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

[buler]

Yes, the Disney.

Plus, you have to wait for 4 business days to elapse before you can offer it to the other high bidders.

Again, I don't get what these people (I've had this happen before) get out of doing this. Plus, almost every hat auction I have now gets cancelled bids. They always just put "typed wrong amount" as the reason.

 

[StoryPNW]

I just bid on a hat recently that got run up towards the end, I ended up backing out but it came back up a few hours later. The seller said the buyer was international and they wouldn't ship internationally, so hopefully this time around I'll have a better result.

 

[Louis Mountbatten]

Chalk this one up under gripes. My most recent auction winner has turned out to be a non-payer. Very frustrating. It seems that after being a high bidder, all you have to do is ignore all invoices/requests for payment.

What does eBay do? The give the account a "strike" (whatever that really means).

What, as a seller, can you do? Not much. I did find a setting that you may want to change in your ebay account if you do any selling. It's under My ebay>Selling>Selling preferences>Your Buyers>Blocked buyers list.
Once there, look under the Buyer Requirements section and you can block buyers who have committed 2 (they don't have 1 as a choice) nonpayments in the last 12 months (1 and 6 months are also choices). I'd like 1 nonpayment to be a choice.

At least this should stop habitual nonpayers from bidding and winning your auctions.

I don't really understand why you would bid on something with no intention of paying. Unless you are "drunk bidding" or have some personality disorder.

Hope this helps someone not go thru the stress of this situation.

I have had that happen several times. And, yes, I do go in and block those buyers. But it hasn't happened a lot. I have also had sellers refuse to honor a final bid, too. Happened just last week. I was the final bidder, but the seller emails me and says he wants more or he won't sell it. Naturally, I refused to give more. But it took two weeks to get it all settled before I could leave bad feedback to him.

 

[StoryPNW]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.

 

[Blare]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.
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Nice find!

 

[StoryPNW]

Nice find!

Thank you

 

[deadlyhandsome]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.
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Love the un-lined Playboys. Great find in a large size.

 

[StoryPNW]

Love the un-lined Playboys. Great find in a large size.

No easy task in a 7 1/2, even harder in your size no doubt.

 

[Snowman]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.
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Great find! Congratulations!

 

[BobHufford]

I finally found a Playboy!

Nice! I got lucky on my Playboy as I bought it not knowing it was a Stetson, a Playboy or my size.

This one looks great!

 

[deadlyhandsome]

Found this O’Farrell today…Paul, you don’t want to know what your custom hat was sold to me for.

 

[M Hatman]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.
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VERY NICE!!!!! I am green with envy, but at least you show us they CAN be had in "our size".....

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I can never let these pass, even the size 7 ⅛ hats like this one.

 

[BobHufford]

I didn't know they had such a specific use.

 

[deadlyhandsome]

I didn't know they had such a specific use.

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I was going to buy it, but I’m looking for a Sunday afternoon stroll with the dogs Open Road. Let me know if you see one.

 

[Frunobulax]

I was going to buy it, but I’m looking for a Sunday afternoon stroll with the dogs Open Road. Let me know if you see one.

Open Roads are for moseyin'.

 

[buler]

Didn't get this 1876 Stetson trade card. I've seen one other. It went for $120.

 

[Rmccamey]

Open Roads are for moseyin'.

The Open Dirt Road, perhaps?

 

[Randall Renshaw]

NOS 7XCB today!

Looks to be an early 50s model judging from the onion skin tip.
Paid more for it than the mid fifties 7 3/8 one I got a month ago, but this’n has no moth holes and is completely mint with original box, so maybe I did okay.
I can’t figure out why folks sometimes list the wrong size when it’s fraction size is on the tag.
7 1/4 LO is right enough for my egg head.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/2851285592...can0sdqtpg&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Randall Renshaw]

After looking for what feels like a long time, I finally found a Playboy! I paid a premium for it, but I can't wait for it to be here.
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Really nice, Story!!
Was watching this one just to see how high it might go! Great condition!!!
Well worth the wait!