| # | Author | Message |
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| Westsider
Thu 1/8/2009 3:18a | Anyone under the age of 16 doesn't bug me one bit when it comes to trading pins. At Mansion we often just give the cute little kids whatever pin they want and don't even worry about the trade cause there's plenty more back at the Lead desk to restock the lanyard with.
But the adult pin traders.... uh..... the emotions from CM's who deal with them generally range from annoying to creepy to unclean to obnoxious. The pin traders on the ECV's are the most, um, memorable.
I only wish pin trading had an age limit on it so that you only could focus on the kids and not worry about adults. The packs of roving women are the worst.. "OH CAROL! HE'S GOT A LANYARD! CAROL, GET CONNIE! PINS! SO MR. MAN IN THE GREEN TUXEDO, DO YOU HAVE ANY SUPER SECRET DVC DOUBLE WHAMMIES THEY RELEASED FROM THE MOROCCO PAVILION IN '04?! ARE YOU HIDING THEM FROM US? WHAT DID YOU JUST TRADE WITH THAT LITTLE GIRL FOR, DVC DOUBLE WHAMMIES? CONNIE, GET OVER HERE!"
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12
| ophellia
Thu 1/8/2009 4:02a | I also found the adult pin traders to be a bit much...4th of July I had on a lanyard for trading and the CM pin given those of us who were on that day and had a woman angrily ask to speak to a Manager when I refused to trade my CM pin,(which wasnt even on the lanyard) then she said she was going to City Hall to complain we werent following the rules...and the traders who grab the lanyard and pull you toward them...
also the guests who made Over The Top messes as the family of 6 did while munching peanuts and throwing all the shells on the ground in the starlight room at Rancho, I finally just went and got a broom and pan and stood there making elaborate scraping sounds as I swept(while still smiling)c'mon, they were 4 feet from a trash can... |
13
| u k fan
Thu 1/8/2009 4:16a | So is it just the hard-core traders?
I have a very small collection of 10-20 pins mostly that I have traded on an ad-hoc basis if I see a CM with a pin I like. I have no traders as such, I usually buy a pin in order to swap.
I don't bug the CM's do I?!!! |
14
| csgoofygirl
Thu 1/8/2009 4:47a | I truly appreciate the CMs and all they have to put up with. I'll just smile and say hello as I walk by. Thanks for making my all trips so wonderful. |
15
| Mr X
Thu 1/8/2009 6:37a | ***At Mansion we often just give the cute little kids whatever pin they want and don't even worry about the trade cause there's plenty more back at the Lead desk to restock the lanyard with.
But the adult pin traders.... uh..... the emotions from CM's who deal with them generally range from annoying to creepy to unclean to obnoxious. The pin traders on the ECV's are the most, um, memorable.***
Care to translate this into layman's terms for those of us who haven't a clue what this whole thing is all about?
ECV's? "worry about the trade"? Lanyard?
Help! |
16
| Mr X
Thu 1/8/2009 6:38a | Double Whammies?
Morocco Pavilion?
Again..Help? |
17
| Mr X
Thu 1/8/2009 6:40a | **she said she was going to City Hall to complain we werent following the rules**
Rules? |
18
| mickeymousears
Thu 1/8/2009 6:43a | haha this is horribly funny! Thank you for sharing! keep em coming!
fortunately, I dont trade pins...in fact I didnt even know you could trade with CMs, I thought you had to buy them |
19
| Mr X
Thu 1/8/2009 6:43a | Never mind on the rules.
The Google told me (I only had to type "Disney Pin Tra". ;p
http://www.pinstore.com/disney...ding.htm
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| mickeymousears
Thu 1/8/2009 7:48a | wow... thats hard core! it reminds me of "flair"
soooo... some of the pins are pretty pricey, could I buy a cheap pin and trade you for an expensive pin? and then go find those crazy pin traders and scalp the pin in the bathroom for even more money? |
