

[chrome64]

I have a theory. MousePinsOnLine is actually owned by Disney. At the end of every day the CM's take all these pins off thier lanyards and throw them in a barrel. Disney then bags them and sells them again on MousePinsOnLine.

I had the same thought last time we were there! Last time every cast member had a 2000 pin so, if that was what you had you couldn't trade it. But, if you got there first thing in the morning you could find CMs who didn't have one yet. But, those pins are sold on ebay for something like $2/pin. So, what if it was Disney selling them on Ebay and then collecting them in the park and reselling them on Ebay and then collecting them in the park and reselling them on Ebay etc...

Makes perfect sense to me and if they are doing that then I think it is genious!

These large quantity cheap pins must be coming from somewhere!

 

[chrome64]

Quick question... What does a sedesma pin look like? I collect Mickey pins and I really don't care what type of pin it is ("real" or not) but, I bet I have some sedesma Mickeys. I would just like to know how to spot them!

Thanks

 

[In a hurry]

They are thinner, lightweight, more of a painted appearance than a shiny one, a black or gold back, and will say Sedesma on the back.

We gave away, pooh, Lion King, and Bambi sedesmas (collected from CMs last year!), and came home with the Incredibles, and Buzz Lightyears!

 

[chrome64]

They are thinner, lightweight, more of a painted appearance than a shiny one, a black or gold back, and will say Sedesma on the back.

We gave away, pooh, Lion King, and Bambi sedesmas (collected from CMs last year!), and came home with the Incredibles, and Buzz Lightyears!

Well, in that case I don't have any sedesma pins but I do have some that look pretty cheap. One of my mickeys does say ProPin on the back and I traded with a CM on my last trip for this one!

I guess it's a good thing that I trade for what I like and not what is worth the most money!!!

Thanks for the information!!

 

[bbump]

if you are concerned about pins with metal backs, you can buy a bag of rubber Mickey head backs at the pin trading stations. They are pretty cheap.

I just got into pin collecting on our last trip Nov 05, but I didn't trade any pins. (just spent over $100 on my new collection!!!!) It was cool because my daughter and I were approached by CM's asking if we wanted to trade pins.
I felt bad saying "No thanks", but our new pins were special to us.

For our next trip, we are going to trade about 5 pins each, I have purchased more "official" pins on ebay for trading. CAN'T WAIT!!!
HAVE FUN PIN TRADING!!!

 

[Raevyn_Wolfe]

When I went in 2004 there didn't seem to be as many "cheap" "knock off" pins, when we went last week, OH MY GOSH! They were all over and, call me crazy, when I got my first one from trading with a CM I DID feel a little "ripped off", yes I had picked it ,yes it was a character I liked, BUT in the "hurry" "heat" of the trade I couldn't tell just by looking at it how cheaply it was made in comparison to the official pins I had been using to trade. When I had it in my hands it "felt" cheap. Needless to say it very quickly got passed to another CM, which I felt a little bad about.
After that I was much, much more careful about looking at the pins closer and yet still was "had" a couple times.
YES, they're tradeable, but if you wouldn't want them for yourselves than why should anyone else want them???

 

[wdwoldtimer]

Propins are mostly junk as far as experienced pin traders are concerned. They are made by a company in Germany, not by Disney. I wouldn't ever try to pass one off onto a hard core trader. They'll recognize it right away and will either laugh at you or give you a hard time. Some CM's will refuse them as well. If you LIKE the pins, then by all means buy them or trade FOR them. But buying them up for cheap on ebay with the intent to dump them onto CM's in exchange for real pins is only flooding the hobby with junk.

 

[In a hurry]

So, how did the Sedesma and propin pins even come into the whole trading mess? (Not being a smarty-pants, but just wondering.) If they aren't made by Disney then why are they tradeable, and why on earth did Disney license them (esp. Sedesma)?

You know, one lovely hard-core trader graciously offered my daughter two bright and shiny sedesma princess pins for one ugly little fast pass pin that she had just gotten as a mystery pin. There are all kinds of people ruining trading. The scammers that know better do more damage to the hobby than any little kid running from lanyard to lanyard trading for their fancy of the minute.