Good/Bad Internet and eBay Pin Sellers

[SupernaturalMommy]

It's no problem. It's just taking longer than planned and I haven't had as much time to devote to it as I hoped. But, I'm chipping away a little each day. I'll probably post a preliminary list first and then just keep updating it so people can get started on it with their pin purchases.

[pixi3ness]

Hey guys! I mainly lurk around the boards, but I just wanted to share my experiences with a couple of people on Ebay!

I love LE pins and purchased a pin a piece from mad4disneytoo and hermineec. Both of them shipped very quickly and the pins arrived in perfect condition and on their original backers. I believe it was mad4disneytoo that also included a Disneyland bag in my package, which was a pleasant surprise! Once I have 10+ posts I'll edit this to include a picture of my purchases as well.

[RCEliot]

Glad to see that a new list will be started so some of the newer bad sellers can be added. I've seen (and had experience with) several that weren't on the list. I'll have to go back through my purchase history on Ebay to let you know which ones, especially as of recently. I decided to try and buy, what I thought based on feedback and such, were real pins from some smaller sellers that seemed to have a limited stock, etc. I ended up with 3 real pins, 1 on-card, and 7 fakes. :/ Not that I'm too upset about the number of scrappers I have in my possession, as most of them are ones I want to collect (like recently I got a Stitch pin that is obviously a scrapper but waaaaaay too adorable to toss out) and I don't trade unless I purchase the pins myself, but still. Better to have some info on them than not.

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Something weird I just noticed though, I recently got a Peter Pan pin, not through Ebay, the one where he's flying with his arms straight out, and his hair is brown and his belt is just a line across his stomach. :/ Weird how pins change over the years.

[RCEliot]

There's either something wrong with my computer, the forums, or my email because I got three emails stating that there were replies on here and there aren't any showing up...?

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by RCEliot

There's either something wrong with my computer, the forums, or my email because I got three emails stating that there were replies on here and there aren't any showing up...?

My e-mail replies are working fine.

[pixi3ness]

Alright! So I've ordered pins from numerous people on Ebay and thankfully out of the most recent wave of pins that I've received they all appear to be authentic. I've put a different colored star next to the pins based on who I purchased them from.



Pink - hermineec
Lime Green - letsgogiants2012 - fantastic prices and awesome bubble wrapping job
Red - theutahmodelers
Purple - mad4disneytoo - LOVED the fact that they also wrapped the pin in a Disneyland bag.
Dark Green - brookenicolle - decent prices though I think she was just selling up what few pins she had. Only downside was that there wasn't any tracking information. (I love to stalk my mail!)
Orange - themuchnessofdisney

[SupernaturalMommy]

Thank you. I will add them to the list I am working on. (Had something wronf with my eye and have been having trouble seeing this last week so it is slow going. Sorry.)

On my purchases, not sure if I have listed them on here before because there are so many I have done, but I got my most recent purchase from Dizneymandoug.

Always got new pins from them... advertised as 1 pin cards, 2 pin cards, booster sets... said may or may not come on card... only ones that never came on card were in Mystery Pouches which don't come on cards. Their prices have gone up, but still good. Shipping always way over priced and incredibly slow, but worth it for the pins I was getting. (They charge me more than double actual shipping cost and throw them in a flat rate mailer with no padding or care at all, and claim to ship within 3 days on some auctions and 1 on others, but it usually takes them about 8 to get it in the mail and about 2 weeks to arrive).

Well, this last batch was 4 lots of 25 for a total of 100 pins. 55 were the usual new on card or in pouch pins I always get, 5 were old beat up pins on no card, and 40 were either scrappers or suspected scrappers, mainly horrible hidden Mickey's or vinylmation/vinylmation jr. I re-read the description and noticed it changed slightly from normal and it is tricky as to whether I can claim Significantly Not as Described because of the "may not come on card" part. It gives them license to send anything they want. So, I told them I wanted to return them... they advertise no refunds but eBay won't allow that.

I asked to keep 50 of the pins, thus returning 2 lots and not 4, but figured they weren't going to go for it because obviously I would keep the 50 pins I knew were good. They said no... I could return them all for a full refund, of course at my expense. They said they could sell the new pins for much more money than they charged me. They said they always send a mix of new and old pins so that people can trade away the ones they don't like. I pointed out that I have been buying from them for quite some time now and had always gotten new pins, and for less than what I paid on this order and as a good repeat customer I had come to expect what I had always gotten. Changing just a few words in their template gave them license to screw me I guess, so they are going back. They tried the usual line... I got them from Disney Cast Members to they are not fake. BS!

[RCEliot]

I just bought some pins on ebay and as soon as I can get ebay to load (for some reason it's giving me a 404 error every time even though all I did was reload the page.) I will let you know the names of the sellers. The pins are a mix of new on the cards and individually bubble-wrapped. Most of them are real according to the people at Downtown Disney's store, but I'm skeptical of a few of them. Idk. Pretty pleased with the majority of them because I was able to get several Stitch pins that I've been dying to get my hands on.

[msammon]

Hi all, this seems to be a really giant post, and I am admittedly getting a bit lost, so I was hoping someone would help me out.
On our last Disney trip, our son had a mini meltdown, and a wonderful stranger came up to him, showed him her pin lanyard, and offered for him to choose one. This really made his day, and so we decided to spread a bit of pixie dust on our own this trip. We thought it would be a great lesson for our kids to "pay it forward".
I would love a referral to a seller to buy a "lot" of inexpensive pins, that aren't fakes. I looked at this post, and it seems that tons of eBay sellers sell fakes, which kind of defeats the purpose. I'm not collecting, just looking to spread some cheer, so they don't need to be new, or exciting, just not fake. I would like to get around 100 or so.
I'm posting this in another spot as well to try to get replies, so please don't get upset with me for double posting. Thank you so much for any advice you may have.

