Buying pins in bulk

[njsweetP]

Is there anyway to retract a bid once it's been placed?

 

[njsweetP]

I highly recommend mousepinsonline.com They sell grab bags of pins. We've never had any trouble trading their pins. It's so much fun to get a grab bag and get to look through them. My dd usually finds several she wants to keep then she trades the rest of them.

Very easy to order, nice to talk to on the phone or via e-mail if you have a question - highly recommended!

I would love to order a grab bag for our upcoming June trip from here. Can anyone else recommend mousepinsonline as well? I want to make sure I order from the right place. Thanks!

 

[pixiewings71]

I've ordered from Mousepins in the past but not recently. I've heard more reports of possible scrappers from MP so I stopped using them.

 

[ariel71]

I just received a grab bag today from Mousepinsonline, and after reviewing all of them on pinpics, at least half are either scrappers or counterfeit. Very disappointed considering I bought from them specifically because they were "green" on the Collector's Board thread that everyone's referencing. I've been lurking for some time, but had to register so I can warn others. Caveat Emptor, I guess.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

We just bought some too and plan on filling Easter Eggs with them instead of so much candy. I actually plan to buy another lot closer to when we go because last time they spent a fortune on pins last time wanting "just one more..."

That is an AWESOME idea!

Throughout the year (usually when I come across a thread like this.) I will go to ebay and buy a couple of lots of 10-15 pins and by the time our trip comes in August we have a big bunch to trade. (My boys want to keep a few of them, too.) It doesn't "hurt" as much to buy them $15 at a time over a years time, instead of buying a lot of 75-100 for over $100.

Since many people don't know what is a fake, you will see them (or not be able to tell) all over WDW. Unless you are a serious trader looking for a deal, trade what you get and don't feel bad. If I had an obviously defective pin, I would toss it, but otherwise I trade without guilt. Who knows, the pin on the CM's lanyard that you chose could be a fake, too.


Some scrappers."fakes" are merely overruns-the manufacturer made more than Disney ordered. So pin #s 1-1,000,000 are authentic because Disney ordered them, and pin # 1,000,001+ are not authentic, but are exactly like the prior ones. How does one know the difference? The only way to be absolutely sure is to buy from a Disney store, and trade receipts when you trade pins. (Even that could be iffy.) I say go ahead and trade what you have as long as it says Disney on the back. JMO>

 

[ifoceanscollide]

This thread makes me nervous

I'm leaving for DL on Saturday and it will be my first time at the parks since I've entered the pin trading world. Until now, I've only purchased/traded from disneystore.com and members of dizpins. I've avoided the cheapy ebay sales like the PLAUGE!!!

I can't wait to finally be able to trade in person, but now I'm nervous. Every time I see a neat pin on someone's lanyard, my mind is going to instantly think "oh, pleeeeease tell me that didn't come from a $1 ebay sale!!!"

Even CM lanyards won't be safe since other traders may be potentially trading scrappers to them

I know I shouldn't be going in with such a negative outlook, but it is pretty frustrating....

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

This thread makes me nervous

I'm leaving for DL on Saturday and it will be my first time at the parks since I've entered the pin trading world. Until now, I've only purchased/traded from disneystore.com and members of dizpins. I've avoided the cheapy ebay sales like the PLAUGE!!!

I can't wait to finally be able to trade in person, but now I'm nervous. Every time I see a neat pin on someone's lanyard, my mind is going to instantly think "oh, pleeeeease tell me that didn't come from a $1 ebay sale!!!"

Even CM lanyards won't be safe since other traders may be potentially trading scrappers to them

I know I shouldn't be going in with such a negative outlook, but it is pretty frustrating....

It's supposed to be fun, not serious. So if you see a pin on a CM's lanyard, you like it, it looks good, trade for it and don't worry so much. I know the serious traders wish the scrappers weren't out there, but it is so beyond a point that anything can be done about it, you just have to accept it and trade for the pins that you like. I personally will NOT allow my kids to trade a pin they bought in a store for $8, and IMO if someone goes into a store and buys pins for that much and then trades them, they are setting themselves up for possible disappointment. If we buy a pin from a store, it's because we like it and will keep it.

Also beware of some of the traders (maybe they have been run off, I don't know) at the Pin Trading store at DTD. I heard of a guy who will show his pins to a kid, and if the kid likes one he will tell the kid to go into the store and buy a pin he wants, then he will trade. I think the other traders may have had him removed, but this is a tactic that was used at one time.

Please don't stress out about this. It's supposed to be enjoyable. If you worry about every single pin you trade for, it will cease to be fun.

 

[ifoceanscollide]

I totally agree with you about not trading expensive store bought pins for possible scrappers/ cheapies, etc. 99% of the pins that I buy are for me to keep in my collection. The other 1% are two starter lanyards that I bought for the sole purpose of trading in the parks, lol.

