Accidentally damaging pins 😭

[DisneyOlivia]

Whilst changing displays today I pulled this Tink pin, one of my faves, off the blue tack board it was on. As I did so - a big layer of the metal from the back stuck to the blue tack - ripping it off the pin 😭.

I had not even imagined that was a possibility but have learnt from my mistake! Luckily not a pin I was planning to trade.

Has anyone else accidentally damaged their pins? 🥲
This comes a week or so after I accidentally bent a pin post of one I bought from DLR 😂🙄, so not my finest moment.

 

[momin.ator]

It happens. Bent post and sometimes posts fall off.

There is a thread somewhere about bending the post back.

I'm sorry this happened. Is that your birthstone?

 

[Pibbman]

I am sorry that you damaged one of your favorite pins. It is such a beautiful pin. I hope you are able to fix it.

I have definitely been in your shoes with bent posts. I once had a Scrooge pin that I purchased come in the male with the post completely bent and I snapped it right off as I was trying to fix it (the post was stuck in those old pin backers). Luckily, I was able to trade for a replacement pin, but I don’t trust those old metal pin backers anymore.

I also found that the free-d element don’t always hold up to the test of time. And screen prints have had a habit of peeling off pins.