Theme Park Merch is 1/2 Price on eBay - Cause for Concern?

[MapleGirl]

I missed my opportunity to buy the Haunted Mansion bottle stopper on my last trip. I'm seeing some on eBay that cost $10 with shipping rather than the $20 in the parks. Are they the same products and is there any reason to not buy from the eBay seller? Link

 

[mom2rtk]

I wonder where they came up with 19 of those. Were they discontinued?

 

[MapleGirl]

I wonder where they came up with 19 of those. Were they discontinued?

I'm wondering the same thing.

 

[ktlm]

With good buyer reviews, I would try it. I've gotten Disney merchandise at below the park price several times on ebay and so far it has all (except for a couple of pins) been authentic. People buy these things at Disney outlets, at sales, with park discounts etc. and then resell. This person does seem to have a lot of them- makes me wonder if they picked up a batch at a deep discount at an outlet. Our outlet was having 50% off the discounted outlet price on disney parks merchandise last weekend and there were some things really cheap- I had to restrain myself!

 

[prestoncaldwell]

I wonder where they came up with 19 of those. Were they discontinued?

5 finger discount?

 

[ktlm]

Just did a search and there are a bunch of these on Ebay for $15 and under and some people appear to have a large number of them. That makes me think that either a ton of them were dumped at the outlets or that maybe there is a knock off/scrapper type. If you like it, I'd still give one a try though. There are one or two even cheaper than the one you linked to. I usually do a search and see what ones come up and pick the one that makes me feel the most comfortable about the seller even if it is a couple of dollars higher.

 

[MapleGirl]

Thanks. Decided to go for it.

 

[HopperFan]

Been plenty of HM stuff at outlet store last few times I went. Also wouldn't be surprised if from CM outlet.

 

[Sargeant Tibbs]

They could have come from Cast Connection. CM's aren't supposed to resell items purchased there, but I know some do.