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The Pin You're "Never Going to Get"

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The Pin You're "Never Going to Get"
Jabberwocky said:
I thought most of those progression sets had dropped to around $500 each when I was watching them for a while - which, starting at $300 retail is not a terrible markup.
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I haven't seen them for that low yet , I've only seen them for about $1000... or trade for Heroines <.< >.>

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Tamatoa said:
Adding another one to my list:
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dear god why. I don't think my entire collection combined is worth that much. I mean, I love pin collecting as much as anybody but at the end of the day you're charging $8,000 for a small piece of metal.
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WHY do people post pins for such unbelievable prices? Do they honestly think it will sell for that? Or are they trying to artificially inflate apparent "value" so they can later drop the price to something lower-but-still-overpriced and hook a buyer that thinks it's a good deal? Me, I'd rather sell the pin for its truer value (still high for this one, yes?) and have money in my pocket than an eternal listing on eBay and no moolah.

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HOLY FIGS.

This thing sold sometime today. WHO BOUGHT IT??? And how much did you pay?! I'm going to die of curiosity now.
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I sort of wonder...I know people with "not legal" forms of employment will use Lego to launder their money (and those old Disney VHS tapes). You can't just make repetitive deposits of large amounts of cash to a bank without someone tracking it. So they use cash to buy Lego (or steal it is another racket) --> Sell Lego --> nice, clean money going into a bank account that looks legitimate. I also know that there are some shady people involved in pin collecting...see scrapper and counterfeits.

So I wonder if some of these big money pin purchases are just used to move money around in a manner that won't attract the wrong eyes. Or if these transactions come with special bonuses (insert your opiate of choice) to "special" buyers. If some real person actually shells out that much cash, then everyone just gets a big LOL.
 
starry_solo said:
No idea, but this one is for sale for $1500! Eek...

Yikes, REALLY???? Hyperventilates and then looks around for smelling salts...

I traded for this one more than 10 years ago. What did I trade you ask?
It was Stitch Riding the Shark from KaiLei627's post....everything's only one degree of pin separation
It's a keeper, as a member of my only 'completist' collection - Ursula as Vanessa

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Ooh, I've got one!

Pin 8150 Pinocchio 1st Day of School w/ Figaro

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This is just an old rack pin. (Actually, a set of two pins.) It's funny how long it's eluded me - I mean, I've gotten a lot of lower LE Figaro pins without much fuss whatsoever. The mini Figaro in this set is ADORABLE. I wouldn't mind having Pinocchio, too, since he's holding books and would fit in my bookworm collection - but c'mon. Obviously, Figaro's the one I NEED.

I've never been able to trade for it on PinPics, and I never see it on eBay. (Sometimes, Pinocchio alone, but never together.) A few years ago, in one of the Black Friday groups on Facebook, the ONE TIME I saw Figaro for sale - someone sold it for less than $10(!!!) but I missed it by seconds. The memory still haunts me.

Sure, there are also some really HTF Figaro pins on my wants list - like LE25 pins from framed sets and whatnot, but I have made peace with the fact that I'll probably never have those. They don't bug me as much as this! :)
 
Tamatoa said:
My main problem is that I don't like to buy pins because I find it much more fun to trade. So my hard to find pin is a crappy little hidden mickey that's probably all over eBay but I'm not buying it because I'm stubborn. I actually saw it on a CM lanyard once but passed it by because I thought I'd already had it. Four years later I've never found it again, not even with other guests at the Epcot tables and it's getting on my nerves.

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Also the villains profiles solely because I refuse to report that kind of insane price gouging.
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I've been thinking bout this post for awhile, because I had two of this pin and am looking everywhere for my second one - but I guess it's one of the ones I traded on the boards at LIAA. :(
 
Found another pin I'll never own

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Pin Pics # 64892. LE 2. That's right, 2! I'm pretending like this pin doesn't exist when I eventually reach Gaston completist status. Oh, and the Peter Pan version of this pin is currently on the bay for $800. Yeah, I'm going to pass.
 
starry_solo said:
No idea, but this one is for sale for $1500! Eek...

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Soooo how much are you going to hate me when I tell you that I somehow managed to grab this for $150 (or something stupidly low like that - it was a year or two ago, I forget but I know it was waaaaaaaaaaay under what it normally goes for)?
 
a4matte said:
Soooo how much are you going to hate me when I tell you that I somehow managed to grab this for $150 (or something stupidly low like that - it was a year or two ago, I forget but I know it was waaaaaaaaaaay under what it normally goes for)?
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You got a great deal! I've been told Ursula/Vanessa goes for $800-1200.
 
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