Stupid Question: selling hats

[Altiori]

Greetings to all.

I'm more than unsure about how best to proceed and welcome your advice. I've searched through the lounge and have seen numerous hat sales and purchases.

I'm at a loss on how to do it myself.

I have about 4-5 high quality felts, some Stetsons, some Borsalino ranging in age from 30 years to 5 years. Not vintage necessarily but each fedora of excellent modern quality. All are size 60
(7 1/2) and in excellent condition.

I'm selling them simply because I have no more room. My wife is a very good woman. And she understands my obsession with hats. But we shall not be building an annex.

I see many hats on eBay. But as I have been a member of the FL for many years, I'd prefer to sell first to folks who appreciate a fine hat. Not only to those who own more than a few, but perhaps to some of our younger members (I'm 65) who might want to purchase a good hat without breaking the bank and to be encouraged in our shared passion.

I'm happy to do EBay. But is there recommended method to sell on the Lounge? And if there are earlier yet still current links to the process I'd be happy to check them out.

Welcome your recommendations.

Than you all and peace and blessings of Christmas and of the season.

 

[belfastboy]

Thank you for thinking of the Lounge members. Use the Classified section to sell items. post lots of good quality pictures, be generous with the details of the hat.....crown height, brim width, etc... ....list any imperfections, odours, moth nibbles etc......full disclosure. Use a respected service such as PayPal that gives buyer protection against scammers. The internet is a cesspool of fake sellers these days. Last thing, you must list a price for the hat. It helps to include the cost of mailing so the price listed is the final price.

 

[Trouser Bark]

I agree w/ Belfast's comments and would add one aspect that may merit consideration. It is that you're listing it here first as a professional courtesy to other like minded folks w/ a known appreciation for the same thing you like. That carries with it a connotation and it is that this group is small with maybe 500 unique members logging in over the course of a day. A lot of those aren't here to view hats and may instead be reading women's stuff or leather jacket info, etc.

On the flip side FleaBay may have over a million unique logons every day and the size of the audience is key to moving your hats. If you aren't in a rush it might be that you could list them here for a couple weeks and then consider a broader audience.

 

[belfastboy]

I agree w/ Belfast's comments and would add one aspect that may merit consideration. It is that you're listing it here first as a professional courtesy to other like minded folks w/ a known appreciation for the same thing you like. That carries with it a connotation and it is that this group is small with maybe 500 unique members logging in over the course of a day. A lot of those aren't here to view hats and may instead be reading women's stuff or leather jacket info, etc.

On the flip side FleaBay may have over a million unique logons every day and the size of the audience is key to moving your hats. If you aren't in a rush it might be that you could list them here for a couple weeks and then consider a broader audience.

I am not in the game of searching out hat bargains and reselling. But I know a few guys that are.. They all say that Ebay is a pain in the ass......but it is still the best, most effective, receives the highest prices, of any venue for the selling of hats. I trust their perspective as they sell many hundreds of hats in the course of a year.