7 of my 18 Pins are fake :(
My fakes have become thumbtacks on my bulletin board.
I do the same thing! You can also make them into magnets or charms.
Just keep on keeping on and try to spread the magic!
Also, some of the scrapped pins are still hilarious. I have an Evil Queen "Q" pin where her eyes are crossed and I keep it because it makes me laugh so much every time I see it. XD
~Merlin
How can you tell the pins on the right are real?
So they're fakes. Unless you truly believe that your pins will one day be worth thousands of dollars, just put them in you collection and consider them a lesson learned. If you really want the genuine pin trade a little more carefully and keep them both. I have a complete set of 2009 orange birds that are fakes (they're brown) I keep them in my book on the same page as the genuine ones. Just a little uh uh moment when I look at my pins.
So sorry! I remember that feeling... We discovered pin trading on a trip only to get home and learn that half of what we traded for was junk. I was very discouraged but then I found this forum right away and got better at telling the difference. I hold onto my old fakes so I can show people what to look for. I have one that says "Hidden Miokey" instead of "Hidden Mickey." :lol: It makes me sad when I hear about people knowingly buying and trading ebay fakes, but sadly it happens a lot. I'm a travel agent and I give booster packs as client gifts to hopefully get people into trading and start their collection off right. I have considered giving them a little brochure about how to spot the scrappers and counterfeits too, but so far I haven't put anything together. I wish Disney would find a way to stop allowing fakes to be traded or shut down the people who sell them, but I doubt that will ever happen.
I hate that! I've been trading for 6 years and it's getting so bad that I'm considering giving up trading with cast members.
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