Alice in Disneyland (Wonderland) event
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WOW!!!! Those are some EXTREMELY harsh words!! To wish someone to go extinct, and that something happens to them over A PIN!! Unbelievable. How can the hostility and negativity cease with words like that? A famous quote from Michael Jackson once was "It starts with the man in the mirror". What makes an Ebay seller any different than employers most of us work for? They are making a profit off other people. That's what makes the world go round. You dont think all the Ebay sellers are trying to make money to pay their mortgages, put food on their tables, and clothes on their backs? What would you rather them not offer the pins for us to buy? How do you expect to complete collections if there is noone offering the pins for sale. It takes a secondary market in ANY collectible to make it a collectible. Maybe some people on this board should look up the definition of hypocrite, I mean some of you go on bashing Ebay sellers, yet turn around and buy there. Not to mention some are even ebay sellers themselves!!!!
I know this was meant as a joke, but it's not that far from the truth. I can't afford to stay at a hotel the whole time I'm there so if anyone knows a great place to hide in Disney so I have some place to stay, that would be awesome.If I could stand in line I'd already be there. They have food in the park, and nice stuffed toys to use as pillows, and they sell blankets. Yea, I could stand in line for 5 days.
If this were in-person line up wristbands I'd know places :lol: unless you can sneak off the mansion somehow and lurk among the ghouls! :lol:I know this was meant as a joke, but it's not that far from the truth. I can't afford to stay at a hotel the whole time I'm there so if anyone knows a great place to hide in Disney so I have some place to stay, that would be awesome.
John and Jane Doe who need to rely on a lottery for the chance to buy pins that they plan to resell at insane profits in order to be able to pay their mortgage,they obviously shouldn't own a house and should downsize.It's like going to a car dealer with your quick pick daily 3 lotto ticket and saying,I'll lease that car,I can pay so long as my numbers get picked
Jimmy and Jane Doe who's birthday gifts/parties are reliant on their parents winning a lottery for the chance to purchase pins to resell is the same thing as above.
This made me smile. Despite my own precarious situation and spending money on frivolous things, yes I said pins are frivolous, this unfortunately is how Americans live. They buy things they can't afford and then scramble when the rent/mortgage/bill/check is due. We all want the dream and yet we don't always build a solid foundation.
Now about my opinion that pins are frivolous. There are people in this world who don't even have the essentials, food, shelter, love and there are people on this board who bare that sense of entitlement that we keep hearing about, they NEED these pins, they DESERVE these pins, they are the BIGGEST Alice collector and so on. Well no one can say they're a bigger collector than someone else since most of us have never met. Unless your house is decorated from floor to ceiling with Alice in Wonderland than I suppose you're not the biggest Alice collector and even if you are that doesn't mean that you deserve the pins over anyone else.
And as for as needing them, well you don't. You want them, but no one needs pins. If we don't get that most coveted holy grail our lives will go on until eventually they won't. Someday our lives will cease to exist and then what becomes of our pins? Will they mean anything to the people we leave behind or will they end up in a garage sale and someone else will tell the story of how they hit the pin jackpot.
So be fortunate for what you have because you could lose all of it in an instant. And if that should ever happen, pins will be the last thing on your mind. Generally I'm much more sarcastic and cynical, but some of the responses on this board and kyubee's comment about selling pins as a sole source of income just reminded me that even though my own life seems really bleak and out of control, I still have the luxury to buy pins. And pins make me happy. Especially getting new ones.
Actually my pins will be placed into my casket along with my ashes,which will lay in rest in the yardAll in my will,I'd have my hearse buried too if I hadn't parted ways with it and it were possible :lol:
I know where you both are coming from. I have been out of a job for three years and I live in Florida. I save a small portion of my retirement check each month as "pin money". Once it's gone, I have to trade or go without. I agree that for those who can't pay the morgage, buy food, make the car payment, etc. then "somehow" manage to buy a pass and go to the park to buy merchandise are hoping that pins are the lotto. Sometimes when I get a Grail, I feel like I won the lotto, but I get over it. Pins are a hard way to make a living and the market is so fickle.
Enough of that serious stuff. rubyslipperedgoddess, I hope you find a good hiding place. Bring water and a blanket. You can live without food, but water is essential. Just find a big bush and make your camp. Just don't build a fire, they might notice it. And there is always a Motel 6 somewhere and they will "leave the light on" for you
Kyubee, I hope you get better really fast. Saturday is fast approaching and you need to be in peak form to get in that line. Drink plenty of fluid and call me in the morning
Good luck to all of you and remember: I still need those Mystery Pins
I feel the same way, but I was afraid I'd get yelled at for hoarding pins if I took them with me to the grave.
So I did the absolutely unthinkable...I canceled my ticket to Disney for this weekend. Just like I did before I can't stop crying. I want to go so badly, but considering how much it's going to cost me in airfare, hotel, transportation and so on, I did not think that it was responsible of me to go. I don't want to be one of those people that "buys a house but can't pay the mortgage" so to speak. While I am placing no judgement and whatever you choose to do with your pins is your choice, I am saddened that more people who want the pins for their own collection are not able to attend.
I am going to start another board, maybe explaining my situation, I don't like people feeling sorry for me, so I'm not sure what or how much to reveal, but the board will be my attempt to broker a deal to get the pins that I want the most from the event. The rest I will be at the mercy of the eBay gods and hope I can find a reasonable offer. I don't mind waiting it's more the uncertainty that comes along when you are not able to buy the pin yourself.
But I hope everyone has a really lovely time. And that you are all able to contain the chaos and things don't turn ugly because it's so opposed to the real spirit of what Wonderland is.
I think I saw her mention here or in another thread that she moved to a different state recentlyrubyslipperedgoddess - I am sorry you are not able to go but why would you need an airplane ticket? According to your location it says you live in Hollywood which is only about 45 minutes from Disneyland if I'm correct?
I hear ya kidup. I don't understand why you need to be there in person. If Disney makes there money why should they care, hell they could even make more by charging some sort of handling fee in addition to shipping charges. It also means they would sell out, granted they probably will anyway, but if people could call in that couldn't go for whatever reason they'd be gone in minutes. It's just another example of how I don't think Disney puts it's guests first. Like the fact that there are 500 RSPs that were given out and 4 out of the 8 pin(s) offered are LE500, but only 250 people go the opportunity to purchase those pins.
We'll keep you in mindoh yeah...btw..if anyone can help me, let me knowI'll throw in a pin for your troubles.
Well I have many but the one I just purchased with my refunded ticket is will have to wait. His image online is copyrighted and since I just paid I don't have the painting yet to take my own picture. I really love his work though so I might just by another. Making the trip to the event was going to cost me at least $600-800, so that will go a long way to help with bills and maybe get me a few things to make up for my disappointment.let's see a picture of that painting!!!
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