Talk me out of buying this Buco?

[bigmanbigtruck]

At this point, I think you've been well talked out of it lol

 

[tmitchell59]

This is a jacket worth looking for, they do show up. That sleeve repair will be expensive, with doubtful results. I have a similar jacket in similar condition for display.

I had to take the arms off a Ralphs-Pugh jacket and it makes a great vest.

 

[Jon Crow]

All I can add is an echo chamber. But I would look at it like this: it’s 700 dollars. And other original bucos depending on all the usual factors, age, style, condition, are 500-3-4,000 sometimes more. But let’s say you can find a decent to good one for 1,200 or a repro that’s awesome for 1-2,00. You’re going to spend 700 which seems like savings until you’re another 500-700 in repair costs and that’s if it can be saved. It might be another 500-700 and it isn’t even wearable! So that’s like 1,200-1,400 which is no savings at all. Either hold out until you get lucky and find a low cost listing somewhere, save your money for a few months or a year, when you can afford a really nice one; or save and get a really nice repro. Sometimes savings are no savings at all. Save you up front just find out the true costs down the road.

Danny, that would need that much restoration there wouldn't be much left at the end, so more repro than original, good points though, I've seen good Buco on yahoo Japan, sometimes you have to ask yourself, are they asking this price or getting this price