Random Thoughts From Marybeth

Keep Me Away From eBay!

If I keep going the way I have been, in a month's time I'll have almost spent as much as another trip to WDW. Stupid Disney pins.

As I said in an earlier post, I intentionally didn't tell the kids about the trading pins because I didn't want them to get started with them. (So many pins of cute Disney characters! So many pins of favorite rides and attractions!) I should have worried less about them and more about me.

It wasn't too bad while we were still in WDW. We each got a lanyard and a few pins. It was after we got home and I thought I would check the online Disney store to see if they had pins. Bad idea. They were having a sale on them.

Buying a few more couldn't hurt. Some were limited editions! And almost half off the original price! Maybe I was still in the "welcome to WDW, open your wallet" mindset. Maybe I was still sleep-deprived from the trip. Maybe it's George Bush's fault (Why not? Everything else seems to be). Maybe I just have a weakness for shiny things.

Whatever the reason, I bought a few more (10) pins from Disney and then (BIG MISTAKE) checked eBay. It has tens of thousands of listings for pins. If casinos and lotteries have to provide a phone number for gambling addicts to get help, why doesn't eBay have to provide a number for pin addicts? Because whether it's an addiction or an obsession, I'm afraid I've got it. Even if I find the strength (or run out of money in my PayPal account) what happens when we go back to WDW?

They have pin trading events and something like a treasure hunt where you can get a free pin at the end. Plus all those nice shiny pins in every store and kiosk. Then there's all those cast members to trade with (at least that doesn't cost more money).

Even though I may have been a little, um, excessive in the number of pins I've bid on I do get some consolation when I see people bidding over $100 on a pin. At least I haven't reached the point where I'm willing to spend that much on a pin. It was a limited edition mystery pin....

No, no, I won't even think about it. I'm a mature, responsible grown-up person. I can resist. We already have more pins than space on our lanyards. They're just pins (nice, shiny, colorful pins!), and there's a gazillion of them. There is no way to get all of them and almost impossible to get all of any particular theme.

That's it. I'm resolved. When the ten or so auctions that I'm watching have ended I won't look at any more. I may not even bid on the ones I'm watching. Well, maybe a few bids, but that's it. No more. Well, I might still look just to see what's available. But definitely no buying. Well, maybe if the price is really good.

I give up, I'm hooked. Stupid Disney pins. Now to check the pin news at PinPics/Dizpins.