WWTBAM Bored

Call me crazy, but it is a one of a kind pin; I have seen pin collections selling for in excess of a mil on eBay. Plus I am including the whole pin collection, and the jacket. Take a look, and have a laugh if you want:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0208585304

I won't call you crazy..... cuz.... hey! you never know. I put it on my watch list so I can see if you get any buyers.

I would suggest that you put "Who wants to be a millionaire" in your title. If I were looking for this - that is how I would search.

This is dumb!
Ebay really needs to monitor their auctions, so that they don't lose credibility altogether. Yeah right some idiot is going to buy this worthless item for a ton of money! I wonder how the person who won the pin made it that far in the mock hotseat? Actually it's a one out of 47 of a kind according to the auctioner himself.

Get a Life Dude!

I presume from the starting bid that you really don't want to sell this set.

dodgersteve182 wrote:I wonder how the person who won the pin made it that far in the mock hotseat?

Since that person is a BB, you might tone that down a bit more, dodgersteve.

One can always ask for any amount for anything. But the spread between that and the bid might be a tad excessive.

"Since that person is a BB, you might tone that down a bit more, dodgersteve."

...and spoil my mock reputation on the bb myself?

dodgersteve182 wrote:...and spoil my mock reputation on the bb myself?

You've got a reputation for tearing into other BBs? Sorry, I didn't realize. Carry on...

I forget how eBay operates. Do they charge a fixed price for listing an item and then a percentage of the sale price, if the sale is completed? Having a sliding scale for the listing fee, based on the asking price, might discourage the number of "pie-in-the-sky" listings, if that's a concern, ds.

My husband has a complete set Play It Pins as well and I believe that it's not worth $500,000. I would say that the package is probably not even worth $1,000.

Try this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Cast-Member-Pin- ... 0218278889

coasterick wrote:Try this one:

How about showing us some comparison listings with actual bids?

BTW, coasterick, this thread from a couple weeks ago went on a tangent about the price of annual passes to Disneyland. A comparison was made to Cedar Point. Since that park particularly features rollercoasters and you're a big coaster fan, perhaps you'd like to offer your opinion?

viewtopic.php?t=4361

Stuff like this is worth whatever someone will pay for it.

dodgersteve caught the pissiness rexer gave me the other day.

coasterick wrote:Call me crazy

Okay. You're crazy. If logic or common sense enter into the equation, these items are worth more to the person who actually won them than they are to anyone else. I hope I'm wrong. Good luck!

Good luck!

I can't imagine anyone paying that much. I would agree with PSM that the true worth is much closer to $1000 real money.

Now that the WWTBAM attractions in CA and FL are gone, I think that the demand for such items (which was never high to begin with) would be less than previously.

I actually think that the 500,000 point pins might be even rarer. Most people above the 32k level will "go for broke", and either win the million (rare) or fall back to the 32k polo shirt and pins. I was one of the few to walk away with a 500k pin, since I was ineligible to win another 1M prize package at the time (which was a good thing, since I would've gotten the final question wrong anyway).

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:My husband has a complete set Play It Pins as well and I believe that it's not worth $500,000. I would say that the package is probably not even worth $1,000.

Congrats! Did he win at Calif Adv or WDW? I was one question away from winning another cruise at WDW, and at that time, the host said no one had ever won at both parks. Alas, 'twas not to be.

What I didn't know helped me win the prize, as well as stuff I did know. The million point question was about a GB Shaw Play; the only one of the choices that I knew for sure that he wrote, was Man and Superman. Luckily that was the answer.

Aren't things like this worth whatever each individual thinks they are worth? Why wouldn't you think the package is worth $1000? Has eBay ever sold a million point pin? To me, that experience at WWTBAM-PI! was worth a million bucks in and of itself. So by that rationale, I'm giving the buyer a heckuva deal! I will be sad to see the pins go, even at the price listed.

I checked for a definitive worth online, but could not find any million point pins listed anywhere.

jsuchard wrote: I actually think that the 500,000 point pins might be even rarer.

How is that possible? Didn't all the 1,000,000 winners also get the 500,000 pin?

MarleysGh0st wrote:BTW, coasterick, this thread from a couple weeks ago went on a tangent about the price of annual passes to Disneyland. A comparison was made to Cedar Point. Since that park particularly features rollercoasters and you're a big coaster fan, perhaps you'd like to offer your opinion?

viewtopic.php?t=4361

Funny you should mention this; my son is graduating HS this year, and as part of his present we are headed to Cedar Point. Cedar Fair now charges $150 for an all-park season pass, more than a pass to Cedar Point only. Used to be that we could buy a season pass at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City for $65 and use it for a year at any Cedar Fair Park. Now that CF purchased the Paramount chain of parks, I guess they felt justified in raising the multi-park price. I would be surprised if Six Flags didn't follow suit in the coming years.

