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

[barrowjh]

China Lake Naval Weapons Center (something like that), in the CA desert between LA and Death Valley. Little towns of Ridgecrest and Inyokern grew up as a result of the Naval base there. East of Bakersfield, north of Barstow, northern Sonora desert.

 

[rlk]

Melon Francais

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350403991645&ssPageName=ADME:L:COSI:US:1123

 

[Lefty]

beautiful 20s/30s Stetson, 6 7/8

cool cork boater doesn't hit reserve

 

[zetwal]

Would a cork boater weight less than straw of similar dimensions?

 

[Lefty]

no idea. I've never seen one in person.

mechanic's cap does quite well

it seems to be vita-felt time - here's a great one sold by MJones

MattJH's Mac did pretty well

 

[Memo]

I wonder what happened here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230540392207&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[danofarlington]

it seems to be vita-felt time - here's a great one sold by MJones[/URL]

Things have been too quite on TFL lately. Can't we start arguing about Vita-Felt again?

 

[Lefty]

I don't know about anyone else, but the new craptastic format is causing me to lose interest.

 

[rlk]

Borsalino from Berlin

last gasp

 

[Michaelshane]

I don't know about anyone else, but the new craptastic format is causing me to lose interest.

Yea.....sigh.

 

[Baron Kurtz]

Well, this one turned out to be huge (damn fatheads. I really need a linen cap ), so once I clean it up it'll be getting sold on.

It's a shame about the condition[/URL] - note the NRA insignia

 

[danofarlington]

last gasp

I like that one quite a bit.

 

[randooch]

Maybe the seller should have started at a reasonable price, then let the market dictate the price. Also, the seller has a lousy feedback percentage.

I wonder what happened here.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230540392207&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

 

[randooch]

I doubt it, but it'd float for a few weeks longer.

Would a cork boater weight less than straw of similar dimensions?

 

[Baron Kurtz]

One third of retail price isn't reasonable? And the feedback percentage isn't too bad since it's only based on the last 12 months, and 17 out of 18 feedbacks positive make 94.4%.

Maybe the seller should have started at a reasonable price, then let the market dictate the price. Also, the seller has a lousy feedback percentage.

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

I liked the old version much better also

I don't know about anyone else, but the new craptastic format is causing me to lose interest.

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

I see he at least started making some changes to his wording on other auctions. Maybe he realized he was wrong after our pissing match was over.

One third of retail price isn't reasonable? And the feedback percentage isn't too bad since it's only based on the last 12 months, and 17 out of 18 feedbacks positive make 94.4%.

 

[BanjoMerlin]

Would a cork boater weight less than straw of similar dimensions?

Probably not, but it would be more rain resistant.

The cork wouldn't breathe so they put a bunch of holes under the ribbon to allow air flow. And it would be fragile, drop it just the wrong way and you lose some brim.

Probably wouldn't be all that difficult to make one if you got hold of a couple sheets of cork.

 

[BanjoMerlin]

I don't know about anyone else, but the new craptastic format is causing me to lose interest.

I bailed on it right away. Settings >> General Settings >> Forum Skin "Default Style" is not bad unless somebody decides to use a very light colored font. You can still read those if you highlight them.

 

[Rodkins]

I picked this one up last night...
Adam Marston
I'm hoping it won't have any problems going up one size.