What is "Hype", and reselling VS profiteering.
Psycho Pixie
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It is not our place to judge and you don't know their situation.
Everyone has to do what they have to do in this world to make ends meet.
Everyone does what they have to to be able to afford this expensive hobby and I do not think anyone should be judged for it. (Especially if you have ever sold a pin at above cost. We have probably all done it at some time or another.)
I think if the people stand in line to get the pins they have the right to do what they want with them period. It is not our place to judge and you don't know their situation.
I have been running games and auctions for a while now in an effort to catch up with life, pay some bills and be able to get our passes for one more year of Disneyland bliss. I use to have expendable cash but I am disabled now, living on a fixed income, and I still have the same bills! I have heard that there are some that think I am one of these people who are in it just to make money. Nothing could be further from the truth. We have slowly been selling our collection to survive. Everyone has to do what they have to do in this world to make ends meet. We cherished our collection and at one time had literally thousands of pins. We have probably sold thousands and still probably have thousands left. We didn't get anything at a great price and in many cases paid a marked up price when we bought them if we were not able to make it to the park to buy them.
The pins we collected over the years have been our saving grace. They have paid bills when we needed it, put food on the table, even bought tires for our truck. Without our collection that we accumulated over years and years of collecting we would have gone under years ago. I am not asking for pity but for understanding. We do not make it to California like we did at one time so we have little opportunity to buy new releases anymore even if we had the money to do it. Yes, I know that some people buy pins simply for profit and nothing more but I sure didn't see anyone offering the Disney Couples D23 pins at cost to anyone on here. Everyone does what they have to to be able to afford this expensive hobby and I do not think anyone should be judged for it. (Especially if you have ever sold a pin at above cost. We have probably all done it at some time or another.)
Stepping down from my soap box now.
The trouble comes when people start to use that "everyone" word. Its not true and its just a way for people to make a excuse or show what they do is justified. IMHO there are other hobbies that you can make much more money doing. And the plus is that they are not Disney. I think part of the trouble is that this is a Disney hobby and as such many of us feel that is not the same as any old run of the mill hobby. Go buy sport tickets. Shoot you could even go to Home depot and buy light bulbs with a PG&E rebate that lets u buy for less than they are made for. A few years back a buddy of mine was buying lights for 8 bucks and we called the maker to try and buy more. They said its $12 if we buy from them. So needless to say. We drove to all the costcos in cali and bought all the bulbs each store had. Go Buy base ball cards. You can spend less money and time than pins and make thousands more.
In the end Yes its up to each of us to do what we will do. But the true sign of integrity is what you do when people don't see. Sad cuz even when we all see people ripping each other off around this hobby, we get a story of why it was ok to do. Everyone is doing it... I didn't make them buy it.... I have bills... list can go on forever. the end point is that no not everyone is doing it. and no matter what you say. there is no way to make it ok to disrespect Walt and his vision of Disney happiness. If u need money so bad. get a new hobby. don't mess this one up for all the honest people. oh.. and no I never have done it. so that's that. sorry ahead of time that people don't like the truth. guess that's why people always say. " The Truth Hurts"
Just cus some people are overcharging..... dose not mean that Everyone has to over charge.
I'm a collector, a trader and a reseller. Reseller is only a bad word to the people local that can buy pins themselves. Collectors and traders that live too far to buy themselves, generally don't think of resellers as bad because how else would they get the pins?
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