Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

[FURFELTMAN]

SURVEY ON WHAT SHIPPING STYLES BUYER LIKE

HELLO .
I AM HOPING TO FIND OUT A LITTLE INFO ON WHAT CUSTOMERS LIKE .
SO I HOPE THE CUSTOMERS HERE WILL SUBMIT OPINIONS TO HELP ME HELP OTHERS .

THIS IS MY QUESTION .

WHEN BUYING A HAT ONLINE . THE SELLER CAN PRINT OUT A SHIPPING LABEL ONLINE , OR THEY CAN PERSONNALLY WRITE IN THE ADDRESS .
WOULD CUSTOMERS PREFER , HAND WRITTEN LABELS , OR TYPED OUT LABELS , OR DOES THAT MATTER .

I WOULD ;LOVE TO KNOW SOME OF YOUR OPINIONS :}

 

[RobFedoraField]

... the history showed that the winning bid was still a minute or two into the future according to the eBay "official" clock... unless Doc and Marty are just messing with us.

Randy

some of us laughed... others needed an explination.

 

[RobFedoraField]

It looks like a plastic liner to me. I have a few hats that seem to have a plastic band behind the leather sweat band too.
But MAN is that a cool hat. I love all the jazz inside and the outside looks clean as a whistle.

my stratton has that. I think it's to help protect you from sweating thru the sweatband and staining the hat.

 

[RobFedoraField]

HELLO .
I AM HOPING TO FIND OUT A LITTLE INFO ON WHAT CUSTOMERS LIKE .
SO I HOPE THE CUSTOMERS HERE WILL SUBMIT OPINIONS TO HELP ME HELP OTHERS .

THIS IS MY QUESTION .

WHEN BUYING A HAT ONLINE . THE SELLER CAN PRINT OUT A SHIPPING LABEL ONLINE , OR THEY CAN PERSONNALLY WRITE IN THE ADDRESS .
WOULD CUSTOMERS PREFER , HAND WRITTEN LABELS , OR TYPED OUT LABELS , OR DOES THAT MATTER .

I WOULD ;LOVE TO KNOW SOME OF YOUR OPINIONS :}

for me, what matters most is how much you are charging for shipping, not the kind of address labels used.

 

[theinterchange]

some of us laughed... others needed an explination.

and which camp do you fall into?

Randy

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Speaking of ebay

I was looking for hatboxes last night and came across a person selling a Dobbs hat box. They wanted $15 and $11 shipping. Right in the description they admitted that there was no bottom to the thing. Seriously? A box with no bottom is $21!? You got to be kidding?

 

[gtdean48]

...
WHEN BUYING A HAT ONLINE . THE SELLER CAN PRINT OUT A SHIPPING LABEL ONLINE , OR THEY CAN PERSONNALLY WRITE IN THE ADDRESS .
WOULD CUSTOMERS PREFER , HAND WRITTEN LABELS , OR TYPED OUT LABELS , OR DOES THAT MATTER .

I WOULD ;LOVE TO KNOW SOME OF YOUR OPINIONS :}

When I ship hats to hatters for work or to buyers when I sell them, I use UPS website that prints the labels. When I receive boxes from hatters or sellers, I don't care as long as they get delivered to me correctly. If by printing online there is a higher likelihood of accurate delivery then that is my choice. Hand writing seems to have some risk involved if the person has questionable penmanship. HTH

 

[CRH]

Good score, Rick! :eusa_clap

Peach is one of my favorites. Do they make those in Tutti Fruiti? lol

 

[RobFedoraField]

and which camp do you fall into?

Randy

I have my flux capacitor, just waiting on a DeLorian lol

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

It is a silverbelley...

(Forgive the double posting)
Last week I got an ebay bid on what I hoped was a silverbelly Stetson. I just got it today and it is, indeed, a silverbelly. (I paid $55 for it including shipping.)

But I have a question. I have a few hats with the trolley string and button but all the others I have the button is fixed permanently to the hat. This one has the button loose. Is this the way it was manufactured, or is it broken off? I am not familiar with all the ways the trolley buttons are affixed.

 

[Rick Blaine]

GOOD ON YA'

(Forgive the double posting)
Last week I got an ebay bid on what I hoped was a silverbelly Stetson. I just got it today and it is, indeed, a silverbelly. (I paid $55 for it including shipping.)

But I have a question. I have a few hats with the trolley string and button but all the others I have the button is fixed permanently to the hat. This one has the button loose. Is this the way it was manufactured, or is it broken off? I am not familiar with all the ways the trolley buttons are affixed.

Don't come any more silverbelly 'n that one. Nice score. A bit of tweaking & you are gonna gave one handsome fedora. Love them thin ribbons.

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Thanks

Don't come any more silverbelly 'n that one. Nice score. A bit of tweaking & you are gonna gave one handsome fedora. Love them thin ribbons.

Yeah, it IS pretty darn whiteish at that!

 

[hatophile]

Despite the fact that I already have about 3 silverbelly ORs, you are making me pine for another. I think I have some kind of disease.

 

[gtdean48]

... Is this the way it was manufactured, or is it broken off? I am not familiar with all the ways the trolley buttons are affixed.

That is a fully functional wind trolley! The button goes thru a button hole, usually on a lapel, & the string attaches to the hat to keep it from blowing away.

 

[Lefty]

Scott's amazing hats sold yesterday and the buyers made out.
the Borso
the Dobbs
the Parkway

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

That is a fully functional wind trolley! .

Thanks, just wanted to make sure.

 

[W4ASZ]

Yeah, it IS pretty darn whiteish at that!

Great hat. You look good in it. Now, smile !

Keep this in mind on "tying" the wind trolley , esp. post #4 from Mr.Dean :

http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=51392

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

I've been on the lookout for a nice Homburg in navy or black - the Stetson St. Regis models have been going north of $50, which was my cut-off. I managed to land this nice Knox Superfine (and it is, too). Seller called it black, it looks like Navy to me:

 

[Michaelshane]

I've been on the lookout for a nice Homburg in navy or black - the Stetson St. Regis models have been going north of $50, which was my cut-off. I managed to land this nice Knox Superfine (and it is, too). Seller called it black, it looks like Navy to me:

Nice.....:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

 

[CRH]

Nice.....:eusa_clap :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

Navy Blue! ???

Golly Dangit! Looks just peachy to me.

What a deal!

:eusa_clap