Small time traders club!!

[KathiWithAnI]

Ok, here goes, I just counted and I have a grand total of .... are you ready for this......

30 pins to trade... I realize some of you out there just fell off of your seats laughing, I hope no one snorted a beverage through their nose!

Anyway, fess up, some of you have to only have a few traders too.....right........???
Kathi

 

[Duckfan]

I only have 10 and only 3 are moderately tradeable. So I think you are the big time.

 

[Mandy aka Minnie]

I'm totally with Duckfan... I only have about 10-12 traders. I might have about 30 pins TOTAL... maybe. I know my mom laughed when I showed her the pin trading book that I made to take with me. I took one of those small zippered day planners, and put my own pin page (that's singular... one pin page) in it, along with two pieces of felt. But hey, what can you do...? Go out and buy a bunch of cool pins, and spend a bunch of money, just so you'll have a bigger collection before the big pin event?... Hey... Not a bad idea...

 

[KathiWithAnI]

Well, to be honest, I have gone to many pin meets with only 10 or so traders-- I could never afford to buy 2 or 3 of a pin just to have traders...I have been working hard since last November to get some traders!
So cool, I feel better and you guys make sure to find me-- I know we can trade!!
Kathi

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

I think I have more than 30 traders, but does that really matter if I only have 3 or 4 that anyone wants?

I always seem to acquire as a trader some pin that I think is really hot, but no one ever wants. As a matter of fact, I think that sometimes a pin becomes unpopular just because I bought it as trader.

 

[EpcotKilterFan]

Here Here Robyn!!!

I am THE worst speculator...BECAUSE I buy it, no one wants it.

Wanna trade Robyn

Debbie

 

[Humpbacks1962]

That's a good point.

The number of tradables becomes a relative concept, then.
If you only have ten, and they are all sought after, you're in better luck than you'd be if you had 20 that nobody cared for.

Wanda

 

[Dom13]

So, if Deb or Robyn buy a pin you can count on it being a

of a trader? I'll have to remember that!

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

If there is a box of LEs on the counter near the cash register . . . Do I buy more than one?
Oh, no.
And tomorrow, will there be any of these pins left anywhere in WDW?
Of course not.

You don't want to know the list of pins I walked away from -- because I knew no one would want those pins.

 

[Luv2Roam]

Perfect examples on why it's best to buy what you like.
I thought the Sun Wheel spinner was SO NEAT, I bought three. And I still like them -- all three of 'em!
I really bought the Bad Boys pin as a trader too. No interest. But not that I have really promoted it. It is just listed on my Pinpics as a trader.
I do think it is funny when a pin comes out how many people want it, or to see how high the bids go on auctions. Then six months later ---
When the 4 WDW post card pins came out I bought them right away. I really like them and always have. But I know most people don't.
I'm not a Pooh or Princess person. So it's just a matter of taste.
I wish fewer collectors liked HM and PotC. That would make it easier (and cheaper) for me!

 

[goofymom/pop]

That is in the small trades group. Being a virtual newbie I have right now 10 LEs
for trade and several racks....not many but not horrible either. I do have a couple
good pins, but I sigh to think of what I will have to give up to get my poor hubby
his much sought after Hat Pins.....mine are all 3500 LE or higher....sigh!!!!

I have a full set of July 4th dangles coming, but I dont know if they will make it
before the event. I leave next Wednesday early, and have my fingers crossed.

I worry I dont have anything good enough for Jeff and Lauri as a gift/trader for
the lanyard. Oh Well!!!! such is the life of a new trader.

Hey maybe we should set up our own little table, so we dont feel so strange
amongst those with books of traders......lol!!! Heres to us the little guys, may
we find just the right pin, and have just the right trader......Cheers gang.



cindy

 

[Duckfan]

I always seem to end up with ones that look really good on pinpics but nobody ever wants them to really trade for. Ask Robyn who is holding some of mine right now. Then I buy some that traded well before and bang......nobody wants them either. Moral, spend money on pins you like especially when you can't buy many. High spot.....having friends take them to disney to trade with cast members. It is fun to have mystery for a while.

 

[RamVA]

I have a total of 46 pins; 14 are traders, but of those 14 I only know of 1 "sure" bet, and though it may be "sure", I don't mean "hot"!! And I have 3 possible traders, which means I like them, but if someone wanted to trade they aren't really great so I would part with them--but of course since they're not really great who would want them?!! In fact, I must confess, that today was the first day in this 6 week adventure (since I started collecting) that I got a little discouraged, and thought I might not ever really get this little adventure successfully "off the ground". Guess I need a little cheerleading......

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

I've more or less finished organizing my traders for next week.

My new medium pin bag has four pages.

I've categorized them up as follows:

Page 1: Pins people seem to want.

Page 2: Pins people should want.

Page 3: Pins nobody wants.

Page 4: Pins I don't even want.

 

[KathiWithAnI]

Ok, I'm making a "small fish" trading sign! Just look for it at the meet
Then we can all safely approach and know we're among, small, timid trading friends!!
And you big fish are not allowed to come laugh at us from the side lines!
We're having fun, thank you very much!

Small fish Kathi

 

[in2disny]

Although I'm not going to the pin event you all have made me feel better. I though my collection was so small and I was the only one. I have about 5 good traders and 10 that nobody would want. Thanks for the encourgement.

I am sending alot of pixie dust to all of you that you get are really good trade that would just wow ya!!!!!

Have fun!

Connie

 

[Luv2Roam]

Wonderful suggestion! I would feel right at home, if I was going to be there.
Have a great time!

 

[MeanLaureen]

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Eeyore64</marquee>

 

[goofymom/pop]

Yipppeeee !!! I will fit in somewhere.....I am a small fish, I am a small fish



thanks for thinking of us "small fish" hey and no sharks allowed they may
just devour our little collections......lol!!!!!!


one week to go......

 

[Mickey527]

I object.
Even though I have alot of pins I still consider myself a small fish. I don't really enjoy trading because I don't follow e-bay and don't know a pins "worth".
I know I paid $8.50 or $10.50 for my LE's and I try to trade for a comperable priced pin.
I absolutly HATE when someone I am working on a trade with tells me that it is going for $200 on e-bay, or it is signed. I know what they paid for the pin, and they know what I paid for the pin. All else means nothing to me.
I make an offer for a pin and if it works then good for me and the other person, if they spout the pins cost on e-bay I write that person off as a potential trader.
Wasn't this all supposed to be for fun?
And those of you with small trader stock, remember, we all started that way, and if I have a pin you want, make an offer. I have been known to give away Millenium banner pins for two or three common rack pins. I just wish I had more to help some of you out.
So, can I join you guys in your small trader table, I promise to play nice. Peggie