Disney Pins and trading?

[Jrabbit910]

Hi All,
I was wondering if anyone trades pins and if you do how do you get started and go about trading them?

I always see people trading in the parks but I never asked.

Thanks for ur help!

 

[Villain-lover]

THis is what I have gathered about pin trading, although I am not a trader or even really a collector myself....to get started, you simply buy pins you like. I think various stores must have trading events or areas. I guess the more you learn about pin trading and the pins themselves, you would be trading your pins for others pins. I also would assume that there is some sort of price guide out there, and that the hard core collectors probably buy at least more than one of a pin if it is something that is highly collectible or a limeted edition (such as a 50th anniversary or other special event). I hope this helped, but just really throwing in my two cents....

 

[tmt martins]

If your doing it for the FUN of trading then buy whatever DISNEY Tradeable pins that you can get the cheapest.(Multipacks or sales).You don't want to buy pins you want to keep because then you won't want to trade them.

If you buying to collect then Pick a theam and start with that.

When ready to trade to just go to CM's and ask to see there pins and make a trade .(some CM's wear a ( I think Green ) lanyard for just kids to trade.

This is a lot of fun I even buy DD a Day trader pin that she has to trade every 2 hours Then she can keep the pin that she ends up with.

We also like a pin bag (about 5X7 rather then the lanyards as it's easier to keep and not lose pins.

Here is where she keeps all her keepers

 

[torinsmom]

I bought around 12 pins off Ebay for around $2 each, which is much cheaper than at the parks(6.95 and up each) Then I let my son trade them for ones he wanted. He had a great time and we bought a few he really liked as well. I'll be buying more off Ebay before we go back in October, so he can trade some more.

Just looks for disney pin lots on Ebay. Make sure they say they are official Disney pins, b/c you can't trade bogus pins. Look for someone with good feedback.

We put ours on a lanyard. The regular backs tend to fall off, but you can buy locking backs at the parks.

Marsha

 

[eblack0409]

I am so looking forward to pin trading on our May trip!

 

[Hope73]

We started trading at the parks and it was so much fun. After I went home I bought many off of ebay. Look for lots it will be much cheaper. I have a surplus waiting for the next trip. There are also special Cast Only pins that we got in the park and I finished up some of the collections once I got home.
My kids are 6&7 and had a great time with it.

 

[rhiansmom]

Is there a book or something to read about pin trading?

 

[MKelley226]

My friend is going to WDW in June and she asked me if I would go in with a grab bag of pins with her from mousepinsonline(dot)com. So I thought it over and we bought a 100 pin grab bag, She is taking 25 and I am taking 75 (We are staying twice as long as her family). We can't wait to start trading them.

 

[XxDisneyMagicXx]

So, cm's will trade with adults also? My 7yr old son isnt in to trading pins, who knows if he will be once we get there, but my 17 yr old dd wants to get and trade some pins. I wasnt sure if cm's only traded with kids or with anyone?

 

[torinsmom]

Most CM's will trade with anyone, but there are certain ones with green lanyards that will only trade with children.

Be careful of the mousepins online pins. Someone on one of the threads said they are not exactly official pins and the CM's don't like trading for them.

Marsha

 

[jmhkd]

According to WDW website on trading CM's can not refuse a trade with anyone unless they already are wearing the pin you are trying to trade them or your pin is not legit.

 

[annie1995]

Be careful of the mousepins online pins. Someone on one of the threads said they are not exactly official pins and the CM's don't like trading for them.

Marsha

Here is a quote from the mousepins web site. "Our main inventory of pins consists of Disney pins in their original packages manufactured by Propin. We also have a limited number of Disney pins that were manufactured by Bertoni of Milano and Monogram. These pins, like the Propin pins, are no longer being made. All pins on our site are official Disney pins."

So in my opinion, they are really not official Disney pins unless Disney manufactures them. They are the fake copies. I would rather buy official Disney pins off of Ebay(I only buy the cast lanyard pins, and I look them up to make sure they are legit off of disneys web site), or pay full price in the parks. I won't add to the fake pins that people trade. This reduces the amount of good pins in circulation , and is unfair to people that pay for the real pins in the park,then trade for something they like to get one of a lesser cheaper value.

 

[SandraVB79]

When you go to different Disney parks, buy some at one to trade at others.

For example, in January, I bought some pins a couple of times at DLP, to trade them at DL and WDW.

 

[Jrabbit910]

"I only buy the cast lanyard pins"

I just read that from someone elses post, what does that mean?
I am sorry if its a stupid question but I really want to get into this because I already have a few pins that people have bought me and there are two that I know I want to trade. Is Lanyard a type of pin becuase in someone elses post I also read that kids trade off a certain colored lanyard and I just thought that meant the thing that the pins were pinned onto (what people wear around thier necks).
Again, I apologize for the stupid question...

 

[torinsmom]

"I only buy the cast lanyard pins"

I just read that from someone elses post, what does that mean?
I am sorry if its a stupid question but I really want to get into this because I already have a few pins that people have bought me and there are two that I know I want to trade. Is Lanyard a type of pin becuase in someone elses post I also read that kids trade off a certain colored lanyard and I just thought that meant the thing that the pins were pinned onto (what people wear around thier necks).
Again, I apologize for the stupid question...

I think some pins are only given to cast members, and not sold in stores. You can trade the CMs for their pins though. They will trade with you, but one CM was obviously sad when my son wanted one of her Stitch pins. She said she had just gotten it.

Marsha

 

[annie1995]

When you go to different Disney parks, buy some at one to trade at others.

For example, in January, I bought some pins a couple of times at DLP, to trade them at DL and WDW.

What a great idea! My son traded a cast lanyard pin for a stitch pin and it was from DLP, he never would have gotten that any other way, I'm sure we'll never go to Paris .

 

[angelsmom920]

We just got back and had a great time trading! My dd5 had so much fun asking the CMs to look at their pins and decide for herself (of course I had to step in a little when there was one one her lanyard I liked). She also received 2 CM pins - look for a little silver mickey on the pin. If you find the little mickey, it is a CM pin and not available for sale, only available to the CMs for trading. DD recevied a Pirates of the Carribean pin and a Jasmine pin. We also surprised her when we got home today and gave her 4 new pins we bought at the gift shop last night while she was sleeping! She was thrilled.

 

[ToontownPrincess]

I used to work at Disney in (as you can see from my user name) Toontown. As a cast member, our managers would give us lanyards with pins on them already and we had to return them by the end of the day or the end of our shift. A cast member must trade any pin with any person that asks. We never got the green lanyards so I'm not sure if they are for kids only. My suggestions is to stock up on the cheaper pins and trade for the ones that you like. Pins range from about $7 all the way past $15. If you prefer to buy your pins from Disney, they do sell sets of the same pins specificallyt for trading and it comes with a lanyard. I fell in love with pin trading when I was working there and I still collect them when ever I go home to visit.

 

[byoung]

I collect but do not trade.

 

[dkrj145]

has anyone bought from pinseller.com? are they real disney pins(the grab bag ones)?