Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[theworldneedscolor]

I'm thinking about a grab bag from mousepinsonline.com. Any of you guys purchased from them before? If so, reviews? Thoughts?

Also, what about domdisneypin?

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

I'm thinking about a grab bag from mousepinsonline.com. Any of you guys purchased from them before? If so, reviews? Thoughts?

Also, what about domdisneypin?

I had a good experience with a multi-pin purchase from domdisneypin recently.

Got about a dozen packages in the mail today between purchases made by me and purchases made by DH for me. I'll post up the info when I get sorted through it. One shorted me a pin, so I want to see how it resolves before I post. They only sent two out of three pins I ordered and the two they did send they bubble wrapped them overlapping each other rubbing the finishes together.

 

[xtyr]

Has anyone purchased from "brandnamestuff" on ebay? I purchased a lot of 5 8 pack lanyard sets for $55. I expect to receive them this week. From the research I have done, these were some type of Purchase with Purchase item. Her other auctions and items were also "sets" new in package. I didn't see any "loose" pins that could be these scrapers.

Hope these turn out to be good ones!

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

Has anyone purchased from "brandnamestuff" on ebay? I purchased a lot of 5 8 pack lanyard sets for $55. I expect to receive them this week. From the research I have done, these were some type of Purchase with Purchase item. Her other auctions and items were also "sets" new in package. I didn't see any "loose" pins that could be these scrapers.

Hope these turn out to be good ones!

I looked over their auctions. I'd feel safe giving them a try. Most of their pins are on card and seem to be ones I have seen clearanced out. They probably got a good deal and are able to sell the stuff cheap enough to entice customers but still make a profit from deeply discounted items. I have some of the items they are selling, with the clearance stickers still on them, which is why I am making that guess. They have good feedback and aren't a huge store owner. Usually a good thing. Let us know how they turn out.

 

[theworldneedscolor]

So, I thought bizzybee1 was a trusted seller, and I have only heard good things about them. But I was just looking through their items, and they have this set that has sold 39 of them and still has 9 left, and the item picture is from pinpics. This seems awfully suspicious

 

[pixiewings71]

bizzybee1 is trusted, I would give the benefit of the doubt. As others have explained earlier in the thread it's easy to get a lot of booster sets simply by using rewards to get them.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I looked over their auctions. I'd feel safe giving them a try. Most of their pins are on card and seem to be ones I have seen clearanced out. They probably got a good deal and are able to sell the stuff cheap enough to entice customers but still make a profit from deeply discounted items. I have some of the items they are selling, with the clearance stickers still on them, which is why I am making that guess. They have good feedback and aren't a huge store owner. Usually a good thing. Let us know how they turn out.

I purchased from brandnamesuff. I'm waiting on the pins, it seems, so far, so good.

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

I would trust bizzybee1 as well. I have bought from them a ton of times in the past. They are in my saved sellers. I haven't looked at the item you are referring to, so I can't comment on it directly. I don't know if you have ever walked into one of those Disney clearance centers, but you can often find a boat load of the same pin or pin pack at a deeply discounted rate. I have bought pins that way to trade in the parks on the one opportunity I had to do that.

I also made a purchase from Brandnamestuff today so I will see how it goes.

Take this information however you want to, but my hubby bought from koolstuff2005. I had an o.k. experience with them when I bought from them but would personally recommend them as orange (which they are) as I previously mentioned. However, his purchase for me came missing the pin as I stated further up this page. He bought 3 pins. One was a new on card LE and two were traded for. They came bubble wrapped together with the finishes rubbing. I am lucky they didn't scratch. I am otherwise satisfied with those. But, he was missing the new on card LE. There was a packing slip in the envelope claiming it was in there, but it was very obviously not. I tried to give them the benefit of the doubt as I bought a mullti-pin purchase from them not too long ago and nothing was missing.

I sent them a polite message. I waited 48 hours and got no response. I sent them another message and they responded the next day and had no explanation but said they would bring in another box of pins from their warehouse and try to find a replacement. If they couldn't, they would offer me a refund the next day. I waited a day and didn't hear from them, so I sent them a message politely asking which it would be. They responded the next day (today) telling me they can't find a replacement and don't know how it missed going into the envelope as they have it scanned as sold or something to that effect, and offered me a refund. The funds were in my Paypal account before I got the message. The dollar amount seemed odd. So, I just looked up what I paid and it turnes out they refunded me more than I paid. I paid a weird dollar amount and they refunded me an extra couple of bucks and rounded up to a flat dollar amount. I guess I really can't complain as they made right by the mistake.

I have a ton of packages here of great transactions to add, but it is bed time for me, so I will do it sometime this weekend.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

I've purchased pins from koolstuff2005. Some of the pins, Hidden Mickey especially, as suspect and others are authentic. My suggestion, do your research on the pin you are interested in before bidding.

 

[MCoryB]

I'm thinking about a grab bag from mousepinsonline.com. Any of you guys purchased from them before? If so, reviews? Thoughts?

I purchased a 10-pin pack from mousepinsonline.com recently, and after close examination and comparison with lots of photos online, I really believe 7 or 8 of them were scrappers. But, of course, your experience may be better. Many of what they sent were cast member pins.

