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Experiment 626

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Experiment 626
Haha I felt so bad the first time you didn't get it! Glad you worked something out. Wohoooo!!!!! Now go work on your new most wanted list ;)
 
I haven't bumped this in a looooong time, but I'm still looking! Anyone have any of these DA Stitches for trade?
 
I don't have any of the pins you need, but I confess I went looking for this thread a couple of weeks ago to see how you were doing. I've been very impressed with your project, and how successful you've been. The wants almost fit in one post now! I keep playing with the idea of attempting a similar project for 2012 (2011 has been a lot about playing catch-up and completing sets), but I have 3 themes I am tempted to go after and I'm not sure which one I want to do (or more honestly, which one I will have the most success with). So I have a bit more thinking to do over the next few months.

Can I ask a question? I was wondering what your ratio of "trades vs purchases" has been?
 
hopemax said:
I don't have any of the pins you need, but I confess I went looking for this thread a couple of weeks ago to see how you were doing. I've been very impressed with your project, and how successful you've been. The wants almost fit in one post now! I keep playing with the idea of attempting a similar project for 2012 (2011 has been a lot about playing catch-up and completing sets), but I have 3 themes I am tempted to go after and I'm not sure which one I want to do (or more honestly, which one I will have the most success with). So I have a bit more thinking to do over the next few months.

Can I ask a question? I was wondering what your ratio of "trades vs purchases" has been?
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Thanks! I know...I really hope to be around 80 or so by the end of the year but that will be tough. I have gotten so distracted with the new pins this year. PODM pins are killing me and keeping up with the DLRP PTNs as well has been a real challenge. I was truckin' along really well until July....then these just had to take a back seat.

Wow, the trade vs purchases is a good question! Unfortunately it has been more purchasing, but let's see:

January - 12 Trade - 4 Purchase
February - 31 Trade - 24 Purchase
March - 2 Trade - 36 Purchase
April - 5 Trade - 27 Purchase
May - 0 Trade - 4 Purchase
June - 2 Trade - 13 Purchase
July - 0 Trade - 3 Purchase
August - 2 Trade - 2 Purchase

Two of the trades were actually gifts, but treating them as trades, I traded for 54 or them and purchased 115. :( Not a very good ratio, but I just found it cheaper that way. I've found that a lot of people just want way too much for them. They'll want a $30 pin when I could just go to ebay and get it for $15. Stinks, but that's just the way it goes sometimes. :dunno:

Good luck on whatever quest you choose! Please post it because it will be fun to watch!!!
 
So Erica, is 185 acquired the final total for 2011? Or are there December acquisitions? I have to say, I'm so impressed! Are you going to keep with this in 2012, or move onto a new project?
 
hopemax said:
So Erica, is 185 acquired the final total for 2011? Or are there December acquisitions? I have to say, I'm so impressed! Are you going to keep with this in 2012, or move onto a new project?
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Thanks for the interest!

Yep, 185 is the official count. I had been meaning to do a wrap up but just never got around to it. I'm a little bummed I didn't get any further. I just got so busy that I could barely think about pins and as a result December was a total bust. I didn't get anything done this month except get the Sword in the Stone PODM and a couple of rack pins. :(

I think there are three things that really slowed my quest:

1). I was completely distracted by PODM and that on top of trying to keep up with PTN pins, my attention and pin funds kept getting pulled away from this.

2). I got super busy starting in mid November and didn't do much with pins at all.

3). Now that I'm scraping the bottom of the barrel of the ones I need, they are mostly the ones I'm not all that crazy about. :(. I still want them but I don't have the urgency I have with a pin I really want and I because these are low on my list I don't want to pay the prices people want. :(

Overall though, I'm happy with how this turned out. I do wish I had traded more than purchased, but that just wasn't working out. In the long run it was cheaper to buy. :(

But, to answer your question, yes, I'll definitely continue this into 2012. :) I just don't know when I'll be able to really focus on it again. I'd love it if I could get it finished this year!
 
Hey! I tried looking through all those pins you have so forgive me if you either have them or do not want them! Regardless, I have these stitches for trade if you are interested:

 
Snoudel said:
Hey! I tried looking through all those pins you have so forgive me if you either have them or do not want them! Regardless, I have these stitches for trade if you are interested:

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Hi! Thanks for looking but I don't need any of those. :( Thanks anyways!
 
I finally updated the initial post with 2011 results. I'm still looking for the rest if anyone happens to have the remaining 78 I'm looking for. Hopefully I can get this completed in 2012!!! :)
 
Yikes....you know you have been neglecting your trade thread when you have to go all the way to page 37 to find it!
 
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