The official thrift/discount store bragging thread

[ruben]

Since there seems to be a number of experienced ebayers here I thought I might ask a couple questions....

-Is there an easier way to do international shipping? I takes ages. Take off from work, drive to the PO, wait in line, fill out the form (or have the form you print at home stamped) etc etc.

-I noticed someone above mentioning waiting for fall to list some tweeds, do most of you sell items by season? I found a handful of nice Harris Tweeds the other day I was going to put on ebay, but does it make that much more sense to wait?

 

[Regg]

This vintage era giorgio armani any decent or no? Stole the pic from an ebay auction but saw something similar in the wild today. I could have sworn it was wool + something synthetic but maybe I'm remembering something different...

 

[capnwes]

Since there seems to be a number of experienced ebayers here I thought I might ask a couple questions....
-Is there an easier way to do international shipping? I takes ages. Take off from work, drive to the PO, wait in line, fill out the form (or have the form you print at home stamped) etc etc.
-I noticed someone above mentioning waiting for fall to list some tweeds, do most of you sell items by season? I found a handful of nice Harris Tweeds the other day I was going to put on ebay, but does it make that much more sense to wait?

1. Yes, print you labels directly from ebay shipping. Then schedule the mailman to pick up the packages (for free) at your door. All you need is a scale, printer, and a front door.

2. I also have 30-40 harris tweeds waiting til fall. Generally get $50-60 for them in cooler weather. About $30-40 in the warm weather. So thats a potential $800-1200 increase for waiting.

 

[VLSI]

But for international? Pretty sure they still have to stamp it?

 

[capnwes]

But for international? Pretty sure they still have to stamp it?

I do it (international) nearly everyday. It is digitally stamped when you print the label, all you have to do is sign it. Oh yeah, you need to pick up (or have delivered for free) some of the customs paper holding, self-adhesive envelopes.

 

[eazye]

Ok, some stuff I picked up yesterday:
Brioni mini-gingham green and white shirt, size 17.5/44 thick MOP's

Canali off white shirt, 17.5/44 MOP's

Awesome T&A pink, blue and white shirt, size 17/43cm

PRL patch work madras shorts, 18.5 measured laying flat.

And this:


A really cool Pendleton blazer for my wife. I'd wear the **** out of this if were a men's.



And a cool ps with horse detail.


Everything is available except the Pendleton

 

[330CK]

Shout-out to Larson McCord, this beautiful thing showed up today:

330CK - Dude. Where to kop vintage Olympics shirt. NAO.

I bought the shirt I'm wearing at a Nike store during the Beijing Olympics. Now that I'm essentially a celebrity, however, I will autograph it and trade you for something of similar value. Say, a Tom Ford suit?

I do still have a windbreaker from the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, though.

Dude that was 1992 and it's got So Watcha Want and Groove Holmes (they love them some soul jazz organ guys, they cover Jimmy Smith's Root Down on Ill Communication it was?) PRetty good! You're thinking of Ill Communication (1994)
Yo 330CK that Craig Sager not for the faint of heart jacket is what size? Hit me on the PM...

Will do.

Awesome! Measurements? 

Will PM you, too.

That Hudson was pretty nice. My wife and I used to go to Gallery 63 pretty often before they started the TV show. Now it is crowded with people driving the prices up. We furnished a couple rooms that way though. We furnished a couple rooms and picked up some nice art and rugs there though.

I went there a few times before and scored some great deals. But the day they were taping, prices were ridiculous.

 

[darkmatter7]

No means to take pictures again, but here's what I found today:

Cifonelli Tail Tux
D'Avenza Suit
Chester Barrie Suit
BBGF Suit
2 x Zegna blazers (recent made in switzerland)

 

[chiron]

Sat finds...

Robert Graham... just look for the brightest thing in the store.



Camelbak



Tie



Pants



Camelbak and tie available...

 

[barrelntrigger]

Hey guys, I'm buying this BB SC but couldn't figure out what line is this from. Anyone knows?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

All it says is Established in 1818. Could this be a Madison?

 

[VLSI]

Here's the McAllisters I picked up a while ago. Finally got around to taking pictures. They're barely worn!

 

[barrelntrigger]

Hey guys, I'm buying this BB SC but couldn't figure out what line is this from. Anyone knows?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...sspagename=STRK:MEWAX:IT&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

All it says is Established in 1818. Could this be a Madison?

Did some googling around. This might be from their "1818" line and it might be a Southwick. Anyone knows?

 

[VLSI]

Spoo, fake check

 

[SpooPoker]



Since there seems to be a number of experienced ebayers here I thought I might ask a couple questions....
-Is there an easier way to do international shipping? I takes ages. Take off from work, drive to the PO, wait in line, fill out the form (or have the form you print at home stamped) etc etc.
-I noticed someone above mentioning waiting for fall to list some tweeds, do most of you sell items by season? I found a handful of nice Harris Tweeds the other day I was going to put on ebay, but does it make that much more sense to wait?

1. Yes, print you labels directly from ebay shipping. Then schedule the mailman to pick up the packages (for free) at your door. All you need is a scale, printer, and a front door.

2. I also have 30-40 harris tweeds waiting til fall. Generally get $50-60 for them in cooler weather. About $30-40 in the warm weather. So thats a potential $800-1200 increase for waiting. 

I do it (international) nearly everyday. It is digitally stamped when you print the label, all you have to do is sign it. Oh yeah, you need to pick up (or have delivered for free) some of the customs paper holding, self-adhesive envelopes.

Capn is correct. Takes only about 30 second longer than domestic shipping.

Spoo, fake check

Clint Eastwoods daughter. That was real.

 

[madmacs]



Spoo, fake check

General concensus on the interweb purse forums (dont ask...) is that it was a fake , and not a very good one at that... it also wasn't $100k even if it had been real...