BUT, there is simply no place else like Disneyland. I would buy a season pass in a heartbeat if I went there enough. (Which I can afford to do, once my pin collection sells!)

TheConfessor wrote:

jsuchard wrote: I actually think that the 500,000 point pins might be even rarer.

How is that possible? Didn't all the 1,000,000 winners also get the 500,000 pin?

Yes, but I think the author was referring to the fact that few people got to the 500,000 point pin, and then stopped.

OTOH, you're right, Ed (they don't call you smarty pants year after year for nothing); it is impossible to have won the million point pin without winning the 500,000 in as well.

BTW, how's about I treat you to Fiesta Texas sometime???

coasterick wrote:OTOH, you're right, Ed (they don't call you smarty pants year after year for nothing); it is impossible to have won the million point pin without winning the 500,000 in as well.

I stand by my previous statement, although I will qualify it here:

Additional 1,000,000-pt pins were made as "Cast Member Only" handouts. I know, because I have one [I traded a 32k prize kit {hat/shirt/10 pins} with a cast member]. It is true that these cast member 1M pins are not exactly the same as the numbered guest-only pins [the only difference being the engraving on the back], but I believe this makes the 500k pins the rarest.

coasterick wrote:
To me, that experience at WWTBAM-PI! was worth a million bucks in and of itself.

That's the point. That was your experience. Prospective buyers wouldn't be getting that experience, which is the truly priceless part of being a winner.

Good luck with your auction.

coasterick wrote:Try this one:

http://cgi.ebay.com/10-Cast-Member-Pin- ... 0218278889

It says that this item has had one offer, but I am sure that it's nowhere near the "Buy It Now" price.

coasterick wrote:

PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:My husband has a complete set Play It Pins as well and I believe that it's not worth $500,000. I would say that the package is probably not even worth $1,000.

Congrats! Did he win at Calif Adv or WDW? I was one question away from winning another cruise at WDW, and at that time, the host said no one had ever won at both parks. Alas, 'twas not to be.

What I didn't know helped me win the prize, as well as stuff I did know. The million point question was about a GB Shaw Play; the only one of the choices that I knew for sure that he wrote, was Man and Superman. Luckily that was the answer.

Aren't things like this worth whatever each individual thinks they are worth? Why wouldn't you think the package is worth $1000? Has eBay ever sold a million point pin? To me, that experience at WWTBAM-PI! was worth a million bucks in and of itself. So by that rationale, I'm giving the buyer a heckuva deal! I will be sad to see the pins go, even at the price listed.

I checked for a definitive worth online, but could not find any million point pins listed anywhere.

Amateur. I have a SPARE Million-Point set that I've been considering selling on eBay for 4 years now. (I was winner 4 and winner 32 at DCA.) I was also one question away from the bicoastal win, and blew it.

HOWEVER, I'll never ever ever sell either of my 1,000,000 point pins. I'll sell the BHM (Big Honkin' Medallion) and jacket, and all of the other pins, but the million stays right where it is.

I wouldn't be surprised if the 500K pin alone would go for a couple of hundred (Disney pin collectors are a weird bunch, and something as rare as the 500K pin (or the million-point pin, which I'd never sell) would be worth something to them; ditto the jacket and BHM. The up-to-32K-inclusives aren't worth squat, unfortunately (I don't think I've ever seen the set up to 32K go for more than $50), but the others are very very rare, something the Disney-pin-oholics pay for.

Some day, I'll figure out how to put something up on eBay and start selling that stuff...

KillerTomato wrote: Amateur. I have a SPARE Million-Point set that I've been considering selling on eBay for 4 years now. (I was winner 4 and winner 32 at DCA.) I was also one question away from the bicoastal win, and blew it.

HOWEVER, I'll never ever ever sell either of my 1,000,000 point pins. I'll sell the BHM (Big Honkin' Medallion) and jacket, and all of the other pins, but the million stays right where it is.

Some day, I'll figure out how to put something up on eBay and start selling that stuff...

I've been sorely tempted to put my 500K pin up for the same reason. I think it's probably the "most attainable" rare pin of the set. I won't part with lucky 124, but the rest are taking up space in a junk drawer, to be honest.

Heh. Maybe I should hock it on ebay to help pay the taxes on the cruise, which are falling due in this tax year.

$500,000?

$11,000,000?

For PINS?!?!?!?!?!?!?

Did hyper-inflation set in in this country and I missed it?

Jeemie wrote: snip

Did hyper-inflation set in in this country and I missed it?

Yes