Hello, my name is Casey and I'm obsessed
with Disney Pins.
I'm sure many people think Disney pin trading and collecting is for kids, but boy am I going to prove you wrong. I know WAY more adults and teens who collect Disney pins than kids. I follow 1266 people on Instagram who are adults/teens that collect Disney pins. I'm also sure you think these pins are cheap and easy to get...well you're wrong again. One of my pins, which is JUMBO, Limited Edition 300, and from 2004 is worth $150 and that is still not that expensive. There are pins that go for way over $1,000. Crazy right?
When I first started collecting back in June 2014 (I was babysitting and made $10/hour...working for 5hrs+), I thought this hobby would be super inexpensive and super fun. Although it is super fun, it takes up a lot of cash. Most of which I earn by selling extra pins I have acquired since June or from buying cheap lots of various pins off of other collectors and selling those to earn double or triple what I paid each (I know that sounds terrible) but I also TRADE. I've shipped to every country in the world and have acquired at least 1 pin from every Disney park, every Disney store in Japan/Hong Kong/Tokyo/UK, and pins that date back to the 80s. For our LATE 6month-iversarry (we went in November) my boyfriend, Michael, took me to Walt Disney World's Downtown Disney to pin trade. I had no idea what was going on until we got to the "Walt Disney World" sign in Orlando. I think his hopes were that I would fall asleep on the drive there and not notice...however that didn't really work out because as soon as I saw that sign I put 2 and 2 together and figured out why he asked me to take my pins. What he had told me was that he found a Disney Collectible store in our area that had a ton of pins and they trade/sell so I should bring my pins with me. Anyways, I had made only 1 large trade with a collector that was also at "Pin Traders" in Downtown Disney, but I did make a bunch of trades with Cast Members and my boyfriend bought me a bunch of pins. Now he has his own little collection on a 8x8 cork tile. He's never bought a pin for himself...it's usually me getting pins of his favorite characters or matching pin sets (like our "I'm his Minnie" "I'm her Mickey" pin set) and giving them to him.
Man I can talk a lot about pins, but to cut the rest short...you can really tell I'm addicted to these pretty pieces of metal. If any of you readers want to start pin collecting I can definitely lead you in the right direction and give you some tips and tricks.
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