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hats in newspaper - noooooooooooooo
Last weekend I bid on and won this hat. Arrived today - a newer Resistol in a light tobacco tan, interesting style and looks unworn.
All good stuff... until the seller put the hat in a box and filled the void with crumpled newspaper. No plastic around the hat. I would think someone with 3000 transactions on ebay would know that newsprint ink transfers. Perhaps they've never read the NY Times on an airplane. Nothing that a thorough cleaning won't fix, but I'm glad it wasn't a more expensive vintage purchase.
Last weekend I bid on and won this hat. Arrived today - a newer Resistol in a light tobacco tan, interesting style and looks unworn.
All good stuff... until the seller put the hat in a box and filled the void with crumpled newspaper. No plastic around the hat. I would think someone with 3000 transactions on ebay would know that newsprint ink transfers. Perhaps they've never read the NY Times on an airplane. Nothing that a thorough cleaning won't fix, but I'm glad it wasn't a more expensive vintage purchase.