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Received a scrapper through a PinPics trade... what do I do?

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Received a scrapper through a PinPics trade... what do I do?
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It was an easy trade, the cat from the Toy Story Mania set for the Mickey cupcake from the character cupcake set. I was on vacation when we agreed to the trade, and they said they would send their pin and I could just send mine when I got back. I got the pin in the mail yesterday when I got home and was disappointed with what I found. It was an obvious counterfeit... thin pin overall, rough edges, huge dimples in the paint, the border didn't go to the edge, wobbly pin post w/ no nubs. So what should I do? The way I see it I have four options:
1) Send them their pin back
2) Complete the trade and keep their pin
3) Complete the trade, send them my pin, and break the post of their pin and send it back
4) Let them know they sent a fake and not complete the trade

Option 4 is obviously the 'meanest' option... but I don't want to lose a genuine pin and postage for a pin that I'm just going to throw away anyway. I think I would prefer option 1, with an e-mail linking them to one of the many guides on how to spot counterfeits. But what do you guys think/ what have you done in the past? Thanks for your input.
 
Let them know that the pin they sent is a scrapper and ask them what they want to do with it. If you kept the envelope, etc., maybe you can seal it back and put "return to sender" so you won't have to pay for shipping? <--although, this would cause the post office to lose money as it's not making the $2 that you would have spent to send the package
 
yeh, you have to assume the best in folks, its the disney way......so they may not know about scrappers. Did you view the pin on pinpics? I have sadly found that in the past year especially, pin quality is down and many are actually not scrappers. I have literally opened pins that i just bought (hidden mickeys GWP etc) and i think...is this real??? So if you research and are sure then yes, a nice email with a link and the reason you dont keep scrappers (if you dont) and then askt hem how they want to proceed? do they have another pin you want? do they want the scrapper back? Do they want to scrap the whole trade...sorry to hear it. Now if they have been trading for years, a bit more sticky.

I traded in person with the nicest older gent. I gave him literally my best LE250 for a LE200 winnie the pooh and when i got home it had a scrapper warning and had all 5 signs....so i saved it and saw him 2 weeks agao at the PTN and quietly explained...well he was so sorry and told me he isnt on pinpics, he doesnt log his pins and does not even have a computer---well there ya go. I picked out 2 other pins.
 
benifit of the doubt first, they may be newer to trade and not realize they sent you a bad pin. contact them, tell them it is not a good pin, and that you want to send it back. Do NOT complete the trade. talk to them and send it back.
 
This makes me want to check my cupcake set, from which I purchased directly from Disney. As Dawny has noted, I've seen some low quality pins, that if I wasn't standing in Disneyland and looking at the pin on the rack, I would assume it to be a scrapper.

I'd have to wait until I got home, but I could check my cupcake series and report on the quality of the set. Perhaps someone else could check theirs also? It may be a general quality control issue.

Rather than calling the pin a scrapper, I'd recommend simply stating that you were disappointed with the condition of the pin and that you would like to reverse the trade, since you are no longer comfortable completing the trade. I think the only time you should break off a post, is when you own the pin. Sending back a broken pin would be bad form, in my opinion.
 
I actually had this whole set, which I got new in it's package, but I somehow misplaced (fell out of my pin book somewhere) the Mickey one. The pins from the package are nice, good quality, Mickey Heads all the way to the border, etc. They're nice pins. The one I got in the mail is just terrible. It by no means is a good counterfeit, and doesn't look or feel anything like the rest of the pins in the set. Don't worry, Lamorak, if you got your pins from the package, they're good quality :) And I wasn't planning on breaking the pin and sending it back unless I also sent my pin, meaning the broken pin would really be just to educate him/her. I will take all of your advice and let them know about the situation and ask them how they want to proceed.
 
I have had this happen to me, as the one sending the fake. When I first started, I actually sent a trader the pin I intended to trade, to have them give me their opinion, along with the postage to send it back to me if it was fake. It was fake, and I learned the things to look for.
I have also accidently sent one that I thought was authentic, but something was wrong that I didn't see. The other trader told me the problem and I sent another pin they were looking for from my collection I was intending to keep, to make up for it. As for the fake I sent to them, I told them to give it to a kid that didn't know the difference.
I would suggest contacting them, and give them the opportunity to correct the problem.
 
The amount of scrappers out there is mind boggling. I'd contact them and see if they knew and try to undo the trade. So sad.
 
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