Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[Scrooge Jr]

My family and I are going to Disney in November. I began collecting pins on Ebay to trade at Disney. I have noticed that the prices of the pins have gone up as the summer has arrived.
I was paying $1.25-$1.50 per pin, now I’m looking at $2.00-$3.50 per pin. I wonder if the price will drop as summer ends?

 

[n2mm]

My family and I are going to Disney in November. I began collecting pins on Ebay to trade at Disney. I have noticed that the prices of the pins have gone up as the summer has arrived.
I was paying $1.25-$1.50 per pin, now I’m looking at $2.00-$3.50 per pin. I wonder if the price will drop as summer ends?

It could be because recently ebay raised their fees for sellers. Ebay now charges a fee based not only on the price of the item, but for the total price to include the shipping fee. Also ebay use to give sellers 100 free listings each month if the sale starts at .99, now they give sellers 50 free listings a month (any start price). Sellers who have "stores" have different rules, I'm talking about the average seller (like myself). In the past if I listed for .99, and it sold for that price the ebay fee was .09 (plus paypal fee -- which has always been on the total to include shipping). But now if I sell something for .99 and it cost $5.00 to ship, ebay gets .54, once you add in the paypal fee too, the profit is just pennies now. Many sellers stopped selling overseas because of the higher shipping taking more profit away from the seller. Some sellers are adding on that extra fee in their "handling" or increasing their item prices. I stay away from the hidden mickey pins myself. I was in WDW in May and the scrappers are so good, even I can't tell them apart in most cases. When I sell pins, I'll stick to my older lanyard pins or my gazillion pins I collected from 1999-2005. Just wanted to give a different point of view.

 

[KrysiaG]

Anyone have any dealings with the seller evaandmike? I have been watching the actions and it seems like good prices. I searched for the seller name on this thread and didn't find anything. Thanks!

I am wondering about this seller as well. They are definitely selling lots, which has me concerned.

 

[KrysiaG]

Question

Would you buy from this seller?
http://cgi.ebay.com/Disney-Pin-Trad...356?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2563b30c04

Thank you for postin this seller!

 

[mgroshans]

I bought 2 pins (a day apart) and received the first one (the green hidden mickey lanyard pin) today from disneypinpros and it looks just fine. Has the rubber mickey head for the back, the writing on the back, etc. No problems with it. Very satisfied. We should be receiving the 2nd one tomorrow or Monday. I would definetely buy from them again.

 

[carebee21]

I bought pin sets from both angelajuly and funmamas. Both sets arrived within the past couple days and all the sets were real and both sellers shipped very quickly.

 

[Scrooge Jr]

It could be because recently ebay raised their fees for sellers. Ebay now charges a fee based not only on the price of the item, but for the total price to include the shipping fee. Also ebay use to give sellers 100 free listings each month if the sale starts at .99, now they give sellers 50 free listings a month (any start price). Sellers who have "stores" have different rules, I'm talking about the average seller (like myself). In the past if I listed for .99, and it sold for that price the ebay fee was .09 (plus paypal fee -- which has always been on the total to include shipping). But now if I sell something for .99 and it cost $5.00 to ship, ebay gets .54, once you add in the paypal fee too, the profit is just pennies now. Many sellers stopped selling overseas because of the higher shipping taking more profit away from the seller. Some sellers are adding on that extra fee in their "handling" or increasing their item prices. I stay away from the hidden mickey pins myself. I was in WDW in May and the scrappers are so good, even I can't tell them apart in most cases. When I sell pins, I'll stick to my older lanyard pins or my gazillion pins I collected from 1999-2005. Just wanted to give a different point of view.

Wow, Thanks.

 

[mgroshans]

I bought 2 pins (a day apart) and received the first one (the green hidden mickey lanyard pin) today from disneypinpros and it looks just fine. Has the rubber mickey head for the back, the writing on the back, etc. No problems with it. Very satisfied. We should be receiving the 2nd one tomorrow or Monday. I would definetely buy from them again.

we received our 2nd pin from disneypinpros in todays mail with no problem. I would definetely order off ebay from them again. Both were in excellent shape

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Here is a link to more scrapper images. http://www.pintalk.com/showthread.php?403-MORE-Scary-new-scrapper-images-from-China

 

[EeyoreFanInTX]

Hello. Is this ebay seller reputable... jeffreyyoung? I did a search in this thread and didn't see his name come up. Thank you!

 

[bubsmoljo]

I sure hope he is-I bought a 30 pin lot from him on ebay myself last night. I didn't see his name on any of the scrapper lists. We'll see when I get my pins. I'll definitely post the outcome.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I would be suspicious of jeffreyyoung, for a few reasons. He has a stock photo that leads me to believe he sells scrapper, it is all he is selling. Second, he mentions duplicates if you buy larger lots. The price and his location.

 

[EeyoreFanInTX]

can anyone recommend a seller who has a starter set that has fast shipping? we're leaving in 14 days so there might be enough time with a buy it now. I'm looking for a set that doesn't have anything too cute that my 5 yr old daughter (or myself) would want to keep. lol It's my daughter's first time so I thought we could give it a try so she could trade for princess pins or something.

oh and I already looked at funmamas but didn't see anything with a qty of 20 or 25. Is bizzybee1 my only option?

 

[Beth921]

disney.crazy is not a good seller. I don't have the pins to say whether they are fakes or not, but the pins never arrived at my house and they have my money. I would never purchase from them again. Ever.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Here are a few sellers: disney_pins_and_vinyls, themuchnessofdisney.

 

[Beemitchcowski]

Here are a few sellers: disney_pins_and_vinyls, themuchnessofdisney.

Are these reputable..non scrappers?

 

[EeyoreFanInTX]

Are these reputable..non scrappers?

there are several posts about themuchnessofdisney listed on the 1st page of this thread but I couldn't find anything about the other one yet.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I would purchase from these sellers. I stalk ebay regularly and don't see any signs of scrappers. I check feedback as a buyer, also. Sometimes people buy from scrapper dealers and resell the pins. Or use scrappers to trade for legit pins. Both seem to offer refunds and don't mention duplicate pins or not on original card. One of the sellers describes the item as new unopened.

 

[Scrooge Jr]

Do I have enough pins? We have 250 pins, all different, ready to trade. We have all pins from A to Z and all points between and about 37 in the mail on it's way. Did I go over board? We will be at Disney World for 15 days.

Last trip, 2009, we began pin trading and I like it, but I kept trading my favorites for new favorites, now I can keep all I like. The pins at the parks at too costly, I look for bargains not scrapers on Ebay.

 

[myAAbatteries&aTD]

Has anyone bought from/heard of nanatobean?