noob asks: should I care?
Getting ready to go to DW in April and decided to get into the pin thing, esp since my nephew and neice are headed to DW in May. I'll try to get some great Tigger pins for me and some Toy Story stuff they'd like and just generally have a good time swapping with folks and CMs.
Then I start reading up on it - to get the where to go and etiquette etc - and I start hearing about counterfeits and scrappers and fakes. WHOA! I sure don't want to get a fake pin - better figure this out.
then I get to reading about it and I see people posting close ups of pins asking "is it for real?" and folks weighing in on it. obviously some fakes are terrible and would be a disappointment and I don't want anything like that.
but honestly - if I have to post a giant pic of a pin and get an expert opinion on whether it's real should I really be that concerned?
in some threads I've seen things posted like "it'd be hard for even an experienced collector to tell." well, if the pin looks that good, that authentic, then why should I care if it's real or not?
obviously Disney should be concerned (loss of revenue) and if someone wants to trade with people who are going to pull out a jeweler's loupe then trading for only authentics is mandatory.
but if you're just having fun at Disney with some pins then is it really that big a deal?
I'm not trying to start something or cause trouble ... but I wonder if I'm missing something here. I'm thinking of going to DW, trading for any pin that looks good to me and not worrying about it... is that dumb to do?
Then I start reading up on it - to get the where to go and etiquette etc - and I start hearing about counterfeits and scrappers and fakes. WHOA! I sure don't want to get a fake pin - better figure this out.
then I get to reading about it and I see people posting close ups of pins asking "is it for real?" and folks weighing in on it. obviously some fakes are terrible and would be a disappointment and I don't want anything like that.
but honestly - if I have to post a giant pic of a pin and get an expert opinion on whether it's real should I really be that concerned?
in some threads I've seen things posted like "it'd be hard for even an experienced collector to tell." well, if the pin looks that good, that authentic, then why should I care if it's real or not?
obviously Disney should be concerned (loss of revenue) and if someone wants to trade with people who are going to pull out a jeweler's loupe then trading for only authentics is mandatory.
but if you're just having fun at Disney with some pins then is it really that big a deal?
I'm not trying to start something or cause trouble ... but I wonder if I'm missing something here. I'm thinking of going to DW, trading for any pin that looks good to me and not worrying about it... is that dumb to do?