This is awesome news.
Now on to advice (if y’all don’t mind).
I’m considering trading some of the new Hero vs Villains for this pin, but I don’t want to be insulting with a low offer, but I tend to prefer to hold my newly released low LE pins for awhile (for 2 reasons, 1. It gives me joy to just have the new pins as “mine” for a while even if I got them without intending to keep them
yes I know Im weird and 2. I like to see what happens with values after the initial chaos and demand settles down, I’ve often seen the values not be as high as when the initial demand is, but I also feel less anxious about trading as I feel values are just more established and it feels somehow “easier” to me to figure out a fair trade).
They are in the UK, I don’t know them personally, and obviously we can’t do a meet up. As you can imagine, that concerns me, but they sent good pictures (with hand written name and date) and we ended up chatting and they shared *amazing* photos of their personal collection, etc. I do think they are legit.
That being said, I have 5 pins this trader is interested in from that set. Mickey, Phillip, Belle, Baymax, and Hercules (The sets not just the heroes). I really don’t think I’m ready to part with Mickey or Phillip and I’m not sure how I feel about Belle (being a princess, it’s one of the set I’ve been toying with keeping along with Aladdin, Phillip, and Eric).
Taking those 2 or 3 two off of the table do I even have a reasonable offer left? Is it just too rude? Any thoughts? I find it hard to figure out values for profiles. Merida is listed for sale on the auction site, but I think pricing can be weird (both high and low honestly, it can be helpful if selling, but I find it challenging for establishing trade values). And there are no sold listings to view. I can see two sold prices on MyPinCentral but they seem kinda old ($325 “73 weeks ago”and $265 “50 weeks ago”). I also think prices are a little wonky right now as everyone is D23 poor and as such I think at least some older pins are available (and possibly priced less) that you might not likely see often.
Making this just more challenging for me personally, I was just scammed on Mercari on a several hundred dollar pin purchase (I’m just dumb, I really should have known it was too good to be true, but lesson learned and hopefully I will eventually get a refund
). So I’m just like a bit gun-shy.
I also had a negative trading experience at a VERY tiny in person event this past Sunday that just left me feeling icky. Thankfully that trade ending up concluding with us “untrading” but I just felt gross about how the interaction went. I love pin trading, but this was awful. I haven’t felt like that when trading since I was first learning to trade and was sharked at an event as a teen.
I guess my take-away is that particular event I probably won’t go back to.
So I’m trying to establish better habits, make slower more thought out decisions, and just make sure I keep it fun.
I’m so glad I got back on here, you people are (and have been for like forever) such a support, source of knowledge, and a way to keep my passion for Disney pins alive and well and have just been the source of so much joy for me over many, many years. [mention]Captain Fartbeard [/mention] has reminded me how much joy I used to take in this hobby and I’m so grateful for the perspective and tips to keep it a fun, engaging hobby and not get bogged down in all the things that can surface or make it less than fun.
I hope to hear from some of y’all with thoughts
and my messages are open if that’s easier.
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yes I know Im weird and 2. I like to see what happens with values after the initial chaos and demand settles down, I’ve often seen the values not be as high as when the initial demand is, but I also feel less anxious about trading as I feel values are just more established and it feels somehow “easier” to me to figure out a fair trade).
). So I’m just like a bit gun-shy.
I guess my take-away is that particular event I probably won’t go back to. 
and my messages are open if that’s easier.