Most effective way to sell Pins these days?
Hey guys! I've been sadly out of the hobby for a while. I moved country to be with my fiancee, and lo and behold he dumped me 3 months later with a massive amount of debt thanks to my move (I don't speak German and I left my job in France to be with him and haven't been able to find work the year I've been here and sadly have no money to move back yet) and all my saving sunk into the deposit on "our" apartment. Anyway, it's my first Christmas going home to the US to be with my mom (who's battling stage 3 ovarian cancer) in 15 years and needless to say I really can't afford it. My mom put my ticket on her card then *surprised* me with asking me to pay for half which is more than a month's rent for me due to HIGH holiday airfare- so I've decided to take my pins home with me (I'm currently in the EU), and try to sell some of my higher value ones and any traders I can get rid of.
It's breaking my heart going through them, but I know we really need the money, and family is more important then pins (though ironically pins has made me some great friends and "family" since I've joined the hobby in 2013). So anyway, I'm not getting rid of all of them, and I know there's SO many ways now to sell pins. Ebay has crazy fees, I've never sold on instagram, and I know the forum here is great and the family here means good homes but I know it's a bit slower... I'm taking advantage of being home because I have some jumbos etc and I know in the states my EU/DLRP Paris pins are a bit cooler. And hey, what I don't sell maybe I can get in a few trades to patch up the cracks in my breaking heart haha. I'll only be home for 2 weeks and it's around the holidays which is a pretty difficult time to sell as is. I've been around long enough to know all this but since I've fallen off the hobby for the past year or so I thought I'd shout out to all my amazing friends here for some words of wisdom!
Any advice is sincerely appreciated, and I'm counting the days until I'm gainfully employed and can just trade and save up for my dream WDW vacation and meet some more traders in person!
Thanks!
It's breaking my heart going through them, but I know we really need the money, and family is more important then pins (though ironically pins has made me some great friends and "family" since I've joined the hobby in 2013). So anyway, I'm not getting rid of all of them, and I know there's SO many ways now to sell pins. Ebay has crazy fees, I've never sold on instagram, and I know the forum here is great and the family here means good homes but I know it's a bit slower... I'm taking advantage of being home because I have some jumbos etc and I know in the states my EU/DLRP Paris pins are a bit cooler. And hey, what I don't sell maybe I can get in a few trades to patch up the cracks in my breaking heart haha. I'll only be home for 2 weeks and it's around the holidays which is a pretty difficult time to sell as is. I've been around long enough to know all this but since I've fallen off the hobby for the past year or so I thought I'd shout out to all my amazing friends here for some words of wisdom!
Any advice is sincerely appreciated, and I'm counting the days until I'm gainfully employed and can just trade and save up for my dream WDW vacation and meet some more traders in person!
Thanks!
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