How many new jackets do you have coming (and how many potential ones)?

[jacketjunkie]

While waiting for my Bootlegger (shipped and probably arriving tomorrow), I'm hitting new levels of insanity. I just bought a jacket that I know won't fit me merely because it looks nice and I thought I may be able to gift it someone, hah!

 

[lucky23]

Im curious when the "Mandarin" collar became fashionable on moto jackets? 60s Im assuming...

 

[Monitor]

While waiting for my Bootlegger (shipped and probably arriving tomorrow), I'm hitting new levels of insanity. I just bought a jacket that I know won't fit me merely because it looks nice and I thought I may be able to gift it someone, hah!

Which one????

 

[Monitor]

Incoming Lee Trevor trucker, unworn/New Old Stock. A Lee 101 type.

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Congrats on this! I've been looking at that one for a while, too but how did you manage to get him the lower the price? It was something insane, wasn't it? Like $1K or so.

 

[jacketjunkie]

Which one????

Custom Coat Company, you see deadstock deerskin jackets made from them on eBay or also in the Classifieds every now and then. I went for this suede bomber jacket. Suede looks substantial, not too much wear on it, but it's like 3 sizes too small for me. Will probably have it dry-cleaned and then gift it to my brothers girlfriend.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-Men...kin-Brown-Zip-Up-Jacket-BOMBER-/143126496653?

 

[SimonR]

Custom Coat Company, you see deadstock deerskin jackets made from them on eBay or also in the Classifieds every now and then. I went for this suede bomber jacket. Suede looks substantial, not too much wear on it, but it's like 3 sizes too small for me. Will probably have it dry-cleaned and then gift it to my brothers girlfriend.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/Vintage-Men...kin-Brown-Zip-Up-Jacket-BOMBER-/143126496653?

That looks a bargain !! Very nice

 

[Guppy]

Congrats on this! I've been looking at that one for a while, too but how did you manage to get him the lower the price? It was something insane, wasn't it? Like $1K or so.

He wanted something like $1250 AUD for it. I think he originally had it listed at $800 AUD (correction, actually it was $1062.50 AUD), and I wrote to him and told him I thought it was worth more like $350 USD, or $500 AUD. He didn't agree, but was friendly about it, and we messaged back and forth. Said it originally retailed in the 1980s and 90s for 500 GBP. Then he raised the price up to where he had it, $1250 AUD, and it went unsold for I don't know how many months. I've probably been watching it about 3 months or so. (update: I actually first messaged him in late November, and had been watching it a while prior to that.) Then few weeks ago I tried putting in an offer for it for $500 AUD, which he didn't accept, but it let him know that I was still interested. I didn't make a follow-up offer, but eventually he wrote me and offered to come down to something like $750 AUD, which I thought was still too much. He eventually came down to $675 AUD, and I went up to $600 AUD, but I passed on his offer.

Then last week he switched from Buy It Now to Auction format, and opened the price at $650. I was planning on sniping it if no one else bid on it, which would have happened to morrow, but then today ebay threw one of those "15% off anything today only if you buy it through the mobile app" coupons my way, and so I wrote to the seller again and explained the situation with the coupon, and that if he'd be willing to end the listing early and sell it to me today, I'd use the coupon, it wouldn't cost him anything because eBay covers the difference, and I'd give him the $675 he asked for instead of the $650 he might get if I was the only bidder. 15% off $675 is close to $575, so we both came out of it ahead of where we would have been without the coupon.

Converting it to USD, I paid about $480, including shipping, which was about $62 USD. So, not a great price for an old Lee Trevor, but like I said close to reasonable, and still pretty good considering it's essentially new and unworn, I think, and I don't think there's another one out there in as good condition, so arguably worth about what I paid.

Heck of a nice guy, and one of the more pleasant I've had the pleasure to deal with on eBay.

Same seller has another NOS Lee Trevor, a different model, still listed, also at $650: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-le...538948?hash=item3d853f8a44:g:oB0AAOSw7Vpa5~kC

And I think that coupon is still good until 7pm Pacific time today: PSAVETODAY -- good if you buy anything using the mobile app today.

Buy one of MY jackets with it!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/cmsk1234/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

 

[lucky23]

He wanted something like $1250 AUD for it. I think he originally had it listed at $800 AUD, and I wrote to him and told him I thought it was worth more like $350 USD, or $500 AUD. He didn't agree, but was friendly about it, and we messaged back and forth. Then he raised the price up to where he had it, and it went unsold for I don't know how many months. I've probably been watching it about 3 months or so. Then few weeks ago I tried putting in an offer for it for $500 AUD, which he didn't accept, but it let him know that I was still interested. Eventually he wrote me and offered to come down to something like $750 AUD, which I thought was still too much. He eventually came down to $675 AUD, and I went up to $600 AUD, but I passed on his offer.

Then last week he switched from Buy It Now to Auction format, and opened the price at $650. I was planning on sniping it if no one else bid on it, which would have happened to morrow, but then today ebay threw one of those "15% off anything today only if you buy it through the mobile app" coupons my way, and so I wrote to the seller again and explained the situation with the coupon, and that if he'd be willing to end the listing early and sell it to me today, I'd use the coupon, it wouldn't cost him anything because eBay covers the difference, and I'd give him the $675 he asked for instead of the $650 he might only get if I was the only bidder. 15% off $675 is close to $575, so we both came out of it ahead of where we would have been without the coupon.

