Let’s help new pin traders avoid the cheap pins

[PinCrazed]

When my wife and I first saw the Disney trading pins a few years ago we were at Pin Central at the Marketplace in Downtown Disney. One of the power traders were outside and we asked him what it was all about. His response, which I will never forget was "If you don't know what this is, take your kids and run because it is the most addicting hobby you can have"

He was right and I can not tell you how much we enjoy collecting, trading and to be honest just looking at pins that have come out over the years.

So if you are new to pin trading please do not hesitate to ask any questions about the addiction, er I mean hobby.

 

[AngieWin]

Has anyone bought traders from dizpins.com? It was recommended to me, but I wanted to see if anyone here has bought from someone there.

 

[pindecisive]

I Just wondered if there is any way I can find out if anyone else has had a similar problem. Now I am worried all the pins are not real

Sometimes it doesnt matter.

You could do a couple things.

Chalk it up to being a brown m&m in a tub of green and just toss it

or

Try and trade it at the park, if you mention it's a fake sometimes they'll just pocket it and give you a good one.

 

[pindecisive]

How many pins will they each need to start? I thought maybe 10??
What is the cheapest way possible to do this?
I'm new to the boards, but is there a thread of "donor" pins that traders don't need or want. Maybe in exchange you look for something for them in WDW.
Finally, I have a set of pooh character pins from late 90's. I waitressed at TGIFriday's at the time and we wore pins on our suspenders. I got them from the disney store, I think there are 4-5. Do you think they are collectible at all? Maybe I could trade them for a larger quantity of more common pins?
Just thinking out loud I guess.
And what about the Green lanyard? They don't trade?
Thanks for all your help. I am so excited about this trip!!!!

6 would be good actually. It just depends on if you're going to buy any at the park or not.

Ebay is the least expensive round here. Though getting "cheap" pins isnt a good idea, you should try to look for good cast lanyard series pins for a fair price. Buying cheap Euro and such just drives the rest of us crazy when we find that's all thats on the lanyards in the parks.

Cast Members with Green/Teal lanyards can only trade to kids (Though some overlook this and will trade to adults anyway)

Good luck and have fun!

 

[MomToAp1699]

Try and trade it at the park, if you mention it's a fake sometimes they'll just pocket it and give you a good one.

I figure we are ok with what we have.. Its a child trading them so I am pretty sure thats what would happen if he tried to trade them but I think I would rather just let him give them to his buddies or something

 

[GoofyBaby]

Has anyone bought traders from dizpins.com? It was recommended to me, but I wanted to see if anyone here has bought from someone there.

Yes - I have bought from the dizpins message boards and had no problems. You can check seller/trader feedback to make sure they are legit. I also bought 23 traders from pincastle for my trip last week and I traded all but 4 of them (only because I ran out of time) in the parks and at WOD. They all had the black Mickey backs and had the Disney backstamp and I even got some nice cast lanyards that I kept for myself! I paid about $3.00 per pin. I know I could buy pins cheaper than that, but I choose (and this is just me) to stay away from propins & sedesma pins and I love the customer service at pincastle.

Sorry - that was probably way more information that you wanted!

 

[disneytraceyl]

This hobby started inisently enough. I bought a few pins to trade to commemerate my daughter's first disney trip (6 months old). This has became a full blown hobby. My daughter is 5 years old now and loves to trade. She is looking forward to our upcoming trip. We now have 2 books full of pins. I thought about going through them, so she has more traders. Would anyone suggest that?

 

[AngieWin]

Yes - I have bought from the dizpins message boards and had no problems. You can check seller/trader feedback to make sure they are legit. I also bought 23 traders from pincastle for my trip last week and I traded all but 4 of them (only because I ran out of time) in the parks and at WOD. They all had the black Mickey backs and had the Disney backstamp and I even got some nice cast lanyards that I kept for myself! I paid about $3.00 per pin. I know I could buy pins cheaper than that, but I choose (and this is just me) to stay away from propins & sedesma pins and I love the customer service at pincastle.

Sorry - that was probably way more information that you wanted!

I am new to dizpins, how do you check out feedback?

 

[lovehoney]

I'm super newbie at pin trading and just wanted to make sure I can trade these at WDW since most of these are Disneyland pins. Does it make a difference? Where do you find just WDW pins?

Ebay 170095456612

 

[Melora]

As long as it is a Disney pin it does not matter if its from Disneyland, WDW, or any of the other Disney Parks.

These pins that you are looking at are Lanyards and yes they are tradable at any park.

We are ebay pin sellers (ID jeffmelzucker) and if you like I can direct you to some good pin lots that are inexpensive but contain good quality traders.

 

[pindecisive]

As long as it is a Disney pin it does not matter if its from Disneyland, WDW, or any of the other Disney Parks.

Though thats true, I don't like to encourage people to buy Euros on Ebay and trade them.
Many traders hate euros and don't like to find the lanyards full of them when they go to WDW or DL.

 

[disneypartyof4]

How do you know if they are euros pins? I just bought some off of ebay, did not get them yet, I hope they are legit. Do the euros pins still have the disney stamp on the back?

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

We have recently been sucked in by the pin trading addiction. I have ordered about 150 pins from eBay through about 15 different sellers. But now I am REALLY second guessing myself.

Some pins we got from eBay that are cast lanyard pins are different sizes than the pins we already had, so now the sets look very odd. Many of the pins came in plastic bags closed with one staple, which PinPics says is a red flag for them being scrappers. I guess for the "keepers" as long we are happy with them it doesn't matter, but I would hate to trade fakes or scrappers. I also bought a bunch of "new" pins that are still on the cards, so I am kind of worried about those, too. Yes, I got toally gouged on shipping, but not enough to bring those pins up to retail. Perhaps it is better not to dwell on it.

 

[pindecisive]

Some pins we got from eBay that are cast lanyard pins are different sizes than the pins we already had, so now the sets look very odd. Many of the pins came in plastic bags closed with one staple, which PinPics says is a red flag for them being scrappers... but I would hate to trade fakes or scrappers. I also bought a bunch of "new" pins that are still on the cards, so I am kind of worried about those, too.

I bought some from Ebay and those came in baggies and they were cast lanyard series. So I wouldn't put too much stock in that.

Just check on Pin Pics and see if they have "Known scrapper" or some such on it and just keep that in mind.

I came back from DL with about 3 possible scrappers and I would not have known if I hadn't checked the site.

 

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

PinPics says it is very hard to tell the "scrappers" unless you have an authentic one to compare side by side. The ones that I got in those little bags look fine to me, but then again, I don't have a definite authentic one to compare with!

DH says he is perfectly happy with all of his pins, even if some of them might be scrappers. I guess with so many people buying traders from eBay there are bound to be bootlegs and scrappers on CM lanyards no matter what.

 

[Number1Son]

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[Donald is #1]

I noticed a post a about 3 pages back and the poster said that they had good luck with pinseller's website. Has anyone else used them? Are these good pins to trade?

 

[GoofyBaby]

I am new to dizpins, how do you check out feedback?

You can do this by going here. If you are looking for specific members to check feedback on, you can find them in the Dizpins message boards.

Hope this helps and sorry for the delay in responding!

 

[Brian_WDW74]

I noticed a post a about 3 pages back and the poster said that they had good luck with pinseller's website. Has anyone else used them? Are these good pins to trade?

I've used them. I've come across a couple of possible scrappers in my lot of 100, maybe 5 or so, but all the rest have been perfectly tradeable.

And let me stress that those 5 or so are possible scrappers. For all I know, they might not be. But I've set them aside as non-tradeable just to sure.

*Brian*