Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions

[chpartisan]

Thanks, everyone. I thought that Samuelsohn, Jack Victor, and S Cohen were the only Canadian makers, but I think this is made by Coppley. Learn something new every day.

Yes, Coppley is based in Ontario and make RTW and MTM clothing. The other companies you mentioned are based in Montreal.

 

[dwlbu]

Is this any particular type of Oxford? Pinpoint? Looking for a descriptor if there is one.
Shirt is a recent Brioni.

 

[CWOyaji]

View attachment 821796 Is this any particular type of Oxford? Pinpoint? Looking for a descriptor if there is one.
Shirt is a recent Brioni.

Birdseye?

 

[tgaith77]

Royal oxford

 

[bert9000]

Every day Grailed has to remind me that there's no worse marketplace

 

[ace13x]

Would do better.

 

[kbadgley84]

Every day Grailed has to remind me that there's no worse marketplace

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Have you ever been to Poshmark? Fakers paradise man

 

[drlivingston]

Have you ever been to Poshmark? Fakers paradise man

I still don't see how this one stays up on eBay month after month (143 sold?!?!?!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Loro-Pi...hash=item4d1ae1edaa:m:m2QLwSmw3WFEKmMRUfkkC4w

 

[Spruce Moose]

I think Arnold Brant also makes their own stuff and are Canadian

I still don't see how this one stays up on eBay month after month (143 sold?!?!?!)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Loro-Pi...hash=item4d1ae1edaa:m:m2QLwSmw3WFEKmMRUfkkC4w

Linda has one up for sale

 

[chpartisan]

I think Arnold Brant was sold off and is no longer Canadian. If I'm not mistaken the remaining manufacturers in Canada are Coppley, Jack Victor, Peerless (largest I think, department store brands) and Samuelsohn.

 

[drlivingston]

Linda has one up for sale

Apparently, the trick is to simply keep the word "Velcro" out of your listing.

 

[Coldsnap]

Best way to say a suit jacket needs cleaning on your ebay auction? Realized this J Crew Ludlow is a bit dirtier now that I got it home and in good lighting. Back sweat stains on the inside polyester and a mark on the sleeve, looks like it just hasn't been properly laundered.

 

[noob in 89]

You think that stuff (on grailed) is intentional? I've seen a few fakes, but get the feeling the sellers just came across one and didn't know. I've seen a few listings corrected in the comments section, lol.

 

[Sartoriamo]

Best way to say a suit jacket needs cleaning on your ebay auction? Realized this J Crew Ludlow is a bit dirtier now that I got it home and in good lighting. Back sweat stains on the inside polyester and a mark on the sleeve, looks like it just hasn't been properly laundered.

That would be a warning sign for me: "if in doubt, I send it out" (to the dry cleaner).

Two things: first of all, I'm always cagey about selling something that may have been previously laundered, but whose stains didn't come out. This is usually because of a failure to pre-spot/treat, general incompetence (endemic amongst dry cleaners), or use of the wrong solvents for the type of stain. The risk is always that the stains have now been "baked in", and will not respond to further treatment. So I always make it my responsibility to ensure that wherever possible, overt stains have been removed. In my case, that means diligent pretreatment, then a trip to the dry cleaner. Just the cost of doing business.

Of course, you have to find a good dry cleaner. In many towns, stores with dry-cleaner signs are simply aggregation points for a big industrial dry cleaner somewhere in a distant industrial area. These places universally suck, as they're just trying to bang everything through as fast as they can. Best to find a dry cleaner where everything is done on site, and where you can spend a little time with the owner or employee who is actually going to address your particular garment. Much better results that way.

Second, I don't worry too much about stains that aren't visible when worn, and simply disclaim them in the listing. "There is some slight staining on the inner lining, not visible when worn". But with outer stains, I can't tolerate any, as it's just asking for trouble, and return requests, whether or not you accept them.

Bottom line: if it's grubby, I ALWAYS get it freshened up before sale, and I make that part of my kop/don't kop evaluation process.

EDIT: oh, and one more thing. you will be able to get out 90% of stains at home, many just with a combination of a fingernail scrape and lint roller; some with plain water; others with a Tide or Oxyclean stick; still others with an array of arcane and often risky solvents (Lestoil, for example, which is the bomb for neck sweat on shirt-collar edges). YMMV.

 

[Fueco]

Apparently, the trick is to simply keep the word "Velcro" out of your listing.