Would You Trade?
To expand on the conversation a bit....who's responsibility is it to make sure the two people in an online trade get the pin they want?
Doing some sleuthing and finding out about pins is part of the fun of collecting. Let your daughter do some of the "book work" as well, I'm sure she'll enjoy that, too. Also, it will be a softer way to learn not all people are nice than to find it out by some day trading away her treasures for junk. I hope she - and you as well, don't even try to deny it :lol: - will continue to have fun with her hobby as long as possible!
agreed.I am always surprised by the expectations of some traders, especially with respect to HM/CL. Disney created this class of pin for the sole purpose of putting them in circulation. A pin in circulation will never be mint. Traders obsessed with mint should focus on pins that can be kept isolated from the point of original sale, like Disney Store pins, LE's, etc.
I would check my pin. If it was in mint condition I would still trade. If it wasn't, I wouldn't. The person has a right to ask and I would rather them ask than not then demand a return. No one likes to send pins back. In the situation of the scrapper being sent, the person has the right to ask for the return.
It's not about a possible scrapper, at least this is not how I am understanding the e-mail. That's a whole different issue. Asking "is it real?" or "where did you get it?" is totally fine in my book and I think in probably everyone else's too.
But they are asking about "tiny flaws", and those standards can be so totally different.
For example, one of my hobbies is photography. I know I am pretty good. But still it drives my friends nuts when they're admiring one of my pictures and I go "no, it's blurry/not centered right/insert tiny little flaw they could care less about." I know I am very critical there and they accept me being that way. But still that doesn't mean they have to agree with me.
Now, have I been cheated, well it depends how you look at it. I have done trades, where I receive a pin that has obviously had the backing glued back on, crystals missing, chipped pieces, etc. I could not get mad at the person, although in most cases you would assume to get a pin in better condition, but then again, I did not ask about those things.
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