Ebay failure once again!

So I was bidding on a few items that had 5 days left on them. I forgot all about them as I figured they would go for a decent amount of money.

Two days ago I got a Second Chance Offer from ebay on one of the pins I bid on. It was for 7 dollars. Immediate red flag since I figured this pin would go for a lot more.

The pin in question is this pin

Pin 83925: HKDL - Pin Trading Fun Day 2011 - Deluxe 5 Pins Box Set - Stitch only



So anyway I read the pinpics information really quick and realized that they show it having 2 posts. The seller only showed 1 post.

So I decided to message the seller ( just to point out what a load of crap this was) and he sent the following back

Hello, have had some questions about the one post compared to two post. That is why the information is in the listing. From my understanding that does not make it a "scrapper". Most likely you are getting the information from PinPics. Which is not an official Disney site.

Sounds like you might have a concern with "scrapper" which is a miss used word in the pin world. If you are concerned with differences in pins due to remakes or factory changes then it might be best to purchase pins directly from the park.

Sorry that I won't be able to help you,


Now I realize that I may have misued the word scrapper but I was pissed that he was hustling pins on ebay. haha


So how funny is this! Forget the fact that there is only 1 post. He was offering the pin for 7 dollars when it had a huge WANT/TRADE ratio


Just thought I would share this rant!

I should have know too because the ebay sellers name I have seen come up before with other issues ( not sure if they were on here or not)


Thanks for reading!

I would send them a note back saying, that scrapper is not a misused word, and that in fact Disney has sued people over that, and that factories that sell unauthorized pins from Disney are committing a crime.

Yeah, it all sounds kinda hinky, I'd be glad I dodged a bullet on that one and just wait for the next one. Good luck!

Just to clarify, the listing on PinPics quotes the original price of the set at $280 in Hong Kong Dollars. That is the equivalent of $36.12 in US Dollars as of today's exchange rate. I'd still be concerned about the authenticity of this set, but not necessarily because of the perceived "huge" difference in price.

good point with the price difference in currency. Good luck. Not being devil advocate at all (i am NOT the sellerlol) sometimes you may get a decent price, does not mean it is a scrapper. However, if pinpics is noting that a counterfiet pin is being produced and the post difference is one of the identifiers than i'd go with that. have a happy...and i do pin shopping on ebay, and have a running good/bad seller list, would you PM me this seller? Id rather just avoid them.

hahaha I did not even notice that part! Still thought it seemed a bit odd with the one post/..

Nice attention to detail!