58panheadfan
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A recent reply to a post in another thread gave me the idea to open a new thread. I would like to hear your experience you made or noticed with the sale of quality items of clothing offered as "new" or "tried on only" or "worn once" on any platform.
To begin with: In the last few years I have sold a lot of garments as described above, e.g. leather jackets, jeans, shirts and more. On average, sale price fetched between 40-60% of the RRP, sometimes less but very rarely more.
I also notice ebay is dead! I recently sold some items there and some of them had +1000 visitors and >50 watchers. In the end, maybe two buyers bid on it even though I had set the starting price at 20-30% of the RRP. It seems that a lot of people just watch but don't buy anything If I offer my clothes for sale locally in a shop, 50% of the sales price is charged as a commission, which is not a big deal too.
I'm only talking about high end reproductions from well known manufactures (for Jackets e.g. Aero, Eastman, FL, FW & more Japanese, Himel etc.).
With originals, fashion labels or cheap items it's a different story... no need to discusses here.
I am looking forward to hear your own experience...
Edit: As always and easy to read, english isn't my first language but I hope to come over.
To begin with: In the last few years I have sold a lot of garments as described above, e.g. leather jackets, jeans, shirts and more. On average, sale price fetched between 40-60% of the RRP, sometimes less but very rarely more.
I also notice ebay is dead! I recently sold some items there and some of them had +1000 visitors and >50 watchers. In the end, maybe two buyers bid on it even though I had set the starting price at 20-30% of the RRP. It seems that a lot of people just watch but don't buy anything If I offer my clothes for sale locally in a shop, 50% of the sales price is charged as a commission, which is not a big deal too.
I'm only talking about high end reproductions from well known manufactures (for Jackets e.g. Aero, Eastman, FL, FW & more Japanese, Himel etc.).
With originals, fashion labels or cheap items it's a different story... no need to discusses here.
I am looking forward to hear your own experience...
Edit: As always and easy to read, english isn't my first language but I hope to come over.