My first post, oh boy!
Hello everyone! My name is Gabby and I am pretty much brand new to pin trading. I live in Orlando so this is a hobby my boyfriend and I picked up after we got WDW annual passes last month! (By that I mean I dragged him along until he got addicted too.) He's a huge Star Wars fan and some of my favorite characters are Alice, Lady, and Ariel but I'm still trying to decide what I'd like to collect. We've mostly done some casual trading with cast members around the parks so far, and recently invested in a few LE pins from Epcot with the idea of improving our trading options (111105, 111102, 108756). He also got me a box of the Alice in Wonderland mystery pack for sale right now as a present (106305 and 106302). Neither of us has traded online yet!! I am full of questions so here's a few:
How did you decide what to collect? There are so many pins out there!! How do you narrow it down?
For those who are regular WDW park-goers, do you have tips for pin shopping? Maybe like where to find the best pins (i.e. limited edition and such) and how to know which pins will have good trading value, as we try to improve our trading?
Any tips as to how to do this on a budget? We obviously don't want to add to the scrappers/counterfeit problem but we're also college students so any advice as to building a collection on a budget would be wonderful!
How did you decide what to collect? There are so many pins out there!! How do you narrow it down?
For those who are regular WDW park-goers, do you have tips for pin shopping? Maybe like where to find the best pins (i.e. limited edition and such) and how to know which pins will have good trading value, as we try to improve our trading?
Any tips as to how to do this on a budget? We obviously don't want to add to the scrappers/counterfeit problem but we're also college students so any advice as to building a collection on a budget would be wonderful!