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

That is what we have done, in addition to buying ebay pins. We were at one of the Disney outlets in Orlando last year and found some starter lanyards for a great discounted price because they were 2008 pins. I think we got 4 pins, a lanyard, and the matching hanging medallion for about $12. My DS loved the lanyard and medallion, so it was a great buy.

 

[stitchlovestink]

Pins on ebay for around a dollar are fake and cheap looking. As suggested go to the collectors board for good and bad ebay sellers. There are tips there so you won't end up with fake pins.

not all are...I have bought authentic pins on ebay for right around $1 a piece

Actually, that's not true on the auctions (but could be for the BINs). I won a lot last week, paid less than a $1 a pin including shipping and NONE of them are fake.

I was going to say the same. I have never gotten bad pins, but I watch lots and lots of auctions and read lots and lots of feedback everytime I go to buy pins. We get lots of LE and Hidden Mickeys each time. ONe time my girls were upset because there were so many keepers and not traders..

exactly!! takes some time and effort on the buyers part but can be done!

I just wanted to add for the OP's info, not to be afraid to buy a big lot-50 or so pins. You will trade them all AND probably wish you had bought more!! It's not unusual for my DSs and I to trade 6 or 8 pins a day each. Of course, part of it is also having to give up some pins you like for others you like more, but we always go with a big bunch so we don't have to do that.

As long as it has the Disney logo on the bag, you can trade it.

always better to have a few extra than not enough :

We stupidly thought that 10 would be enough last trip DD ran out of those on Day 1!!!!!

last trip I traded almost 300!! :scared1

You need to do some research, pinpics is a good place, just search scrappers and see what you can find. Also dizpins is a good forum for pin trading.

For those saying they paid $1 per pin and got authentic pins I highly doubt it. IME every time I've paid that little for a pin it's been a scrapper.

For everyone else who suggested reading the CB thread, thank YOU! that's why we started it.

bolding is mine...
while you are entitled to your opinion, I disagree.... it can be done. I have won auctions that were inexpensive and not scrappers.

That is an AWESOME idea!

Throughout the year (usually when I come across a thread like this.) I will go to ebay and buy a couple of lots of 10-15 pins and by the time our trip comes in August we have a big bunch to trade. (My boys want to keep a few of them, too.) It doesn't "hurt" as much to buy them $15 at a time over a years time, instead of buying a lot of 75-100 for over $100.

Since many people don't know what is a fake, you will see them (or not be able to tell) all over WDW. Unless you are a serious trader looking for a deal, trade what you get and don't feel bad. If I had an obviously defective pin, I would toss it, but otherwise I trade without guilt. Who knows, the pin on the CM's lanyard that you chose could be a fake, too.


Some scrappers."fakes" are merely overruns-the manufacturer made more than Disney ordered. So pin #s 1-1,000,000 are authentic because Disney ordered them, and pin # 1,000,001+ are not authentic, but are exactly like the prior ones. How does one know the difference? The only way to be absolutely sure is to buy from a Disney store, and trade receipts when you trade pins. (Even that could be iffy.) I say go ahead and trade what you have as long as it says Disney on the back. JMO>

I concure completely!!

It's supposed to be fun, not serious. So if you see a pin on a CM's lanyard, you like it, it looks good, trade for it and don't worry so much. I know the serious traders wish the scrappers weren't out there, but it is so beyond a point that anything can be done about it, you just have to accept it and trade for the pins that you like. I personally will NOT allow my kids to trade a pin they bought in a store for $8, and IMO if someone goes into a store and buys pins for that much and then trades them, they are setting themselves up for possible disappointment. If we buy a pin from a store, it's because we like it and will keep it.

Also beware of some of the traders (maybe they have been run off, I don't know) at the Pin Trading store at DTD. I heard of a guy who will show his pins to a kid, and if the kid likes one he will tell the kid to go into the store and buy a pin he wants, then he will trade. I think the other traders may have had him removed, but this is a tactic that was used at one time.

Please don't stress out about this. It's supposed to be enjoyable. If you worry about every single pin you trade for, it will cease to be fun.

Exactly!!
if you want to be assured of 100% complete authenticity then you should not trade and should only purchase your pins directly from Disney...

 

[Befferk]

if you want to be assured of 100% complete authenticity then you should not trade and should only purchase your pins directly from Disney...

This is kinda my thought. I have purchased a "lot" of 20 from Ebay for my son to trade. I have looked at the listed sites, and honestly I still cannot tell if any are scrappers or real. I am not going to stress out over it and ruin it for my son because of it. He just wants to enjoy doing some trading. If there was ever a time he wanted to be a serious collector, we would simply purchase the ones he wants directly from Disney and those would be non-traders. Simple enough to me I understand that the serious collectors/traders get upset over the scrappers, and I understand trying to educate everyone here about it, but there are so many others out there that will never know that they are trading scrappers that I don't think it's worth getting so worked up over. If there is one you have to have, the simplest way to be sure it's authentic is to buy it. I don't think ruining it for little kids that just want to have some fun is the right way. Just my opinion that I'm sure isn't the most popular