I just came across this thread after buying pins on ebay. I wished I had found this thread first. I wanted to buy some pins for my 3 year old son and 7 year old nephew to trade. I had no idea 'scrapper' pins even existed.
Now, I'm worried that the pins I bought in a lot are too good to be true.
Would any of you kind pin experts be able to tell from the auction pics if the pins are authentic or not? I don't have the pins in-hand yet. I expect them to arrive in the mail next week.
The ebay id is bibbidi_bobbidi_boo_colectibles (yes just one l in the word collectibles). The seller is offering pins for just 1.62 each. So, they are probably fake, right?
ETA: Auction id is 220365347609.
OK, strictly based on the annoying music alone I would not buy from her!
Seriously though, I did look at the auction and all others she is listing and you can be sure they are fake. Although the picture she shows on ALL listings (HUGE red flag) is small and hard to see, the ones I could make out were not fake. Until you get the lot and see what you get, you can't be sure. But if you were to ask me my "professional" opinion prior to getting them, my thought would be yes, they are fakes. And mostly for the main reasons posted on this thread as well as pinpics, etc. Large lots of pins, non-descript and cheap = fake.
Once you receive them, let us know what you got and we will be able to tell you for sure. I'm SO SORRY people who didn't know about scrappers are finding out the hard way.
There used to be a day (not too long ago actually-maybe a little over a year is all) that you could trade pins without a care in the world and that is how it is MEANT to be. I will do my part to bring that day back, and it sounds like there are many (from the posts on this thread alone) just like me.
That said, if you buy your pins from Disney and educate yourself (like this thread) pin trading can be extremely enjoyable.
I just don't see how some people can knowingly buy fake pins and justify trading them knowing the harm it does to everyone and pin trading in general. I KNOW it is NOT cheap to pin trade (the right and intended way) and I KNOW kids likely don't care what they have to trade or what they get (they just like the act of the trade) I get all that. So you turn a blind eye, or claim "I didn't know" or my kids don't care and go on with your trip without a care. I DO NOT get that. I consider myself a person of high morals and esteem and teach my children by example. What would I be telling my kids by buying fake pins and trading them to others looking for the same joy? Simple, I wouldn't. What I am teaching my kids is that doing the right thing is NOT easy, it takes time, effort and diligence. Maybe one day, when fakes are not traded I can look at them and say, "look what I helped do" and that is worth a heck of a lot more than $2 a pin.
At the end of the day, you are in Walt's Kingdom and dream and how many people really ask themselves.."What would Walt do"
Now I'm much more careful with my trader pin purchases. I've always been happy with my purchases from mousepinsonine, altho they do send Pro Pins I've been happy with some of those and kept them for my own collection. 
I do think some of them are extremely pretty. 
their music is annoying
