PIN & POP PIN & POP Site Announcements & Ideas

[Chris Nickols]

New Feature: The Pin Trade Log (VIP beta)​

We just rolled out the Pin Trade Log to VIP members as a beta - a private journal for keeping track of your real-world trades. It's built for the moment the trade is going down (or right after): easily jot down the trade as it happens, then fill in the details later whenever you have time. OR use it to keep track of your other online trades so you capture when it needs to ship or where to ship it.

Every field is optional, so you can save a quick note in the moment and come back to fill it out and link it to the Pin & Pop ID later.

What it does:

• Record the trade partner, park or location, date, and any notes you want to remember
• List the pins you gave and got - just type them one per line, no fiddly forms
• Add photos, either one combined shot of the trade or separate "gave" and "got" pictures (opens straight to your phone's camera)
• Link any pin in your log to its Pin & Pop ID later, so you get the full deets (integration with your collection coming soon)
• Log online trades too - flip on the online switch to track shipping addresses, ship and receive dates, and tracking numbers, with a status showing whether a trade is awaiting shipment, in transit, or received
• Search your whole history by trade partner, location, notes, or pin name, and filter by shipping status
• See your lifetime totals for trades made, pins given, and pins received

Your log is completely private.

VIPs can check it out HERE -> PIN & POP's Pin Trade Log

Since this is a beta, we'd love your feedback. Give it a try and let us know what's working and what you'd like to see next.

 

[Pidge]

Is there any way to see only the pending trades in my trades? I really want to sort out just what is still in progress and see how many I have pending and what is still in limbo. Scrolling through all the shipped pins is really annoying.

 

[hdtv267]

I believe this falls under " site announcements" as it's an announcement on the site.

All these years I thought cadence was a musical term?

if it means what I might think, is really 6 weeks to 12 weeks (THREE MONTHS) for people to get their new pins back to them, that the pins sent off right over the last arcade (May 29th) won't have until August? is that correct?

 

[Ghosthostchelsea]

I believe this falls under " site announcements" as it's an announcement on the site.

All these years I thought cadence was a musical term?

if it means what I might think, is really 6 weeks to 12 weeks (THREE MONTHS) for people to get their new pins back to them, that the pins sent off right over the last arcade (May 29th) won't have until August? is that correct?

I thought that indicated how often the arcades happened, not trade processing time. But I could have read that wrong.

 

[Pidge]

I thought that indicated how often the arcades happened, not trade processing time. But I could have read that wrong.

But 3 months for pins to get returned sounds about right to me.

 

[hdtv267]

But 3 months for pins to get returned sounds about right to me.

I did further research and I believe it means the frequently of the events, just an odd word to use in that context

Still, three months to get pins sorted when they're sent out first thing when the trade arcade concludes, when we got them before with 6 weeks and there's allegedly more staff?

Perhaps the membership levels can be tiered.
One level where you always have more than 50 pins at a table, so you don't burn off tokens
Another level where there's a faster turn around time
The final level for both.

Any I missed?

I wonder if it's something people would pay for and it would help the coffers to do more hires...

 

[TheMickeyMouseRules]

RE: Second Chance Board (A Review):
- Time limit for shipping pins, but no time limit for traders to decide on 2nd chance trades. This is a disconnect for me. I need both or neither to be time limited.
- EX: I just shipped four confirmed 2nd chance trades yesterday and within minutes of the package departing my hands I had another accepted trade from an offer made a week ago. I am now trying to figure out how to get out of this single pin trade (only due to shipping costs - no other reason.) What could have worked is if all my pending offers had been removed when my 2 week shipping deadline hit.
- I will not ship one pin to PnP... it adds too much expense to this hobby. I try to make multiple trades on the 2nd chance board to make the shipping worth it.
- I have heard from other PnP users that they won't make offers on the 2nd chance board because they also won't ship a single pin. Perhaps allow traders to ship 2nd chance offers in with the next TA?
- I do think putting a limit on traders receiving offers to make decisions on the 2nd chance board would be reasonable. There is a time limit on trade arcades after all. Or allow traders to cancel their offers would be another option.
- 2nd chance offers are difficult to find once made. Would be nice if these were a filterable item or similar to find them easily.

 

[hdtv267]

RE: Second Chance Board (A Review):
- Time limit for shipping pins, but no time limit for traders to decide on 2nd chance trades. This is a disconnect for me. I need both or neither to be time limited.
- EX: I just shipped four confirmed 2nd chance trades yesterday and within minutes of the package departing my hands I had another accepted trade from an offer made a week ago. I am now trying to figure out how to get out of this single pin trade (only due to shipping costs - no other reason.) What could have worked is if all my pending offers had been removed when my 2 week shipping deadline hit.
- I will not ship one pin to PnP... it adds too much expense to this hobby. I try to make multiple trades on the 2nd chance board to make the shipping worth it.
- I have heard from other PnP users that they won't make offers on the 2nd chance board because they also won't ship a single pin. Perhaps allow traders to ship 2nd chance offers in with the next TA?
- I do think putting a limit on traders receiving offers to make decisions on the 2nd chance board would be reasonable. There is a time limit on trade arcades after all. Or allow traders to cancel their offers would be another option.
- 2nd chance offers are difficult to find once made. Would be nice if these were a filterable item or similar to find them easily.

I've mailed off single pins for second chance pins, put then in an envelope w/ first class postage- one of them arrived but it was an open envelope with nothing inside and then the 2nd one hasn't shown up yet, so am guessing something else with the USPS as I am not paying for tracking for one pin due to the strict 2 week rule that PnP has in place for sending pins in.

 

[Pidge]

Thanks for adding this request @TheMickeyMouseRules. I have also requested 2nd chance pins being sent in with the next TA. I have now sent 2 pins individually because I don’t want to leave the other person hanging. It’s really frustrating.

I think there is a time limit to accept pins, but even with that, you can have offers staggered. And there is no way to clearly see what offers I have made that are not cleared.

I need to just ignore the board until they change these issues.