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Hello Everyone!

Hi! So fun that you're going to be a cast member at WDW!
I'm so glad you found us, there is some wonderful information here on the forum, and so many friendly collectors and traders.
Advice wise, I would say the two most important things are to decide what themes you want to collect (to keep things in check, it's easy to go overboard) and to avoid purchasing large pin lots from the bay or Amazon. They are all fakes.
 
Welcome to the Forum!
Why are you looking to build a collection before you start? As a Disney employee you will have access to the most sought after pins after you start. Not to mention your employee discount on regular pins. So if I was you, I would just dive in once in the job.

At that time, you will have access to pins only Cast Members get access to - specifically, Disney Employee Center (DEC) and Walt Disney Imagineering (WDI) pins. They generally each do a release a month. They are available online with heavy competition so you may or may not manage to get pins from any given release. I suggest that if you do manage to get any, get any/all that you can. Because they are limited in distribution and quantity (generally Limited Editions (LE) around 300 or so) they are in high demand and you will be able to easily trade any you don't want for great pins that you do want.

There is also an employee store where pins are sometimes clearanced and could be a great place to great traders on the cheap.

Enjoy your new role and collecting!
 
I just love pins. There's an annual conference that I've attended for the past 6 years where they trade pins associated with there state and I always try to get a full map. Since starting that, I've just been obsessed with pins in general so I guess I'm just eager to dive in. But I'll take your advice and hold off till I start.
 
If you want to get a bit of a head start in the meantime, and haven't already, check out pinpics.com (PP) and pinandpop.com (PnP). They are two of the biggest Disney pin trading/collecting/cataloging sites. You can start browsing them (and with over 100K pins in them you'll need some time) and seeing/marking down what you are in search of (ISO) so you can know what to go after once you have pins to trade in hand and be ready to send offers on PP or join Trade Arcade on PnP.
 
Welcome!

Please take advantage of all the information posted on this site/forum. Hopefully the cast members here can help you succeed with your pin goals, but also avoid some pitfalls that befall cast members and pin trading.
 
Wow! This helps a lot, thanks so much.
 
Welcome and yes @Ajk is 100% correct in that you'd do best to invest in the exclusive pins that you can then trade for what you want. Do you know yet which pins you'll collect? A certain character, theme, attraction, or holiday, or something else?
 
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