Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[0hLovely]

Just want to THANK YOU for this thread!

we are new to pin trading and have been looking to buy lots on Ebay all week, but I've been seriously searching each member now before purchasing anything! It's such a trap to those who are new to trading and not aware of scrappers out there!

We really appreciate all the advice ~ LOVE the dis boards ~

 

[pixiewings71]

This really needs an update... this weekend I will sort through it

Seems to me that they only way you can be sure you are getting the real thing is to buy from Disney and basically not trade. Is that right?
(Not trying to be sarcastic, just wondering if those who do this more then my kids do would agree?)

We bought some online and compared them to scrappers online and all the ones we traded for last time and they seem fine, seem the same weight and all, but it could very well be that one or all of the ones we traded for last time were scrappers. We bought all ours at Disney last time (the mystery ones) so we know we traded real ones, but we may have gotten all fakes or scrappers. The person I bought form was listed as "questionable" but when I clicked to rady why there was nothing about them, just other sellers.

Absolutely, the only way to 100% guarantee your authenticity is to buy the pins directly from Disney. Unfortunately that's not always possible for everyone. Who did you buy from? If it was someone I used I can let you know my reasons for giving them a yellow status, if not maybe I can do some research on their eBay page and give my impressions from there.

Just want to THANK YOU for this thread!

we are new to pin trading and have been looking to buy lots on Ebay all week, but I've been seriously searching each member now before purchasing anything! It's such a trap to those who are new to trading and not aware of scrappers out there!

We really appreciate all the advice ~ LOVE the dis boards ~

Thank YOU for using this thread and for trying to not get scrappers!! That's why it's here and we appreciate it very much! We've worked on this thread, it's soooooooooooooooooo nice to see so many new faces here.

 

[MickeyMomOfThree]

Absolutely, the only way to 100% guarantee your authenticity is to buy the pins directly from Disney. Unfortunately that's not always possible for everyone. Who did you buy from? If it was someone I used I can let you know my reasons for giving them a yellow status, if not maybe I can do some research on their eBay page and give my impressions from there.



Thank YOU for using this thread and for trying to not get scrappers!! That's why it's here and we appreciate it very much! We've worked on this thread, it's soooooooooooooooooo nice to see so many new faces here.

I bought from domimgood.

The thing is the only ones we bought right from Disney that we didn't trade were big pins and all the ones we traded are tiny, so it's impossible to know if the weight is different but size for size the ones I got from eBay are the same weight as the ones we traded for but they could all be scrappers.

 

[pixiewings71]

I bought some jumbo pins from that seller, I'm pretty sure they were fake. I like them, I bought them to add to our collection and I don't know for sure they are fake because I haven't seen real ones, but I have definite suspicions on them.

 

[earthfaries]

I bought some jumbo pins from that seller, I'm pretty sure they were fake. I like them, I bought them to add to our collection and I don't know for sure they are fake because I haven't seen real ones, but I have definite suspicions on them.

They fake jumbo pins ?!?

 

[pixiewings71]

Seems so......when I compared them to the disney shopping listing and the pinpics info the ones I got aren't quite right......like the Pirate one isn't supposed to have glitter in the clouds but ours does. Like I said, I bought them for our collection and that's where they will stay so I'm not really worried about it personally, but yes, they do seem to be different.

 

[Vala]

Does the Pinpics listing have a real photo of the pin?

I'm asking because I had a couple of pins too where Pinpics was showing concept art and the real pin does have effects (like glitter) that were not mentioned on the listings. The listings I noticed have been corrected and have the photos I sent in now, but jumbos are not exactly a main focus of my collection.

Disneyshopping is showing concept art in 99 percent of all listings anyway.

 

[hedgehog2owl]

lot of people are buying those cheap pin lots, based on the seller's feedback in ebay

 

[pixiewings71]

Does the Pinpics listing have a real photo of the pin?

I'm asking because I had a couple of pins too where Pinpics was showing concept art and the real pin does have effects (like glitter) that were not mentioned on the listings. The listings I noticed have been corrected and have the photos I sent in now, but jumbos are not exactly a main focus of my collection.

Disneyshopping is showing concept art in 99 percent of all listings anyway.

I don't remember now Vala, I checked after I got them and it's been quite a while now. If I remember I'll look again.

lot of people are buying those cheap pin lots, based on the seller's feedback in ebay

Or they are only "buying traders for the kids for fun" and don't care if they are trading fakes or not, or they just don't know about scrappers. I didn't when I first started trading.......yup, I used to buy those huge lots too.

 

[Vala]

When you get the chance I'd love to know that, thanks. I never heard of fake jumbos before. Of course there's a first time for everything. But this seems so... unusual.

 

[pixiewings71]

Vala I didn't look last night. I've got DeGuervais (sp, I'm sure that's wrong lol) tendonitis and had a hard day yesterday, by 7 pm my whole right arm was aching so bad I just sat on my couch and put heat on it. I'll try to remember to look again this weekend.....

 

[Vala]

Oh dear, please take it slow by all means. I sometimes get tendonitis too, and this is not fun. Feel better soon, and rest the arm as much as you can. A pin number is not that important that you have to be in pain because of it!

