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How do you afford pins?

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How do you afford pins?
I used to sell my old books but most of the left over books I have aren't worth selling. I tend to sell pins that dont fit in my collection. Since I am currently an unemployed, I generally sell things to buy pins. If I don't have the money, I don't buy pins. My refund check from my studentloan should be coming in the mail soon, so what doesn't get spent on gas, food, and books will probably go towards pins.
 
lucan444 said:
For me, i rely on international embezzelment schemes thru a third world bank depository...<ever wonder where those .001 % of a penny goes in most business transactions,now multiply that by the number of transactions per day per business and see how fast it adds up, yup all goes into a Bahamian account, triple encoded with my DNA, >so whenever i need cash for pins, just a quick trip to the islands, pause for a Margaretta on the beach and Im home again with the dead pressies.

If that doesnt work there are other ways,.........taking lunch money from preschoolers, collecting hair from the garbage of Hair cuttery and selling to Hasbro for Barbie hair, the old Tyler Durden bit and "aquire" fat from local plastic surgeons and make soap and candles from the wax,<although the best comes from the Cali ps, they have so many more clients, here in Fl they are all old Nyers on retirement>.
Sometimes I hang out at the local bingo houses and swap cards with the winners< without thier glasses thier legally blind anyway, so they dont miss it>
and maybe the best way .........

I have a night gig as a security agent at every mall in Fla.<no not the Mall of the Americas, thats in Minn, and way to cold to go too>I fish all the change out of every fountain and wishing well in Fla take it to the local wallymart to the coinstar machine. Viola' pin money......

Lets see,.... catnapping,whiplash fruad,Road kill chef,baby lollipop reseller, why the list goes on and on.... Hope this helps?


Hey , Villain here, what did you expect????
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Love this answer! So inventive, I couldnt stop laughing as I read it!

Partly, I sell things we no longer use, to fund my pin purchases. But I'm quite a bargain hunter, so I make every penny of the household income work hard, so I have spare for pins! LOL!
 
Put aside a certain percentage of your income (from a job) for extra things. Whether it's movies (that's $10/ticket unless you go matinee, so one pin) or whatnot. :)
 
My wife and I make enough but we try to only buy grails everything else we trade for to raise money for the pin fund since we now have 4 collectors in our family my wife in the summer has a huge yard sale and all money from that goes into the kids pin fund which is usually about 600-700 and for two kids that buys quite a few pins then come tax refund time ( which is almost here ) we divide it up between us woohoo I love tax time we then buy what grails we really want then invest in some sets and put them back sometimes in a year or two those pins are worth ALOT and then we sell those to afford more. Lol
 
I just buy them. I am also a sneaker head and I buy and resale shoes on ebay and craigs list. Big money in that! Buy a pair for $160 and flip them $320. easy money.
 
It seems to me that the trick is to adjust your collecting habits more than your spending habits. It's just sound advice for anyone to stay within your financial means, whatever you do. If you can't afford a tonne of pins, then you can't afford a tonne of pins. Your quality of life is more important than a few inch-long pieces of decorated metal.

I chose my Jules Verne collection very deliberately to keep costs down. It's a very narrow subject with few pins. Sure I'd love to have ALL TEH HAUNTED MANSIONS PINS!!1! but that's just a neverending money pit that I can't afford if I want to pursue my other passions in life (like travelling around the world and going to the Disney parks that have Jules Verne rides that I'm collecting pins from!). You have to set priorities, both in life and in pin collecting.
 
FameMonster said:
I can't afford pins. I wish someone would zap me. :(
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Hmmm. I don't want to start any drama or problems by saying this, but that really irritates me. You shouldn't expect someone or want someone to zap you. I feel like zapping is something you shouldn't expect. Mostly because you are too busy zapping others or doing things for others to expect anything for yourself. I think that comment was pretty selfish. Also, you're brand new to DPF. People have to warm up to you and get to know you before they start sending you pins.

I have other stuff I could say, but this I feel gets the point across. Please, please, please, don't let this post start a riot....
 
Selling some of my stuff here. I have a couple posts selling pins and various other things that I just don't need anymore. Thinking of posting some of the other stuff on craigslist. I have dresses that don't fit anymore.


Also got a little mason jar that I dump spare change in. Once I get enough I'm going to take it to the local store and do the coinstar thing so I can deposit it into my bank account.
 
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It does help when you narrow your themes down. I only buy a few Alice pins and buy mainly Pirate and every Haunted Mansion pin I can get my hands on. And of course I use a credit card most of the time to buy them with. Thank god I just got my tax refund checks in the mail yesterday and will be paying off everything now!
 
I use to collect figurines and other collectables. Since I've started collecting pins, I've been selling off my figurines (since they've never been open, good thing too since they fetch a higher priced when they've never been opened) in order to fund my pin collecting.
 
What I do is that I make sure that after I pay for everything for the month that I leave some for pins. I also don't collect all the pins for one specific character, I have a few for each that I love, so it cuts down on how much it would normally cost if I gave in and bought every Belle pin for instance :)
 
I try and trade as much as I can so I don't have to buy pins, but I usually use work money only a few times a month to buy pins. Although after this month with all those DSF and DLR releases I may need to take a longer break, haha :)
 
Guy the Ghoul said:
It does help when you narrow your themes down. I only buy a few Alice pins and buy mainly Pirate and every Haunted Mansion pin I can get my hands on. And of course I use a credit card most of the time to buy them with. Thank god I just got my tax refund checks in the mail yesterday and will be paying off everything now!
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Yeah, you just reminded me about the tax refund checks!
 
I started out as a collector. Lately though, I've bought multiples of some pins to hopefully trade for older things I want. So far, though, it's not doing much good - I have good luck on PinPics but in person, not so much. Of course, it doesn't help that I'm quiet and shy. From now on, I think I need to keep to buying ONE of the pins I want and not think about possible trading. The past 3 months, finances have run about $400-500 deficits per month and it's mostly due to pins (ok - and Macy's evil holiday sales)
 
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