mydisneyanytime
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- Nov 30, 2012
Does DL do pintrading? My son loves to pin trade at WDW and I was trying to decide if I should get pins for him to trade on our DL trip in a few weeks. Thanks!!
Pin trading areas in almost every shop . I like trading in tomorrowland, adventure land, and main street . hope you guys have funYay! I will have to order some!
The percentage of fakes is what deters me a bit from trading. I know trading is about what pin I like and what pin someone else likes, and if it's a fake but I still love it, then no big deal. But I don't want to trade a fake (even if I'm not aware) and "short change" someone else, you know? Those pins are spendy--I think the most basic are like $10 now--and I would hate to inadvertently trade a $2 fake for a $10 real.... But I guess that's the potential nature of the beast.One thing that I'd never heard before was this tidbit about fake pins. How common are they in DL? Exceptionally. He told me that 95% of the pins that CMs have to trade are fakes. Apparently what a lot of people do is buy large lots of cheap fake pins and then trade them to CMs for real ones. As I've often heard and as many of you know, CMs have to accept trades, even if they're fake.
This is one of those catch-22 type of things. Financially it makes more sense to buy cheap pins to trade because of the high potential to get scrappers/counterfeits/fakes, but at the same time, it means you would be contributing to the problem. If you really wanted to try to find less expensive pins online, I'd try to focus on people that are selling pins still on their cardboard backing and, if it's a set, still sealed. Avoid anyone that is still selling lots/grab bags of loose pins (those are probably counterfeits to begin with).So if my son wants to do a little trading with cast members just for fun, is it better to buy the pins online since what he'll get in return are "knock offs"
The percentage of fakes is what deters me a bit from trading. I know trading is about what pin I like and what pin someone else likes, and if it's a fake but I still love it, then no big deal. But I don't want to trade a fake (even if I'm not aware) and "short change" someone else, you know? Those pins are spendy--I think the most basic are like $10 now--and I would hate to inadvertently trade a $2 fake for a $10 real.... But I guess that's the potential nature of the beast.
I think PinTradingDB is legit. It’s hard to tell when it’s not endorsed directly by Disney. It is a good site though because you can look pins up by character.yeah eBay, instagram, amazon... how they get your money is by using "authentic" and "tradeable" as key or tag words, well yes, these are technically "tradeable", but they shouldn't be. for me the pin trading is more about the experience, as long as you have that and know you might run into a fake at times, it is still worth it.
Yeah I think you’re right.I don't think Disney endorses any third-party/fan sites officially.