I am really interested to read this thread and some of the comments on it.
I am new to trading, we bought our daughter a Lanyard and some pins on a recent cruise on the Magic. The pins cost quite a lot to buy, we did get some free pins (the Ten ones), each time we purchased, but she was really into trading, loving the Chip & Dales, Plutos - well animals really.
I also bought 11 pins on ebay, which having read through various posts, believe that 8 or 9 are Scrappers. I chose the person because they don't sell huge lots and also sell individual pins, but obviously this wasn't any guarantee and I didn't see the legit ebay sellers on here.
I also looked through her Lanyard, at the pins we traded and am sad to see that many of them are Scrappers too (it took ages to go through pinpics!!!). So having started with 20 or so 'real' pins (we purchased), we have half of that in Scrappers!!
Now I don't know what to do, I feel 'let down' that our lovely pins, we paid so much for have gone and we technially have rubbish in its place, She wants to trade (but has no idea what she is looking at, just likes 'characters') so what do I do? Buy real pins and just keep watching our money disappear onto the Lanyards of those that know what they are doing, or trade the ones on ebay and relax about it?
I know it isn't just about the money - she has a lot of fun with it, but it does hurt my pocket and I don't like to feel I have been 'done', or as we say in the UK 'stitched up like a Kipper'!!!
My instinct is as this pins have flooded the market and people are buying on ebay all the time, just let her trade the scrappers and have fun.
Kate
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