 

[pixiewings71]

It's not so bad right now. I wore my brace all day and that helped quite a bit.
So here's a link to one that we have, in this photo the clouds don't have glitter, but ours does have glitter, so that made me wonder if it was real or not.
http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=69689&sid=6151.1267237406.v2
We also have the Kaa, Tink, Jack, Stitch and Ariel. I don't know if that's the whole set or not but those are the ones we have. The Kaa does have a lot of divets so I wondered about that as well, otherwise they look good.

 

[kelleigh1]

Any tips for successful selling? I've got several of the Visa cardholder exclusive pins and haven't had much luck listing them. I buy direct from DisneyPins and because I have the Disney Visa card, I can get a discount if I buy 5, so I always do figuring I can either trade or sell on ebay. But lately, no luck selling them.

Is there a certain way I should be listing them?

As for trading, we won't be heading to Disney anytime soon, is there another way to trade that is safe and recommended?

TIA

 

[Vala]

So here's a link to one that we have, in this photo the clouds don't have glitter, but ours does have glitter, so that made me wonder if it was real or not.
http://pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=69689&sid=6151.1267237406.v2
We also have the Kaa, Tink, Jack, Stitch and Ariel. I don't know if that's the whole set or not but those are the ones we have. The Kaa does have a lot of divets so I wondered about that as well, otherwise they look good.

I was really hoping that it was this series because this is one of the few jumbos I actually have a clue about.

Those pins are all supposed to have glitter. The hints in the Black Pearl description are "extra sparkle" and "Enamel cloisonné with glittering accents". The picture showing is the production art and no one bothered to update the listing once the pins were sent out.

I do have that pin too, directly from DS.com, and the clouds definitely do have glitter on them. My Kaa does have divets too, seems this was a wanted effect. You have the whole series by the way.

If there's no other signs of a scrapper, your pins should be A okay.

The reason you have got them quite cheap very likely was that they were ridiculously discounted for a while, some even ended up in the Outlet.

 

[Joan92120]

Seems to me that they only way you can be sure you are getting the real thing is to buy from Disney and basically not trade. Is that right?

I have just spent quite some time reading almost all of this thread. We returned from WDW last week. While there we spent much more than I wish to think about on pins for our 3 children to trade pins. But it was worth it as they had a blast.

After reading this thread I feel overwhelmed. As annual passholders at Disneyland we go quite frequently. I was looking at purchasing some pins on ebay for our children to trade as we just cannot afford buying them all at the park. But it almost sounds like you have to if you want to ensure you are trading good pins
.
I don't want my children trading "bad" pins, but I also cannot pay $5 plus per pin just so they can trade. This question is to all who post here, if you were to purchase about 40 pins for trading who is the one eBay seller you would recommend? Thanks for your help.

 

[pixiewings71]

I was really hoping that it was this series because this is one of the few jumbos I actually have a clue about.

Those pins are all supposed to have glitter. The hints in the Black Pearl description are "extra sparkle" and "Enamel cloisonné with glittering accents". The picture showing is the production art and no one bothered to update the listing once the pins were sent out.

I do have that pin too, directly from DS.com, and the clouds definitely do have glitter on them. My Kaa does have divets too, seems this was a wanted effect. You have the whole series by the way.

If there's no other signs of a scrapper, your pins should be A okay.

The reason you have got them quite cheap very likely was that they were ridiculously discounted for a while, some even ended up in the Outlet.

OMG I'm so excited right now!!!! I really thought they were bad! YAY!!!!!! We are all excited. We almost just traded them away, so glad we didn't! thanks for the info Vala!

I have just spent quite some time reading almost all of this thread. We returned from WDW last week. While there we spent much more than I wish to think about on pins for our 3 children to trade pins. But it was worth it as they had a blast.

After reading this thread I feel overwhelmed. As annual passholders at Disneyland we go quite frequently. I was looking at purchasing some pins on ebay for our children to trade as we just cannot afford buying them all at the park. But it almost sounds like you have to if you want to ensure you are trading good pins
.
I don't want my children trading "bad" pins, but I also cannot pay $5 plus per pin just so they can trade. This question is to all who post here, if you were to purchase about 40 pins for trading who is the one eBay seller you would recommend? Thanks for your help.

Welcome! thank You for checking us out! visit page 1 and chose the sellers listen in green, search for them on eBay and make your purchases. enjoy trading!

 

[Dzny-pins-UK]

Does anyone know if there are scrapper DeeBee pins circulating? Pinpics doesn't have any listed or a warning statement. Red list sellers are auctioning some on Ebay, especially the first series. Are these pins safe to buy? From these sellers?

Hi Disneyrunner, If you are looking for any Dee Bees I have quiet a few, I was at WDW Sept/Oct when they were released.
I've not heard they have been scrapped either btw.

I'm looking to sell them if your interested.

 

[Vala]

OMG I'm so excited right now!!!! I really thought they were bad! YAY!!!!!! We are all excited. We almost just traded them away, so glad we didn't! thanks for the info Vala!

You're very welcome. I'm glad I could be the bearer of good news for once.

That series is really nice, I quite like the style too. I never understood why they were so unpopular that they ended up in the outlet. My guess was because this was one of the first series where DS.com did raise the price.

 

[Dzny-pins-UK]

Hi Disneyrunner, I have sent you mail through here (well I think I have) if you do not get it, please contact me via the email on Dis.
Many thanks.