Got My First Scrappers...

It was bound to happen eventually. I didn't realize the Ebay seller was from China(Which while not a dealbreaker, I would've been wary of) until it was far too late. However they seem to have good customer service through Ebay, so hopefully I'll get to return the pins and get my money back.

I got these pins to trade: Pin 80612, Pin 80615, and Pin 80608.

Yyyyyeah. They're very good, but still suspect. The edges are rougher on the back than my real pins and all three show misstamped machine damage on the backs in the upper right portions. While the enamel color and fill is good, the rough backs, misstamps, and the one corroded spot on the back of the Rapunzel pin make me think they're no good. :/ I guess I'll have to make sure of where my ebay sellers are from and nix anyone with any negative feedback for scrappers or fakes. It's a shame too because these pins if they'd been real would've been nice to have. I guess I'll have to stick with the very few I have for now or offer art in exchange for some beginning traders.

Unfortunately I live all the way in the Carolinas, so unless the Disney store starts selling pins regularly again or offers a nice selection online, I'll have to keep buying on Ebay or trading my creative services. :/

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congratulations,,,you are offical. LOL i am sorry, i hope they didnt cost alot. I have a few scrapppers in my collection (that i would never trade to anyone) but look SOOOO good and they make me happy so i kept them, they person who traded them to me is long gone so whatcha gonna do??? :salute:

lol, I definitely feel like I'm official now. I only spent $10-$15, which in the grand scheme of pins is not much. I wouldn't mind scrappers of things I want, if I'd gotten some Lion King ones I'd probably have kept them! Oh well. Lesson learned, right? :3

The one silver lining about buying from someone in China selling scrappers is that they're pretty good about giving you a refund. They're out literally a few cents and can easily make that up on the next sale. They'd rather refund you than risk a ban from eBay. When the seller is based in the US you sometimes they themselves don't realize they have a scrapper and you have to explain the whole thing to them.

That being said, there are some Chinese and HK collectors that have access to very nice HK and Tokyo pins, so don't discount all Chinese sellers/traders.

There may not be a "disney store" that sells pins near you. However, I understand that there are stores (like target, and disney outlets) that sell Jerry liegh disney pins. Look around for one of those locations. We are lucky being close to DLR, but there is also a disney outlet store nearby that has the jerry liegh, and occationally some discounted reduce to clear pins (like hannah montana. lol) Jerry lieghs, while open edition, are generally high quality, with good color, less common styles and even less commonly seen characters.