pin bags vs pin books

[disneyfreak619]

Im fairly new to trading so most of the pins I bought I threw away the card . Now that Im getting I little more serious , and most of my pins have the cards , Do I still put them in my pin bag or should I buy a binder? Do the binders fit jumbo cards and auction cards?

 

[katiefloy2003]

I have one large pin bag that I use for my loose pins. Then I have one of these:

http://www.caseit.com/caseit/eproddetail.asp?S=125&P=7916&PubID=4459&V=25&PID=6592&iss=

I put baseball card sleeves on one side with all my normal size pin cards and then I use those plastic sleeves for binders that you can get in the office section of most stores on the other side for my larger pin cards

 

[erudolf]

I recently switched all my traders to binders. I used to have them in books and had a big box of cards but that was a huge pain because every time I made a trade I'd have to dig through the box to find the right card. I have mostly Disneystore.com pins with the big cards so instead of the baseball card sheets I use the photo ones. They are the perfect size for Disney store and auction pins. The major downside is that you can't fit many pins in one book because each page only holds two pins. I think I'm only getting 20 pins per book that way.

I stick with bags for my collection because they can hold a ton of pins and I can just keep the cards/packaging in a box for storage.

 

[RaChEltheRabidRabbit]

I have all of my traders on their original backing cards (if I have them) in binders. I buy those plastic card holder pages for the smaller pins and then "Magazine" plastic pages that I can get up to 4 DisneyShopping.com pins on their orignal backing cards in. The smaller pins that I do not have the backing cards for, I put in plastic single card holders and then in the card holder pages. It is all nice and organized now

 

[JKrolak]

If you still have the cards, baseball card sized pages will do. Be sure to use the larger D ring binders to allow proper space for turning the pages.

The older / larger backing cards will not fit in those pages. I have seen some people cut the backers down to size. But that rather defeats the purpose of having the backing card. A Photograph sized 4 x 6 holder can cover most of the larger pins, although they're not ideally sized for 3 ring binders.

For a common / loose pins, a bag with corregated plastic backign works well.

 

[destiny117]

I put my traders in pin bags because I like showing as many pins as possible. I have a mesh pocket in between the pages in my pin bag, so I put the cards that go with the pins on the page before it inside the mesh page. There are mesh pages in between every pin page, so it is easy to do and not confusing. Yes, it takes time to look for the card, but it is only a matter of minutes if there are only 50 cards to look at. I feel these type of bags keep the pins more protected and the cards more mint. The problem is finding these type of pin bags now.

Every now and then, they are on ebay for pretty decent prices. They used to sell them at the parks and everywhere, but now, they have been replaced with pin bags that have flimsy pages, so I do not recommend those, because they are too floppy and the pins can hit each other etc., not to mention how hard it is to put your pin in these new ones. The old ones had this plastic lining that kept each pin page stiff, and everything stayed in place.

Before 2008 or so, a lot of us never kept the pin cards, but with the scrapper and counterfeit issues, it is wise to do so.

 

[drey619]

I have been trading only for about 1 year and I got a disney pin bag online and it was cheaper than buying one from disneyland or direct from disney stores. I got it on ebay for like half the price it would normally cost. I use the pin bag for my keepers and I have a drawstring little sack for my traders. the only down side to having a pin bag in your case is not being able keep the backs on the pins and having them in a pin bag. If you want to keep the backs on the pins then I would suggest getting a binder and get card pages to put the pins in. hope that helps.

P.S. Yeah for San Diego ppl

 

[Kingofthemooners]

I put my LE pins in a bag and the othe rpns in a book and put the book in the bag

 

[Jacqui8374]

baseball card holders and no binders just keyrings to hold them together they weigh less
Jacqui

 

[JKrolak]

While at an Olympic / Sports / Company pin trading event in Canada, I encountered another interesting way to present pins for display/trade. They use the previously mentioned felt and sheet protector. But then they used a rolling file box and hanging file folders to have the pins sorted by event / company / character / country. It also enabled them to more easily control their pins and move them within the show. On the whole it worked rather well giving easy access to the pins as well as holding more than any binder. Some boxes even come with lids for stacking in limited space.

Only drawback for trading at the park would be having to bring in the wheeled box or using one of the old luggage carriers.

 

[KT07]

psative vibes

 

[KT07]

bump

 

[starry_solo]

I put my traders (LEs) in a binder with the original cards (if that's how I acquired them).

My keepers are off their cards, but I labeled all the cards so that I could match them up with the pin (if I ever needed to sell my keepers)