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I'm thinking about getting into pin trading. I love pins, but previously, I'd only bought pins I REALLY LOVE, and then I wasn't willing to trade them. Now I think I'm ready.
A couple of questions:
Are the ribbon lanyards or the thicker, nylon lanyards better? I'm worried about my pins coming dislodged and disappearing!
Has anyone had any problems with a plastic zippered lanyard pouch? I have one I use at work during special events (conferences and things) to hold my ID badge and meal tickets and stuff, but I've never gone upside-down while wearing it. Will the zipper really hold all my items in, even on the rides?
How much do these plastic zipper pouches hold? Could I reasonably expect it to hold my KTTW, AP, TiW, DVC and credit card? Maybe a few tissues? Is my phone (an LG Cosmos) out of the question? Chapstick?
If all I take into the parks with me is my lanyard and lanyard pouch, do I have to go through bag check?
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I am also just starting out with pins. I just bought my first set off of ebay the other day and awaiting their delivery. I would love to hear these answers
Has anyone had any problems with a plastic zippered lanyard pouch? I have one I use at work during special events (conferences and things) to hold my ID badge and meal tickets and stuff, but I've never gone upside-down while wearing it. Will the zipper really hold all my items in, even on the rides?
How much do these plastic zipper pouches hold? Could I reasonably expect it to hold my KTTW, AP, TiW, DVC and credit card? Maybe a few tissues? Is my phone (an LG Cosmos) out of the question? Chapstick?
If all I take into the parks with me is my lanyard and lanyard pouch, do I have to go through bag check?
Get locking pin-backs. They're worth their weight in gold. Diamond-encrusted gold.
See #1. The first pin I got - a gift from DGF - was an Eeyore pin. Not two minutes after putting it on my lanyard, it fell off ... thankfully, with a loud metallic "ping!". I had locking backs within thirty seconds of that!!
We ended up buying them for our lanyards during our trip, and they worked wonders.
I kept my ID, my KttW, all my receipts for the day, and a $20 bill in mine. Plenty of room, though it was a slightly snug fit getting cards in/out of the pouch - then again, I considered that to be a FEATURE, not a flaw. PP also sells a KttW holder that can go on a pin lanyard, too.
I don't know. Even if you have to go through security, you'd be waved right through, anyway.
Thank you, Sean! I picked up a bunch of locking pinbacks at Michaels this morning, and I'm bidding on a lanyard pouch I really like on eBay. I'm going to head to Lowes tomorrow after work to pick up a lanyard. I'll be all ready to go for my trip in September!
Question: can you link me to the PP KTTW holder you mention? All I can find is the passholder pouch, which is lovely, but I don't see how it would attach to a lanyard.
Good tip here about pin trading. I have twin 7 year olds and all 3 of us where out lanyards. Got into pin trading about 2 years ago and LOVE finding the last pin to a set. Before we go to Disney, I usually buy 1 or 2 lots of 100 random pins on ebay for about $60 - $70 for the lot. I get them, pull out the 5 - 10 pins that we love and then trade the rest for pins that we like. This way, you are not buying $7 - $10.00 pins and trading off, you are buying $.70 pins and trading them. Sometimes it make the decision to trade alot easier. WELCOME to the Pin Trading world!!! ALOT of fun!!! FYI -- If you are staying at the Coranado , they have a pin trading book in there gift shop that you can trade 2 pins a day in, not sure if the other resorts have them.
I just got my first set in today from ebay. I think I am hooked and I havent even started trading yet LOL. I looked through them and I had no idea about one of them so I posted it on my facebook website called You might be a Disney addict if. I love that FB btw. Anyways someone finally found out what it is and it was in a set for the Happy Haunts and there are only 25 of them. So I guess you could say it is rare. That got me hooked and I went back on to ebay and won another set of them LOL.
Well, I am officially up and running! For a little under $35, I have a red Mickey lanyard, a red and black pin trading lanyard pouch, 12 pins and 20 locking pin backs. I’ll post a photo at some point.
wait until you need ONE MORE pin to finish the set, and then then find it finally !!! AND THEN SEE IT ON EVERY OTHER LANYARD AFTER THAT!! SO much fun!!! Baseball cards with my son growing up , now disney pins with my twin girls.
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