December 2000 is when I started. When you have done just about everything in WDW, this is the only option left. I actually stayed in the resort (I'm only 35 mins away from WDW BTW) for a few days and I promised myself to keep me from spending too much on stuff.
So much for a budget limit. I first started buying pins that "I liked", then I started to collect Minnie Mouse only, then I started selling LE's on that auction site. Now I have just about every Minnie rack pin from WDW. I'm working on DL and Japan pins now.