[pixiewings71]

Unfortunately there are quite a few scrapper sellers on eBay. Thank You for trying to find a good lot to help spread some smiles. We do have a member working on a new list but if you scroll back a few pages you should see some posts by SuperNaturalMommy that will give information on recent sellers, including some she has been able to get lots from. Best of luck, enjoy your cheer.

[mafpi]

Originally Posted by msammon

Hi all, this seems to be a really giant post, and I am admittedly getting a bit lost, so I was hoping someone would help me out.
On our last Disney trip, our son had a mini meltdown, and a wonderful stranger came up to him, showed him her pin lanyard, and offered for him to choose one. This really made his day, and so we decided to spread a bit of pixie dust on our own this trip. We thought it would be a great lesson for our kids to "pay it forward".
I would love a referral to a seller to buy a "lot" of inexpensive pins, that aren't fakes. I looked at this post, and it seems that tons of eBay sellers sell fakes, which kind of defeats the purpose. I'm not collecting, just looking to spread some cheer, so they don't need to be new, or exciting, just not fake. I would like to get around 100 or so.
I'm posting this in another spot as well to try to get replies, so please don't get upset with me for double posting. Thank you so much for any advice you may have.

What if you found out you got a scrapper from that person? Would it take away from the joy your child and yourself had? Pin trading has become like blind box buying. You might get a real or probably a fake. So dont stress about scrapers. I dont anymore. I dont have the time to properly educate myself or examine each and every pin. Im sure youbdont either. Just remeber the joy and appreciation you and your kid felt and spread that same joy and memories. That is what pin trading is about

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by mafpi

What if you found out you got a scrapper from that person? Would it take away from the joy your child and yourself had? Pin trading has become like blind box buying. You might get a real or probably a fake. So dont stress about scrapers. I dont anymore. I dont have the time to properly educate myself or examine each and every pin. Im sure youbdont either. Just remeber the joy and appreciation you and your kid felt and spread that same joy and memories. That is what pin trading is about

It doesn't take much time at all to properly educate yourself or check a pin. Think of the disappointment you will be spreading by trading scrappers to a CM to have some poor unfortunate person who truly cares and who spent a lot of money buying a real pin to trade to end up with a piece of scrap that will probably have a broken post, missing paint or jagged edge on it before they even get out of the park. Spreading joy CAN ACTUALLY be coupled with spreading honesty, believe it or not.

[pixiewings71]

It's not about educating yourself about scrappers, it's about making the choice to do the right thing. Scrappers exist, they hurt other people who buy starter packs at the parks for their kids and then those people get scrappers in trade. THAT is why I always recommend using the suggested sellers and getting GOOD pins to trade, I can remember how my children felt when they realized they traded their good starters for scrappers, they didn't like it. When we started trading we didn't know anything about it so we didn't buy pins before we went, why would we? We discovered it while at DLR and got addicted, purchased hundreds of dollars worth of REAL pins and traded for almost all scrappers. It was not a good feeling. I started researching and realized that I could buy GOOD pins for about $2 per pin and then I wouldn't feel quite so crappy when I saw one of the kids gets a scrapper in trade, we have hundreds (quite literally) of pins, many of them are scrappers, those will not be traded unless the person who wants it knows they are fake and doesn't care. I wear some on my lanyard, DBF and I have a Donald & Daisy set that say "Bad Boy" and "Good Girl", they are horrible scrappers but we are asked about them every trip, we won't trade them but if we were willing to we would be sure to tell the other person what they are.
The point isn't that "Disney doesn't care" because in fact, they DO care and they HAVE pressed charges against scrapper sellers and they have shut down sellers on eBay for selling for scrappers. The point is that people have that attitude and will continue to buy scrappers and this makes it harder for Disney to stop scrapper selling/sellers.

[junebugTN]

Originally Posted by SupernaturalMommy

It doesn't take much time at all to properly educate yourself or check a pin. Think of the disappointment you will be spreading by trading scrappers to a CM to have some poor unfortunate person who truly cares and who spent a lot of money buying a real pin to trade to end up with a piece of scrap that will probably have a broken post, missing paint or jagged edge on it before they even get out of the park. Spreading joy CAN ACTUALLY be coupled with spreading honesty, believe it or not.

Love love love this, SupernaturalMommy! Thanks for saying this. My daughter used to save her allowance to trade for pins at Disney, and she was disappointed more than once to find that a pin she just traded for was missing its eyes or had the wrong colors. I'm sure there are lots of kids who are smart enough to know the difference, and it is pretty UN-magical when something like that happens.

June

[SupernaturalMommy]

Originally Posted by junebugTN

Love love love this, SupernaturalMommy! Thanks for saying this. My daughter used to save her allowance to trade for pins at Disney, and she was disappointed more than once to find that a pin she just traded for was missing its eyes or had the wrong colors. I'm sure there are lots of kids who are smart enough to know the difference, and it is pretty UN-magical when something like that happens.

June

You are welcome. My 11 year old has a heart of gold and always wants to spend his own money when he wants something (I won't let him buy pins, I do it for him, but he understands the value of money). So, on our last trip he was offering to pay for everything he wanted at the parks, including pins for trade. Imagine how disappointed he would have been had he spent his own money on a good pin and got a scrapper. It would have broken his sweet little heart. And believe me when I say he knows the difference. By the end of the trip HE was educating people on scrappers and being quite picky about what he would trade for on a CM lanyard after trading for a pin of his favorite character early in the trip only to get poked by a jagged edge of the horrible scrapper it was. If my 11 year old can spot them, anyone can. And, he understands honesty and has no desire to see people cheated.