PTN Last Friday Night
My family and I attended our 3rd ever PTN last Friday night. We get down to Disney 2-3 times per year and when we can include a PTN it's a great treat. We had a good time but I have to share a couple of things that were disappointing.
One, we heard that PTN is going to quarterly instead of monthly. If that is the case, it's another nail in the pin trading coffin. I'm not sure what Disney is up to but I think someone is being short-sighted there. For us, a PTN is better than months of online trading, buying and selling and it's why we spend hundreds on pins on each trip.
Two, my 12 year old son really wanted to do some trading on his own and he got badly taken advantage of. Unfortunately, it was a very popular set of pins he traded away for a single pin in exchange (nothing that remarkable but something he thought I would like). He was very upset when he realized what he had done and even more upset that he thought he had let me down. I pretended to really like the pin he got me (it's a decent pin) and so he's ok there. But my concern is a bit bigger picture.
What kind of adult would go home from such an event pleased with themselves that they took advantage of a 12 year old kid that was trying to do something nice for their dad?
I know it's a big bad world out there but I would never let a kid make such a bad trade with me (or an adult for that matter).
Is this why Disney seems to be closing down trading? First the tables at Downtown Disney and now eliminating 66% of the pin trading nights?
On the whole we really enjoyed the event and we got some great trades (fair ones) and met some great people. And I think my son learned a good lesson (and not too expensive) that might serve him well later in life.
One, we heard that PTN is going to quarterly instead of monthly. If that is the case, it's another nail in the pin trading coffin. I'm not sure what Disney is up to but I think someone is being short-sighted there. For us, a PTN is better than months of online trading, buying and selling and it's why we spend hundreds on pins on each trip.
Two, my 12 year old son really wanted to do some trading on his own and he got badly taken advantage of. Unfortunately, it was a very popular set of pins he traded away for a single pin in exchange (nothing that remarkable but something he thought I would like). He was very upset when he realized what he had done and even more upset that he thought he had let me down. I pretended to really like the pin he got me (it's a decent pin) and so he's ok there. But my concern is a bit bigger picture.
What kind of adult would go home from such an event pleased with themselves that they took advantage of a 12 year old kid that was trying to do something nice for their dad?
I know it's a big bad world out there but I would never let a kid make such a bad trade with me (or an adult for that matter).
Is this why Disney seems to be closing down trading? First the tables at Downtown Disney and now eliminating 66% of the pin trading nights?
On the whole we really enjoyed the event and we got some great trades (fair ones) and met some great people. And I think my son learned a good lesson (and not too expensive) that might serve him well later in life.