OK Bear with me..How does Pin swapping work?

[frankiemom]

If my 4 year old has a pin on and someone wants to swap with theirs I don't know if he will understand! Or maybe I don't understand!

 

[Margie J]

Pin trading is simple between a Guest (your child) and a Cast Member or CM (Disney employee). Your child selects one pin they like on a CM's lanyard and trades one of their pins for it. CM's have to trade for a pin as long as it (the one you are trading) is a Disney pin (stamped with Disney on back), is metal and they don't already have it. CM's are very good about trading and often point out "special" pins. CM's will be located throughout WDW and will be wearing white name tags. If you see someone with a red name tag they are Guests just like you. They may or may not trade fairly.

Watch out for other Guests who may approach your child in order to trade a pin with them. Supervise every trade and know what your child has on their lanyard. Many of us like to trade with kids and do so fairly. Others try to take advantage of a nieve child and trade a cheap pin for a "valuable" one your child may have.

Your child must understand that they will be giving up a pin to get another pin in return.

 

[Humpbacks1962]

My 9 yr old LOVES pin trading.

I agree with the previous poster. Make sure that you supervise the trading, but I'd say spend some time getting familiar with what you'll trade and what you may see, in terms of edition sizes, value, cost, etc. Only because I have found many surprises in the lanyards and trading books and you would not want to miss out on grabbing a good pin that someone else left as a tradable or end up giving a good one away yourself! Experienced traders know about this possibility and will lurk waiting to see who can be taken advantage of.

Another word of advice: Stick to trading with CMs only, at least until you feel more comfortable to trade with collectors, for the reasons stated above. Also, buy pins that you know your child does not like too much, to motivate her to exchange them in trades.

Pins are running very expensive now, even over $10.00 for limited editions. You can go to cheappins.com to buy several tradables for under $5.00. Read the collectors boards here, in Dizpins.com and take a peek at the pins in pinpics.com, where you can get a very good idea of how rare/limited/desirable what you'd trade is. Good luck.

Wanda

 

[Buzz2001]

Pin Trading Etiquette

 

[daber]

Another good tip is that if there is a group of traders around, don't be afraid to ask other people that don't have any interest in the trade if they think it is a fair trade. It doesn't hurt to ask. Never be afraid to ask questions.