New Hidden Mickey pins

thanks for posting- my kids will love this, they are crazy pin traders

 
I have twin girls and they have been very competitive in their trading, but one time we encountered an adult that was ultra competitive.  It was when they were about 6 or 7 years old, we were in the Yacht Club gift shop and one of my daughters was trading with the CM who was a very nice older woman. My daughter saw a pin she liked and was fumbling around with removing one from her lanyard, when suddenly this lady appeared and said " I want that pin ! , I was here first !!" The CM said, oh I am sorry, but this young princess has already selected it. The lady started cursing and demanded the pin. Then her husband walked over. 
I had been with my other daughter who was trying on a hat so I rushed over to see what the commotion was about. I asked the lady to stop cursing and that my daughter was there way before her. The CM didn't say much, I think she was afraid. 
The lady didn't back down and her husband was about to say something when I stopped him and said " You and your wife better leave this store now or else we can certainly go outside and settle this. We are in Disney and you are scaring my children, but if we need to go deal with this I would be more than happy to pound some sense into you. Its a pin, there are thousands of them here, go pick another one, this is not something that you need to act immature about. "
He realized that it was not the best option and pulled her out of the store.

The CM thanked me for helping out, I really think she was intimidated by the wild lady.

She traded a bunch of pins with my daughters and we left, because we had ADRs at Cape May

My mom was with us, but my wife was back at the Beach Club lobby. When we told her what happened, she was surprised I kept my cool. 

When we got home we saw the pin in question on ebay, it was worth a couple hundred dollars, evidently it was rare !

This opened my eyes to the value of some of the pins !!

A small antique store near me had two huge notebooks full of Disney trading pins. The conservative guess was 400+. And they were selling them for $2.00 each!

I collect Hard Rock Cafe pins (instead of Disney pins) and have been collecting since the 1981.  My collection is close to 2000 pins.  It is funny to some that I have on ebay and see what people are asking and paying for them.  As with anything, the value is within the eye of the beholder.  I have several that are listed in a collection website at being valued in the $400 - $600 range.  LOL....I guess I will continue to hold on to them.

The behavior of that lady proves that there are several adults out there that act like children.  In doing so, what role model do they show for their own kids and then they wonder down the line why their kids are such brats.  Children learn from home.

I give you courage for standing up to that lady and her husband.  I am sure the CM was scared to death about how the entire thing was going down.  Also, you sound like a good man protecting your daughter, too.