Converting it to USD, I paid about $480, including shipping, which was about $62 USD. So, not a great price for an old Lee Trevor, but like I said close to reasonable, and still pretty good considering it's essentially new and unworn, I think, and I don't think there's another one out there in as good condition, so arguably worth about what I paid.

Heck of a nice guy, and one of the more pleasant I've had the pleasure to deal with on eBay.

Same seller has another NOS Lee Trevor, a different model, still listed, also at $650: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-le...538948?hash=item3d853f8a44:g:oB0AAOSw7Vpa5~kC

And I think that coupon is still good until 7pm Pacific time today: PSAVETODAY -- good if you buy anything using the mobile app today.

Buy one of MY jackets with it!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/cmsk1234/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Your Eastman jacket had me drooling

 

[jacketjunkie]

He wanted something like $1250 AUD for it. I think he originally had it listed at $800 AUD, and I wrote to him and told him I thought it was worth more like $350 USD, or $500 AUD. He didn't agree, but was friendly about it, and we messaged back and forth. Then he raised the price up to where he had it, and it went unsold for I don't know how many months. I've probably been watching it about 3 months or so. Then few weeks ago I tried putting in an offer for it for $500 AUD, which he didn't accept, but it let him know that I was still interested. Eventually he wrote me and offered to come down to something like $750 AUD, which I thought was still too much. He eventually came down to $675 AUD, and I went up to $600 AUD, but I passed on his offer.

Then last week he switched from Buy It Now to Auction format, and opened the price at $650. I was planning on sniping it if no one else bid on it, which would have happened to morrow, but then today ebay threw one of those "15% off anything today only if you buy it through the mobile app" coupons my way, and so I wrote to the seller again and explained the situation with the coupon, and that if he'd be willing to end the listing early and sell it to me today, I'd use the coupon, it wouldn't cost him anything because eBay covers the difference, and I'd give him the $675 he asked for instead of the $650 he might only get if I was the only bidder. 15% off $675 is close to $575, so we both came out of it ahead of where we would have been without the coupon.

Converting it to USD, I paid about $480, including shipping, which was about $62 USD. So, not a great price for an old Lee Trevor, but like I said close to reasonable, and still pretty good considering it's essentially new and unworn, I think, and I don't think there's another one out there in as good condition, so arguably worth about what I paid.

Heck of a nice guy, and one of the more pleasant I've had the pleasure to deal with on eBay.

Same seller has another NOS Lee Trevor, a different model, still listed, also at $650: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-le...538948?hash=item3d853f8a44:g:oB0AAOSw7Vpa5~kC

And I think that coupon is still good until 7pm Pacific time today: PSAVETODAY -- good if you buy anything using the mobile app today.

Buy one of MY jackets with it!

https://www.ebay.com/sch/cmsk1234/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_ipg=&_from=

Ebay bugs out on me saying you don't have any items for sale.

 

[Guppy]

Ebay bugs out on me saying you don't have any items for sale.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-60s-Lesco-black-leather-motorcycle-biker-jacket-42/302371639955

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-50s-Sears-leather-jacket-Beautiful-42/302568561727

https://www.ebay.com/itm/C-O-Ericso...-suede-mens-jacket-36-38-regular/302689088279

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Schott-Perfecto-115-Brown-leather-motorcycle-jacket-42/302368627358

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-French-military-1950s-brown-leather-jacket-M-L/302404928762

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Dark-brown-heavy-leather-German-trench-coat-mens-large/301784548494

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Joseph-Bue...her-cafe-racer-motorcycle-jacket/301792348613

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Eastman-Leather-ELMC-Windward-jacket-American-Walnut-brown-46/302743041943

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Frye-Freemont-mens-black-boots-9D-NIB-368/301967980417

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AWESOME-Fi...eather-Motorcycle-Jacket-Mens-42/302689084543

 

[Guppy]

Your Eastman jacket had me drooling

You can get $100 off with that 15% coupon! Message me and I might be able to do better off-bay.

 

[So33]

I have a Cal-Leathers jacket from Lucky23 incoming.
So I want to sell a couple to make room.
Went to bottom of pile and pulled out a Enfield and Columbia in goat to sell. Measured, took pictures, tried them on.
I can't do it. I'm wearing one to go bowling now.

 

[lucky23]

I have a Cal-Leathers jacket from Lucky23 incoming.
So I want to sell a couple to make room.
Went to bottom of pile and pulled out a Enfield and Columbia in goat to sell. Measured, took pictures, tried them on.
I can't do it. I'm wearing one to go bowling now.

Haha! I fully understand. I just put my 1980s padded Columbia up on eBay and now Im seriously struggling with it.

 

[ton312]

Iron Heart 21oz riffmaster general Lee 101j. 3 and counting. Just one more to go.

-not213

 

[Guppy]

Iron Heart 21oz riffmaster general Lee 101j. 3 and counting. Just one more to go.
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-not213

Cool, when are you selling it? ;-)

 

[ton312]

Cool, when are you selling it? ;-)

I won’t. It’s not like it’s made of leather.

 

[Colin G]

 

[Colin G]

I need to go buy a lottery ticket. Something actually fit right out of the box for once.

 

[Gamma68]

I need to go buy a lottery ticket. Something actually fit right out of the box for once.

That’s one hell of a jacket. Congrats

 

[ton312]

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Hide looks particularly impressive! What is it?