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Willing to trade 8 $10 bills for 8 $100 bills

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My dream pin (Pin 49013: Disney Auctions - Labor Day 2006 (Stitch Astronaut)) finally made its first view in a long time on an auction site and bidding starts at $800... is anybody here willing to take me up on this offer?

Thank you
 
I feel like that's what people are actually saying when they ask for people to get them DSF pins at cost. Or to get them like an Enchanted BT at cost if they'll pay for mine and theirs both. It's like, "Here's a $20, send me that $150+ pin." Uh, no.

Good luck on that pin though. I love outer space sci-fi stuff, working for an Aerospace company now, I've always been facinated with space. But that pin will never be in my collection. I'm not a huge fan of Stitch, so unless I get it at a garage sale for $10, I won't own it.
 
markheardjr said:
I feel like that's what people are actually saying when they ask for people to get them DSF pins at cost. Or to get them like an Enchanted BT at cost if they'll pay for mine and theirs both. It's like, "Here's a $20, send me that $150+ pin." Uh, no.

Good luck on that pin though. I love outer space sci-fi stuff, working for an Aerospace company now, I've always been facinated with space. But that pin will never be in my collection. I'm not a huge fan of Stitch, so unless I get it at a garage sale for $10, I won't own it.
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I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
 
Jrdnsmom said:
I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
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And that's why we love you so much!
 
Jrdnsmom said:
I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
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No one would blame you for charging the huge mark ups that come with DSF pins. Instead, you choose to be kind and generous. Janice, you are an awesome person and you have great pin karma coming to you.
 
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i saw your title for this thread and snorted my tea out my nose from laughing.

NOT because of the topic, but because I have thought basically this same thing when folks want to do a pin for pin trade and their pins are a much lower value than mine. **hard to do, since most of my traders are pretty basic** lol
 
First, Janice is awesome.

Second, I definitely agree with her. When it comes to picking up a pin (like the Enchanted BT) at DSF, you only paid $13 for it, so anyone who feels entitled to $150 for a pin you just paid $13 for is just crazy and borderline dumb since they didn't pay $150 for it, so why should they think that anyone who pays less than $150 is cheating them, they are making a profit as long as they get $13.01 or more.

When it comes to this Stitch pin though, I have to say I'm kind of confused. Is this thread meant to bring attention to the pin (that's what I thought it was) or was it an honest question lol xD It could be, I'm not judging anyone, I'm just as shocked as you are fries that this pin is up. It NEVER comes up and thankfully I'm not interested in it but I cannot see someone be willing to send you an $800 pin that they pay $800 for in return for $80 with a loss of $720 for nothing O_o That just seems like quite a lot lol but if you can find someone by all means take them up on it ^_^

GOOD LUCK Fries! The good thing is that I don't see this pin on my siggys but your's so I think you'll have little competition. The only problem is going to be the price itself O_O
 
I think he really wants the pin bad, and is taking a poke at the fact it is now on E-Bay for 800, I believe it's his grail, and is doing what I would do laughing at the fact there it is but he can't have it. But I will happen for him. Just like all grail's they will come to us eventually. I just lost two Maximus auctions on the bay and am cracking jokes in my house, my niece just saw my E-Bay grail game face when she gave me the 2 min warning lol! I was nuts, then went and fried fish my neighbor gave me after loosing and she was laughing at me.
 
Yeah, that's the second of Fries's two grails to be listed at $750 or higher in the past week. You have some popular grails (or money-grubby sellers)...
 
The other one listed at $750 or higher is only that high because of the $600 plate that comes with it :)

unibear said:
Yeah, that's the second of Fries's two grails to be listed at $750 or higher in the past week. You have some popular grails (or money-grubby sellers)...
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I don't think this pin would fetch that much. Obviously, the t/w ratio is crazy. But if you look at other stitch "grails" they are like that as well. Take pin 41705 for example, (http://gallery.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=41705&sid=1389.1369795884.v2 )
Trades to wants is crazy (3 to 270 while the stitch labor day is 3 to 128) and this stitch with dalmatian pups was on ebay for $300 obo and did not sell. I don't believe this stitch labor day should bring in more than $250-300. Don't give up hope Eric, you will own is pin one day. No doubt in my mind!
Just my 2 cents though. :)
 
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Jrdnsmom said:
I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
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nice to read... thank u for being so nice. not something we hear about to often around here.
 
Twins10101 said:
I don't think this pin would fetch that much. Obviously, the t/w ratio is crazy. But if you look at other stitch "grails" they are like that as well. Take pin 41705 for example, (http://gallery.pinpics.com/cgi-bin/pin.cgi?pin=41705&sid=1389.1369795884.v2 )
Trades to wants is crazy (3 to 270 while the stitch labor day is 3 to 128) and this stitch with dalmatian pups was on ebay for $300 obo and did not sell. I don't believe this stitch labor day should bring in more than $250-300. Don't give up hope Eric, you will own is pin one day. No doubt in my mind!
Just my 2 cents though. :)
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I agree that $800 is way too much. I don't even think the Stitch Snow White Invasion LE100 pin would fetch that much and that is considered one of the impossible Stitch pins among Stitch collectors just because nobody has it and the T/W is 3/272 but even that pin sold a few years ago and I heard it was a little over $300, $800 is more than double what it sold for and like Twins said, the Labor Day pin doesn't compare in T/W.

Don't worry fries, I don't think it'll sell and if any of us see it, we'll definitely keep you in mind ;)
 
Jrdnsmom said:
I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
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Ah, someone who hasn't turned to the Dark Side!

My husband and I collected and went to the Anaheim trading nights back in the late 1980s through early 1990s. We did a little trading, a bit more buying. When we started, there were far fewer pins available, more buttons, and LOTS of trading! We saw traders, as we put it, "go to the Dark Side" and become dealers. Over time, there was more dealing than trading. It really spoiled a lot of the fun, you know? Seeing it become such a business. Then my husband went back to school, so there was NO money available for this, and after that, we moved out of the LA area. **sigh**

Now, there's so many pins! Nobody wants the old-ish pins I have available, or if they do, they don't have the old-ish pins I missed.

Oh, and I agree with the "helping" part. Back when Superman died in the comics, we picked up a total of 20 copies--almost all for friends who had asked about it. We had ordered them in advance, knowing that friends would ask on distribution day, since it was all over the news. We charged them what we paid, no more (about $2-4 each, I don't remember), but not what they were selling at ($20+ each). You don't screw over friends. You just don't.
 
Jrdnsmom said:
I on the other hand see it differently, I see people I have made friends with some I have got to know and met in person and others just through messages, eitherway I am happy to get them pins at cost at DSF when I can, because I can't get there that often, but I try, anyway I am more than happy to help them,not only does it make me feel good about about helping them and making someones day when they receive it in the mail and get to own it, but what happens when I can't go and there is a pin I want and I have to work, and one of those people I helped is going and I bet they might offer to help me too, we're a family thats how I see it, helping each other out when we can, after all that 150.00 pin originally cost 12.95 and thats what I paid for it, so if I can help someone avoid that 150.00 I am more than happy too. But thats just opinion, it's pin trading it's supposed to be fun, and it's not fun when we can't do nice thngs for each other. Buuuuut, hats just me, Happy pin trading and sorry for jumping off the subject.
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Nicely said! You sound like an amazing person...hope to meet you or at least trade with you sometime!
Debbie
 
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