 

[wed100105]

I came to this thread a little late. Can anyone identify if these are legit? I don't want to contribute to the scrapper problem. I bought several from this seller.

http://myworld.ebay.com/raredisneypins2012/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754


I bought a starter set from this one.
http://myworld.ebay.com/sansshot2000/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754

 

[xtyr]

I looked over their auctions. I'd feel safe giving them a try. Most of their pins are on card and seem to be ones I have seen clearanced out. They probably got a good deal and are able to sell the stuff cheap enough to entice customers but still make a profit from deeply discounted items. I have some of the items they are selling, with the clearance stickers still on them, which is why I am making that guess. They have good feedback and aren't a huge store owner. Usually a good thing. Let us know how they turn out.

Thank you, I received the pins and they look great. No pits, colors look good, etc. The only thing I noticed was that on the back where the "pin" part is, there is only one "nub" instead of two. I pulled out my old pins some have 2 nubs and some have 1 nub. I also did some research on-line and it says most have 2 nub but 1 is normal too.
I am very happy with the purchase and thank you for setting my mind at ease. My boys just turned 7 and are excited to try out trading next time we go!

 

[chaoscent]

My BFF works at a Disney store. They just got in some pins to put on the clearance rack. She picked them up for me, they ended up costing me about $2.20 a pin. I have 13 of the same pin, but they are all good traders. I have also picked up pins in the outlets for under $3 so they can most certainly be legit pins. Penny

 

[mom2ohc]

I got some pins over the weekend from disney.crazy. They are trash I should have known, but well, lesson learned.

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

I came to this thread a little late. Can anyone identify if these are legit? I don't want to contribute to the scrapper problem. I bought several from this seller.

http://myworld.ebay.com/raredisneypins2012/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754


I bought a starter set from this one.
http://myworld.ebay.com/sansshot2000/&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2754

Raredisneypins... their individual pins look like ones I have seen on clearance and most are not known to have scrapper versions. The ones I tend to watch out for are Hidden Mickey and Vinylmations. I know the Peter Pan one comes in a Vinylmation booster type set and I haven't researched yet if there are scrappers on that one as I bought the whole booster pack.

sansshot... the ones you need to be careful of are those 25 pins for $25. Looking at the photos, it looks like it is mostly booster pack pins over and over with a few rack pins thrown in. They could easily have gotten those for trade with a cast member, but to sell them so cheaply makes me wonder what they traded in return. They may just make enough profit from individuals to sell them cheap. I don't know. I have some of those from trading, but I haven't researched them for authenticity since they are still in the bucket from my last trip of pins I need to analyze. Do your research before you buy and you should be fine.

 

[theworldneedscolor]

Any thoughts on disneypinsandvinylmation?

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

Any thoughts on disneypinsandvinylmation?

If I didn't already have almost every item they have for sale in multiples already, I would buy from them and stock up. Even on clearance I paid more than their opening bids.

Like me they are a buyer/seller. I see a lot of my customers have left them positive feedback and the ones we have in common I have dealt with enough times to know they would not leave good feedback if it wasn't warranted.

 

[Megadisneyfan]

Hi
I'm in Australia and want to buy a few pins to start my collection before I head to wdw. I'm not fussy about what pins but I don't want fakes.

I would prefer to buy directly from the Disney store but shipping for a few pins is almost $50

Any suggestions I'm so lost as to which sellers are good. Any current recommendations much appreciated!

Thanks!

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Hi
I'm in Australia and want to buy a few pins to start my collection before I head to wdw. I'm not fussy about what pins but I don't want fakes.

I would prefer to buy directly from the Disney store but shipping for a few pins is almost $50

Any suggestions I'm so lost as to which sellers are good. Any current recommendations much appreciated!

Thanks!

Bizzybee1 and kittykat2bad are good sellers.

 

[SupernaturalMommy]

Time for my update about all the pins I bought the last couple of weeks.

Brandnamestuff went really well. I highly recommend them. Everything was brand new. I ended up buying 5 auctions from them in total and all came amazingly well packaged and in perfect condition. My kids can't wait to trade the stuff.

bizzybee1 - 2 booster packs in perfect condition

maboutiquepetite - horrible packaging resulting in a very large cardboard backed pin having the back all bent and creased so be careful. They only used a manila envelope.

pinstation-1 - gorgeous genuine pins and they sent me a message that they are having a sale right now.

sleepys_emporium - really gorgeous genuine pins

thewill, kenerbean, nana1026 - all great individual pins

My biggest purchase, and I waited a while and paid a lot in shipping because it came from Hong Kong, but if you are looking for great HKDL pins, then I recommend bestpinstore. The pins I received were very well packaged, came registered mail with signature confirmation, came in a HKDL shopping bag with HKDL park maps and stickers and I looked up every item and they are all completely legit, not scrappers or anything like that. All brand new and on card or in original packaging depending on the item. I bought some duplicates for trading. I like the HKDL pins because I can get characters I can't get here and the pins are gorgeous and unique. Everything was brand new.

The rest of my purchases are repeats from sellers I already posted about so...

Have a great weekend everyone!