THE TRUTH ABOUT
TRADING PINS
OR
"What the Other Companies
Don't Want You to Know"
TRADING PINS
OR
"What the Other Companies
Don't Want You to Know"
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Clearing up misinformation from people who only want
your money, not your satisfaction and repeat business.
FICTION
Soft Enamel pins are the same as traditional Cloisonné
(also called Epola Cloisonné) style pins.
FACT
This is an idea created to deceive and misinform the public. Unscrupulous merchants bank on the fact that you will not know the difference between the two. Here is what they do: They produce the pin as a soft enamel style pin, which is filled with paint. To simulate the clear glass finish of the Cloisonné, an epoxy dome is applied to the pin face. Is there a visual difference between the two? Absolutely, think about it….glass fill vs. paint fill. Glass fill is much brighter and smoother. When viewed side by side, there is an obvious difference. HOWEVER, soft enamel pins are definitely the choice for the budget conscious teams who want more pins to trade. Just don’t be fooled by what the pin company says they are providing for you. Be sure you are comparing apples to apples.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Soft enamel “Cloisonné” is a pin style which exists only in the minds of pin companies that bank on you not knowing the difference between their misrepresentation and the genuine article. There is absolutely no such thing. Soft enamel = paint fill, cloisonné = glass fill.
Never, never, never do business with the company who
refers to a pin as “soft enamel cloisonné”.
FICTION
Photo etched pins are more accurate and therefore more
trade-able than other styles of lapel pins.
FACT
The photo etched pins have a less accurate image on the pin face, due to the acid etching process which leaves a thicker plating outline around each of the colors. In other words, a die struck style pin will actually have a clearer and more precise surface image than the photo etched method due to die stamping vs. acid etching. The fact that a computer is utilized to create a photo etched image has no relevance in whether or not
the pin is more accurate. As for perceived value, the photo etched pins are 0.80 mm thin vs. the 1.20 mm thick soft enamel and cloisonné style which are stamped from a die. The thicker pins have a higher perceived value and are definitely more trade-able due to the heavier weight and deeper color fills.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Photo etched pins are less expensive than die struck style pins due to the fact that less copper is used to create them, and utilize a computer, not manual labor to create them. The pin face image has thicker plating lines than the Soft Enamel or Cloisonné style trading pins, which makes the Photo Etched pins less accurate, and definitely less tradable. Less expensive? Yes they are. More trade-able? No, they are not.
On a tight budget, choose soft enamel pins.
What about the websites that look the same, use the same
images, have the same text, the same vague guarantees,
and the same prices?
TRUTH
They may use different colors on their sites, but look closely. Do you really
think that they are not owned by the same people who house all of the
websites and sales people within one building?
THE BOTTOM LINE
WE ARE NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT. We truly want to differentiate our products and services from the pin conglomerates. We will not post vague guarantees on our website. We will not make false or misleading promises,
and we will not create multiple sites
with different names in order to mislead you.
We Are One Company, With One Purpose
….To meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Every time. Period.
your money, not your satisfaction and repeat business.
FICTION
Soft Enamel pins are the same as traditional Cloisonné
(also called Epola Cloisonné) style pins.
FACT
This is an idea created to deceive and misinform the public. Unscrupulous merchants bank on the fact that you will not know the difference between the two. Here is what they do: They produce the pin as a soft enamel style pin, which is filled with paint. To simulate the clear glass finish of the Cloisonné, an epoxy dome is applied to the pin face. Is there a visual difference between the two? Absolutely, think about it….glass fill vs. paint fill. Glass fill is much brighter and smoother. When viewed side by side, there is an obvious difference. HOWEVER, soft enamel pins are definitely the choice for the budget conscious teams who want more pins to trade. Just don’t be fooled by what the pin company says they are providing for you. Be sure you are comparing apples to apples.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Soft enamel “Cloisonné” is a pin style which exists only in the minds of pin companies that bank on you not knowing the difference between their misrepresentation and the genuine article. There is absolutely no such thing. Soft enamel = paint fill, cloisonné = glass fill.
Never, never, never do business with the company who
refers to a pin as “soft enamel cloisonné”.
FICTION
Photo etched pins are more accurate and therefore more
trade-able than other styles of lapel pins.
FACT
The photo etched pins have a less accurate image on the pin face, due to the acid etching process which leaves a thicker plating outline around each of the colors. In other words, a die struck style pin will actually have a clearer and more precise surface image than the photo etched method due to die stamping vs. acid etching. The fact that a computer is utilized to create a photo etched image has no relevance in whether or not
the pin is more accurate. As for perceived value, the photo etched pins are 0.80 mm thin vs. the 1.20 mm thick soft enamel and cloisonné style which are stamped from a die. The thicker pins have a higher perceived value and are definitely more trade-able due to the heavier weight and deeper color fills.
THE BOTTOM LINE
Photo etched pins are less expensive than die struck style pins due to the fact that less copper is used to create them, and utilize a computer, not manual labor to create them. The pin face image has thicker plating lines than the Soft Enamel or Cloisonné style trading pins, which makes the Photo Etched pins less accurate, and definitely less tradable. Less expensive? Yes they are. More trade-able? No, they are not.
On a tight budget, choose soft enamel pins.
What about the websites that look the same, use the same
images, have the same text, the same vague guarantees,
and the same prices?
TRUTH
They may use different colors on their sites, but look closely. Do you really
think that they are not owned by the same people who house all of the
websites and sales people within one building?
THE BOTTOM LINE
WE ARE NOTICEABLY DIFFERENT. We truly want to differentiate our products and services from the pin conglomerates. We will not post vague guarantees on our website. We will not make false or misleading promises,
and we will not create multiple sites
with different names in order to mislead you.
We Are One Company, With One Purpose
….To meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Every time. Period.
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