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

[Rat Pack]

[RANT] Why don't ALL seller's put the size in the caption of the eBay ad so I don't have to open it? [END RANT] fftopic:

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[DarkAudit]

[RANT] Why don't ALL seller's put the size in the caption of the eBay ad so I don't have to open it? [END RANT] fftopic:

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[Mobile Vulgus]

Even worse is the colors...

Sometimes the sellers assume that the photo is good enough for the color. As I griped about before, almost NEVER have I gotten a hat from an ebay bid where the color on the photo came anywhere near what the hat actually was.

I've taken to writing them: it is blue-gray? Is it brown-gray? Is it a whitish-gray? Or is it dark brown, or lighter? Is it tan, or beige?

It is a total crap shoot.

 

[hatophile]

I got a nice Stetson a few weeks ago listed as gray, but looked dark green in the pics. Silly me, I thought, oh well, pictures are inacurrate, should have asked the seller. Sure enough, it was a dark green when I recieved it. Nice hat nonetheless, posted it in the fly fishing hat thread.

 

[Strolie]

Michael Jackson Original

Rare MJ fedora!!

and here is it's brother

Just in case you guys want to invest hundreds into a 100% wool rare MJ fedora.lol

 

[Mobile Vulgus]

Ebay needs to...

Ebay needs to ban the word "rare" from its site. EVERYONE that claims that word in their auction are usually LIARS!

Even old stuff isn't necessarily "rare." I collect original photos from the 1840s and later, for instance. I saw a guy selling a photo of President Andrew Johnson and he called it a "rare" original photo. All you have to do is type a search for Johnson photos and you can usually find no less than 10 of them up on ebay at ANY given time. Rare my ass. Johnson photos, even ones from 1865, are a dime a dozen.

 

[Lefty]

Stetson Special derby, 7 1/4

Barclay Sterling Beaver, 7, that I believe to be made by MacLachlan, for under $15 shipped

 

[fluteplayer07]

Lefty, would the felt quality on that Barclay have been the same as MacLachlan's regular hats? Or was it more for an economy market/contracting?

 

[Mario]

6 7/8 Stetson Playboy went for peanuts (yet not to me).

 

[CRH]

Rare MJ fedora!!

and here is it's brother

Just in case you guys want to invest hundreds into a 100% wool rare MJ fedora.lol

That Cracker has been around before. He's (She's?) sold similar hats to suckers for thousands of dollars.

 

[Neophyte]

lol!

I almost feel bad for the sucker who falls for this deal lol.

 

[Salty O'Rourke]

[RANT] Why don't ALL seller's put the size in the caption of the eBay ad so I don't have to open it? [END RANT] fftopic:

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Be careful what you ask for - I've had more than one seller figure the size is "7 1/4" because that's the lengthwise measurement inside the crown.

 

[Michaelshane]

Sometimes the sellers assume that the photo is good enough for the color. As I griped about before, almost NEVER have I gotten a hat from an ebay bid where the color on the photo came anywhere near what the hat actually was.

I've taken to writing them: it is blue-gray? Is it brown-gray? Is it a whitish-gray? Or is it dark brown, or lighter? Is it tan, or beige?

It is a total crap shoot.

I won a C&K that was described as gray.It was until I brushed off the dust.It was blue....Boy was I happy.

 

[Lefty]

Lefty, would the felt quality on that Barclay have been the same as MacLachlan's regular hats? Or was it more for an economy market/contracting?

Sorry, but I don't know. I've handled only one Barclay. It seemed nice, but not exceptional.

 

[Aureliano]

6 7/8 Stetson Playboy went for peanuts (yet not to me).

Mario, it's on its way home. Stretcher waiting.

 

[Lefty]

nice Sovereign, mode edge, 7 5/8

 

[Phineas Lamour]

My birthday is next week. I am looking on ebay for a hat to buy with some birthday money. All you other size 7s take the week off please.

 

[RobFedoraField]

hopin' that way...

I won a C&K that was described as gray.It was until I brushed off the dust.It was blue....Boy was I happy.

I have a "Empire state hat" that was advertised as grey, it looks kinda grey, but it's filthy. I'm picking up some naptha on my way home tomorrow, after a good soak, i think it might have a blue hue, there are two spots on it where the felt was "roughed up" by the previous owner and it looks like it might be blue under there...

 

[Cane Rod Maker]

Soon....

Tonight was a great night for me on e-bay.....pics will be posted soon.

 

[Lefty]

really nice, old cap, 7 1/4

Stetson CORK bowler, 7 1/4

Stetson Select Quality bowler, size 7