Hi guys,
My name is Matt and I am a 22 year old who has just graduated from college. I am just beginning to gain knowledge about good dressing habits. I have been reading this forum for the past few weeks and am really starting to gain some great insights from it.
It has especially improved my thrift-shopping skills and now I am looking to subsidize the growth of my (largely second-hand) new wardrobe by selling some items online that I have found locally (great thrift shops here!) but which are not in my size. I was planning on selling on ebay but after reading some of the horror stories about that site and paypal from people here, I have decided to post items on this forum first. Before I make my first clothing post, I have a couple of questions:
1. What is an intelligent way to price clothing here? I hope to be selling only items in excellent condition from upper-middle range labels (e.g. Zegna, Kilgour, Brooks, Paul Stuart, etc). If the clothing is in great shape, does it work to take an approximate percentage (say 30% for example) of the general retail value of a similar item?
2. How do you on this forum generally exchange payment? (iow - Is taking a personal check or money order the easiest/smartest way?, Is it worth signing up for paypal?)
3. How do you measure the following parts on clothes: pants: waist and inseam; pants and suits: amount of material available to be let out/taken in
Sorry if these are overly common questions but I wanted to make sure that I didn't make a faux pas in my first for sale post and I didn't see this issues addressed in the stickies at the top of the page.
I hope to make my first post of items for sale tomorrow (incl. T. Pink, dunhill, p. stuart, brooks) and to making contributions to the general board as my sartorial knowledge continues to grow in the coming months.
Matt
My name is Matt and I am a 22 year old who has just graduated from college. I am just beginning to gain knowledge about good dressing habits. I have been reading this forum for the past few weeks and am really starting to gain some great insights from it.
It has especially improved my thrift-shopping skills and now I am looking to subsidize the growth of my (largely second-hand) new wardrobe by selling some items online that I have found locally (great thrift shops here!) but which are not in my size. I was planning on selling on ebay but after reading some of the horror stories about that site and paypal from people here, I have decided to post items on this forum first. Before I make my first clothing post, I have a couple of questions:
1. What is an intelligent way to price clothing here? I hope to be selling only items in excellent condition from upper-middle range labels (e.g. Zegna, Kilgour, Brooks, Paul Stuart, etc). If the clothing is in great shape, does it work to take an approximate percentage (say 30% for example) of the general retail value of a similar item?
2. How do you on this forum generally exchange payment? (iow - Is taking a personal check or money order the easiest/smartest way?, Is it worth signing up for paypal?)
3. How do you measure the following parts on clothes: pants: waist and inseam; pants and suits: amount of material available to be let out/taken in
Sorry if these are overly common questions but I wanted to make sure that I didn't make a faux pas in my first for sale post and I didn't see this issues addressed in the stickies at the top of the page.
I hope to make my first post of items for sale tomorrow (incl. T. Pink, dunhill, p. stuart, brooks) and to making contributions to the general board as my sartorial knowledge continues to grow in the coming months.
Matt
