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I think my 5 yo dd would love to trade pins, but I'm not sure where to get them, inexpensively. Any thoughts? Also, any insight into trading would be appreciated too
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You can try on ebay. They sell lots which average out to be less than the pins you get in the parks. Especially since it is for your 5 year old, they will get very caught up in the trading and the fun of that instead of what the pin actually is. It doesn't matter what the pins you get on ebay because they will just be trading them. It'll save you lots of money. Just make sure that they actually say that they are trading pins, you can get gipped. Hope this helps.
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For Christmas I ordered her some more "traders" from www.mousepinsonline.com They're $2 each, and perfectly reputable trading pins. I ordered her a few "keepers" too, and made sure that the traders were villians, etc so that she'd know which ones to trade.
When we went to DL in Jan she had a blast trading, and that was her main souvenir! DH and I only let her trade with CMs.
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eBay is great for discounted pin lots.
As for trading, just go up to anybody wearing a lanyard and ask them if they want to trade. It's really as simple as that.
Just an FYI...after purchasing from www.mousepinsonline.com a few times myself, I discovered MANY of the pins I received from them are on the 'hot' list - noted as being known scrappers:
Just an FYI...after purchasing from www.mousepinsonline.com a few times myself, I discovered MANY of the pins I received from them are on the 'hot' list - noted as being known scrappers:
Wow, thanks Heather!! I recognized some of those! I guess I'll check out ebay too, but it sounds like it's hard to be 100% sure no matter where you buy!
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Just an FYI...after purchasing from www.mousepinsonline.com a few times myself, I discovered MANY of the pins I received from them are on the 'hot' list - noted as being known scrappers:
Just because they are "on the list", does't mean they ARE scappers. We have pins we PURCHASED at WDW that are "on the list" but if you examine the pins and pictures very carefully, there are mintue differences (color shadings, some detail missing etc) that indicates which pin is the scrapper. Scrappers are unauthorized duplicates of authenic pins, so it stands to reason that "authentic pins" would be on the list. I was cruising that scrapper site and saw several pins that we have, but when I pulled our pin off it's display board and compared the pic of the scrapper with the actual pin (that we bought at WDW) it was kind of apparent which was the conterfeit. The scrappers are usually not as "clean." They just don't seem to be as good a quality.
All you can really do is be careful, try to buy from reputable sources and cross your fingers!!!!
Have fun trading and try not to get too stressed about it.
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has anyone purchased them from ebay? If so, which user did you purchase them from?
when they had a sale at the disney store recently i picked up dd7 a lanyard and pins cheap there maybe check out the local disney store near you if they have any good buys . i might be going there in the next few days i can check to see if they still have any good pins and sales left and i will post it for you .
when they had a sale at the disney store recently i picked up dd7 a lanyard and pins cheap there maybe check out the local disney store near you if they have any good buys . i might be going there in the next few days i can check to see if they still have any good pins and sales left and i will post it for you .
Our store has a small bucket with one style of pin on clearance. I wanted to pick some up today, but it was just DD and I , and I didn't want her to see as I wanted to save them for Christmas! Hopefully they'll still have some this weekend and I can get over there!
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I have bought on bay and it worked out well. I can't remember- can someone tell me- whch color lanyards the cast members wear that only trade with kids?
The cast members wearing green (99% sure) will only trade with children usually under 12. They don't want adults interupting the children's fun. Also tell your child to look for backwards pins. These are "special" pins that the CM put on backwards and you have to trade without actually seeing the pin. It's a lot of fun.
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The cast members wearing green (99% sure) will only trade with children usually under 12. They don't want adults interupting the children's fun. Also tell your child to look for backwards pins. These are "special" pins that the CM put on backwards and you have to trade without actually seeing the pin. It's a lot of fun.
How fun about the backwards pins! I'll have to tell her about it
Also tell your child to look for backwards pins. These are "special" pins that the CM put on backwards and you have to trade without actually seeing the pin. It's a lot of fun.
DS got one of his coolest pins this way....but it took him a long time to decide to make the trade. He really likes to know what he is getting (and not just when he is trading pins).
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Just make sure that they actually say that they are trading pins, you can get gipped. Hope this helps. 
I guess I'll check out ebay too, but it sounds like it's hard to be 100% sure no matter where you buy!
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