Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[daisy 'n donald]

i just bought from seller bizzybee1....it was for a 25 pin lot of booster packs...
i'm hoping that these are legit....it's a green seller, so...i just did buy it now yesterday, so they haven't arrived yet
i must say though, the seller is great with communications....i had asked if at all possble to not include booster packs of princesses or star wars since i am giving these to my neice and nephew for their trip in may, and i'm pretty sure these are pins they would want to keep...and then i asked to try and not include the nerds set, because i would probably keep those...
but, the seller was totally understanding and said they would try...that's all i could ask for!
so, so far so good...however, i haven't recieved them yet....but i have a feeling they'll be good pins...
and hopefully my neice and nephew will have as much fun trading as their aunt and uncle do

i got the pins the other day! and bizzybee1 was great! they were able to not include the princess or star wars pins, which is awesome!
i just wish i knew about this seller when my hubs and i went last year....(we did however get good pins to trade from the list then too)....hopefully they'll be around selling for the next time we go!

so my niece and nephew are leaving next friday for disney, and i plan on giving them the pins this friday when i see them....i'm trying to think of a cute way to give them the pins...

 

[erincon23]

I just sold a couple of pins to an ebay buyer, and she contacted me today asking me to replace a small yellow pin back with a Mickey head back. I'm happy to do that -- that's not the problem -- but I had a question -- at one time (and maybe still), there were packages of pin backs that were different than the Mickey backs, and I think one was a Goofy hat. If you recall it, was it a small yellow back with a rounded top? Or is this just a generic back, not an official Disney one? If it's a special Goofy back, I'd like to let my buyer know that (and still mail her a Mickey head back).

 

[earthfaries]

I just sold a couple of pins to an ebay buyer, and she contacted me today asking me to replace a small yellow pin back with a Mickey head back. I'm happy to do that -- that's not the problem -- but I had a question -- at one time (and maybe still), there were packages of pin backs that were different than the Mickey backs, and I think one was a Goofy hat. If you recall it, was it a small yellow back with a rounded top? Or is this just a generic back, not an official Disney one? If it's a special Goofy back, I'd like to let my buyer know that (and still mail her a Mickey head back).

I bought a bunch of packs of the character pin backs from Disney a couple of years ago. One was light green and was goofy's hat. There was Mickey's white glove, a blue sorcerers hat ...

I love them, they stay on so well, and I never lose a pin with one of those backs on them!

 

[pixiewings71]

Oh man...I want one of the Mickey hand backs so badly!!!! I've got a Tinkerbell peeker pin and I think it would look adorable with the hand as the "back", since it would be on the front. I can't find them ANYwhere tho!!!!

 

[Mom2OakandEm]

I buy the same pins from funmamas, but way cheaper They have a 21 pin lot in new booster packs for only 36.75.

I like bizzybee1 also, for individual pins (I buy a lot of holiday pins from them) but for real pins for trading, funmamas has the best deal.

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Okay so I just received my 3 new booster packs (21 pins total) from funmamas abd I'm not a pro at this, but I think all of mine are real too.

There was no funky smell, they were all in original packages with the Disney price tag on them. They are not smooth when you run your finger over the front, there is no dimpling in the paint and the Mickey heads on the back of the pins go to the edge. And I used the one website listed on post 1 to check the picture and found the coloring to be the same. So as far as I can tell these are all good as well.

Is there any other tell tell signs I should be checking for?

 

[Scrooge Jr]

We buy from funmamas. She sells lots of 21 pins for 36.75. You get 3 brand new booster packs, or starter sets for that price, you can't beat it!

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Does anyone wonder where they get them form to sell at that price, or is it just me?

 

[WhitDisney]

Does anyone wonder where they get them form to sell at that price, or is it just me?

They sell booster sets all the time in outlet stores for $6.99 - it's all in the timing of being there when the boxes come in. I'm also sure there's a variety of ways - one seller mentioned getting some of their boosters via rewards cards, another mentioned trading out older rack pins with people on Pinpics. It doesn't sound like rocket science once one or two of them 'leak' a bit of their secrets.

 

[Scrooge Jr]

They sell booster sets all the time in outlet stores for $6.99 - it's all in the timing of being there when the boxes come in. I'm also sure there's a variety of ways - one seller mentioned getting some of their boosters via rewards cards, another mentioned trading out older rack pins with people on Pinpics. It doesn't sound like rocket science once one or two of them 'leak' a bit of their secrets.

Thanks!

 

[mamabean]

Question

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

 

[earthfaries]

Question

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

Looks legit to me

 

[Scrooge Jr]

Question

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

I did and I love my pins! I have plans to order from her again as our time gets closer.

 

[mamabean]

Question

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

I got my pins today!!
I got the license plate, pirate, and baby mickey and friends packs that are in the sellers pictures.
Super fast shipping and they are brand new in the packs! Awesome seller and I'd buy from her again!

 

[maburke]

Marketplace32 - Sent great pins!! Got 10 from him in somewhat of a grab bag. Send a lot of Disneyland rare pins and some hidden mickeys. There wasn't one pin I did not like, no scrappers here!

I beg to differ. I ordered a 20-pin lot from them and I'd say about half are scrappers. (Well, I'm not too confident in my abilities to tell, but I'd say of the 8 where I can tell for sure, 4 are scrappers and 4 are real.)

I am so pleased with the idea people here introduced me to of buying from the people selling booster packs! I'm happy to pay $2 per pin knowing for certain that they are authentic.

Headed to DL on Monday!

 

[lfortin16]

Does anyone know if "realcoolstuff" is selling "real" pins or scrappers?

I just bought a lot in an auction. I don't have them yet, but started reading about "scrappers" tonight and now I am worried. I never knew about therse before. I just wanted to get some pins for my little ones to trade in Disney on our trip this summer.

 

[magicalfoursome]

I ordered from Mousepinsonline even though they are listed as a "yellow" seller. Definitely scrappers in my lot. The colors were off in several pins and one Donald Duck pin even had his bottom lip missing. I keep looking for a sale on trader packs from the Disney online store. Before our last WDW visit I found them on sale there and we used them for trading. Definitely move mousepinsonline to a "red" seller.

 

[jmryburn]

koolstuff2005 is selling more bad pins and is listed in the orange. I just bought 10 off of him. Only 2 were real. I wouldn't recomend buying any vinylmation or hidden mickey pins from this seller.

 

[DisneyRunner2009]

Ya, you have to know what you are buying from koolstuff2005. I agree he/she sells scrappers.

 

[petals]

Every pin i got from unique_world was a scrapper

 

[muushupork]

I bought 50 traders from the pin station and id say at least half were scrappers. Ive bought from them before and they were fine but this time i was not pleased.

 

[britneyacacia3]

Maybe we can get this stickied, altho I'm sure the mods don't want us "witch hunting" anyone so....

Hmmm Nice