On Sedesma and Propin trading...A note of warning

[In a hurry]

Hi! Just returned from two glorious weeks in the world. We had extended family, and I had purchased about 100 propins for the kids to trade, and took the Sedesma pins my daughter traded for when we were there last year. She had about 20 of them, because she traded for any pin with Pooh, Bambi, or Lion King stuff. (I swear we had 3 of those stupid hyenas!)

When the adults made a trade (for one of the younger kids) with any of these pins, the person taking them would look at the back, and say "We aren't supposed to trade these...I got in trouble last week for taking one" but, eventually trade. They didn't give the other kids much flak, but on 5 or 6 occasions, the person taking the pin would start a loud conversation about how much they hate the propins, etc. But, they had no issue trading away these same pins to other kids in our group. Between all 8 kids, we still came back with about 20 Sedesmas! And a handful of different propins.

The lanyards were filled with Sedesma, propins, Stitch square pins, and of course, the infamous 2000 pins. Would you believe one of the nephews actually traded a lanyard pin for a 2000 pin?! My heart about stopped, as did the CM's! But he wanted it!

Anyway, just wanted to put out a warning for those planning trips. I wish I had just spent a bit more, and bought a "lot" of regular pins, so the kids, and we adults (!) wouldn't have felt that pin trading was so stressful. I wanted them to enjoy it. It was the only bummer in an awesome trip.

 

[krismom]

the Cm's made the comments? That's terrible- like they end up paying the difference or something! My daughter traded a light up haunted mansion pin- for the one that comes free with the DME lanyard!... it was Goofy and that's what mattered. Oh well. Glad you had fun!

 

[pezpam]

The policy on whether CMs are supposed/allowed to accept these seems to change back and forth. They certainly shouldn't have made rude comments, though......

 

[Dancenash]

Yeah when i was there two weeks ago you saw the same four pins everywhere ribbon dancer 2000, 2004 kodak. Lilo starter pin and also stitch starter pin. You also saw lots of sedemsa pin. :-( It was kinda disapointed. I did get a few cast lanyard pins.

 

[NJBlackBerry]

Wow. We were there over the weekend and DS and I (who were on a hunt for Lanyard pins) came back with over 30 Lanyard series 4 pins. Most of them were on Green lanyards, but he traded some to me He did get a Dancer 2000 in a mystery pin trade, but he was able to trade it to another CM. We did not get one Sedesma pin.