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we had fun trading them on our trip..... but i only traded the ones i had bought on ebay...and those were 2 bucks a pop. the pins we bought on site were NOT traded.
we left home with 17 pins and returned home with over 40..... we are hooked and will trade again when we go back!!
and Bell....i will be in touch
look forward to it, i want to re-iterate, if it wasnt in this post (it was in my others) i dont charge...i just want to make sure that people are trading authentic pins and not having to pay an arm and a leg
counterfeiting hurts this hobby alot...so this is my effort to try to help (meager, but my contribution lol)
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look forward to it, i want to re-iterate, if it wasnt in this post (it was in my others) i dont charge...i just want to make sure that people are trading authentic pins and not having to pay an arm and a leg
counterfeiting hurts this hobby alot...so this is my effort to try to help (meager, but my contribution lol)
I may pm you soon too! I'm trying to put together some for dd to trade during our trip in December!
if you guys tell me who your favorite characters are, i can check for them next time i am there too, and let you know who they have, and which pins are there....(as you can imagine, i stop in alot lol)
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Hi...I just came back form my trip...and the kids loved the pins. It was something else seeing all the little kids standing in lines..only to ask the cast members if they could see their pins...LOL My kids both have ADHD...and it was a help for them to have something to do while walking around or waiting in lines. It became a scavenger hunt.
We managed to get a really good collection of hidden mickeys and even 2 fastpass pins...and we had no clue what the pin trading was about until we got there.
We didnt know any of the "rules" and such..or "how it worked"....we just asked and someone was kind enough to explain it to us. After that....we were looking at pins and peoples lanyards all the time.
Just ask....
The best advice I got was to purchase the pins that come in boxed sets...and then you trade those for pins you like. Remember, you should pick pins you like that mean something to you. My children were told this by a CM and it helped them to focus on what to look for..instead of just collecting..to collect.
Good Luck...and remember to have fun!!!!! Thats what its about.......FUN.....
Diana
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boxed sets to start with maybe, but thats gets expensive if you keep buying them lol
and the second bit, about what to look for, thats the key....always collect pins that are important to you....unless you just like trading for the fun of it, then keep trading and trading...
i buy *trash* pins for cheap at the store near my house and trade for pins i want (usually only a few, cos i always forget before i go to DL) but for this trip to WDW my hubby is giving me 100 to buy trash pins....woooo
i have 5 criteria for pins: Belle, Mickey, Donald, the Parks, and my favorite Rides...
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I really enjoyed trading pins during our trip in May. It was amusing -- other than CM, I found NO adults who wanted to trade, but lots of kids (ages 10-13) approached me - it was great!
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lol, thats my other *thing* i wont (and im an adult obviously) trade with other people, only CMs....i dont like trading with people because they can say no....i have issues being told no...my dad rarely tells me no (growing up he taught me boundries, but not really by saying no, its complicated...but to cut to the chase, yes i am spoiled, but i am also respectful) and my husband even more rarely tells me no...i just dont like hearing it, so i avoid it if i can...ill actually not ask for things to avoid being told i cant have them....so when i trade with CMs i know i will be able to get a pin i want....
i would hate to see a pin i really want and not get it...
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Me & Josh, best friends
i just hate being here.
rock <<<<<me>>>>>hardplace
You have trading pins that you can get at the park and you have buttons that you can get at quest services.
The buttons announce special things going on like First Disney Trip, or birthdays. Other trading pins are purchased and kept for a collection or trading.
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Belle, that's a perspective I hadn't considered! I just like variety on my lanyard -- any pins I get that I like, I consider to be serendipity, and I tuck them away to take home! My collection of Sleeping Beauty pins is slowly growing, but I don't actively seek them out! It's more fun for them to find their way to me.
In May, I was so excited to get one of the commemorative YOAMD pins from a CM, and then I was so very very to lose it on Test Track (and after I went to all the work of tucking the lanyard inside my shirt & everything!!). I was sad enough, I approached at Test Track CM & said although I knew it was unlikely, could they check the vehicle when it came around again? While they were searching ('cause they could tell which one it was from the picture that was taken), a boy of about 12 years old came up to trade for my Ezra Haunted Mansion pin...and gave me a YOAMD pin in return. I was so excited. It's moments like that -- such warm fuzzies!!!
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