Small time traders club!!

[lovingthemouse]

Peggi is right - she has a wonderful heart and will try and help whenever she can! That being said, all my Ct cronies know that we have a medium sized collection but only a handful of traders. Rog and i get pins because we like them not to trade. For us it is comfortable that way. On occasion we'll have extras of some but rarely! Think that qualifies us as "small fish" too! But it means there is more room to swim!!!

 

[karinmac]

Even though I have over 500 pins I only have 18 as traders. My sense of what's a good trader is never accurate. However I have found lately that when I traded some of these pins for other pins, I used those pins to get the pin I want. Does that make sense?

When I go to Downtown Disney in CA or to the pin shows, I find it easier buying pins (as traders) that people have mentioned wanting on the boards.

 

[Humpbacks1962]

Someone recently counted off my traders in Pinpics, rejecting an offer and telling me that 38 was very skimpy and limiting.

O U C H

But then, I had requested that person to please not choose anything from my keepers list.

In spite of such "inferiority", I've made some nice trades in the last few weeks! In fact, my mailbox today looked like it was Christmas! I got over 6 padded folders with lovely trades from Japan and all over the US in them!

So what I am trying to say is, don't let them bother you. If someone does not need what you have, somebody else will.

Wanda

 

[perndwler]

Another small trader here. Only reason I have more than 30 traders for this meet is cause I ransacked Ebay, and maxed out a couple of credit cards in the process LOL.

I always trade for what I like and have had many people including cast members (Scott ) cringe when I've made a trade cause it was not equal. Oh well, I come away happy, and that's what counts.

So, I'll be looking for your sign Kathi. Count me in!

 

[Eeyore's Pal]

When the big Pin Adventure Meet was first announced, I pointed out that there would be several levels of traders. I don't remember what I originally called them, but it was something like this:

Level 1: The senior crowd -- Piles of pins and pin knowledge. (You know who you are!)
Level 2: The middlers -- Reasonable number of traders, confident enough to solo.
Level 3: Newbies -- A few carefully acquired traders, more or less in awe of the big fish, but willing to jump in and test the waters.
Level 4: ???? -- Not completely in touch with their surroundings, but able to respond to commands with assistance.

And then there were the "hangers-on" -- I think I said this included those who came along because their significant other made them and some people who stumbled in to the meet while looking for the restaurant.

 

[NHMickey]

Senior traders... I feel so old... Can I use my aarp card for a discount

 

[mickey2000]

Hey Nat do you get your AARP card when you reach 50 pins???
inkbounc inkbounc inkbounc

 

[NHMickey]

I wish

 

[Brise Nannie]

Well, let me join the *small fish* club too! I've been trading for a while and have now gotten to the point where I have (drum roll) 1 pin and 1 pin set of three left to trade. I've traded for things I like and I'm very happy with my humble collection. Of course, now I'm hanging out at the *e* site trying to acquire some pins I like but I'd much rather trade for them. It's much more fun. I don't have any hopes of ever joining the ranks of the elite pintraders. I just don't have the means or the energy.

Wanda ~ I think the comments made about your traders was awful! It's a shame that someone felt the need to be so cruel.

 

[KathiWithAnI]

Peggie you are more than welcome in our small fish club!!!

And Lauri, I LOVE it!! I want to add it to my sig line-- that's adorable!!!

What say we nominate Flounder from Little Mermaid as our official mascot???

See you guys in LESS than a week! WOOO HOOOOO

I did it, I figured out how to add the little scrolling fish!!

 

[KathiWithAnI]

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[Jenwdwfan]

Hi Everyone! This seems to be the place for me too! I've found that

most of the pins I think will trade well, sit in my bag. Then the ones

I'm not crazy about, so only buy one of, everybody wants. So I agree I get

what I like, and I know that someone will want to trade, sometime. I really

think everyone from the boards is more than willing to trade, and help people

out. I was having a horrible time trading at WDW, I almost gave up, but then I

got together with some super people from the boards, and wow, I had a trading

frenzy. I'm definitly in the small fish category, but you guys make me feel like a

a super trader!! So if I have only a few to trade or a bunch I know they'll find a home!

Wish I could join everyone at the pin event, but I'll be cyber cheering my partner along!

Go eeyore64!!!

Jen

 

[lovingthemouse]

Love that little fish you have swimming around in some of your posts - is it possible that we little fishies could have our own "fish in the pond?"

 

[Barb]

I may have about 30 traders, but they are also the ones that everyone else has had forever!! And, yes, I fall into the category of picking up more than one of something "neat" because I'm sure it will make a great trade. Example: I picked up extra 4th of July park dangles so I could trade for the ones I didn't get. I was SURE I could make a trade. Guess what I still have? So,I am a small fish. After a few embarassing pin meets where I couldn't make one trade, I decided to just buy what I liked and trade with CM's. I have a lot of fun trading with the CM's. As Mickey said, I don't know what pins are hot or what they're going for on the auctions, so my knowledge is limited. But, I am having fun and I love my pins. I won't be at the big pin meet, but it's nice to know I do fit in somewhere!