Pants that can't be altered-Help !!

[brmoore]

I found an Ebay store called "Beverly Hills Bazaar" who has offerings
of Etro, Cucinelli, etc Pants that are represented as Brand New with
Tags. In the description it says there is no material (0 inches) to alter
size in case they are a little small. Is this possible ? I have never
encountered expensive slacks with no extra material.
Has anyone any experience with this Ebay seller.
Bruce

 

[DocHolliday]

Perhaps there's a hole or flaw in the extra cloth? I picked up a pair of seconds that had this problem. They're perfectly fine as long as I don't gain weight.

 

[bengal-stripe]

If they are casual trousers, they might be constructed with 'flat felled' seams. Think of the seams in jeans, the fabric gets wrapped "˜round each other, then stitched through all the layers. There won't be any inlay on the inside, that could be let out.

Also cotton or corduroy trousers cannot be let out, even if constructed conventionally. The previous stitches will have left a mark which will never go away.

 

[alliswell]

Try searching the Ebay thread in Buying and Selling for opinions on this seller before you buy. Also post the Ebay link so we can read the description ourselves.

 

[brmoore]

I did run a search but got no results. This is the link to Ebay Store.
http://stores.ebay.com/beverlyhillsbazaar
There were pants listed from Etro, Vestimenta, Cucinelli as well as others
that were described as having no material to let out waist. Some Cords,
some Cotton, some Wool. All described as being new with tags. I find it
astonishing to think a company such as Etro would produce a pair of $400
pants that could not be adjusted.
I emailed seller again, but did not get a reply. Seller had a very good
feedback score but there were a few negative ones that raised a red flag.
One comment was Scam,Scam,Scam.
Bruce

 

[Gus]

I have purchased several expensive things from them. Their items have very little in the way of descriptions but I felt I was a knowledgeable buyer each time. They have almost no communications and rarely answer questions. One item I purchased was a Bergdorf cashmere hat by Cucinelli. It turned out to be sized for a child and was way too small. They refunded my money without any issue, but it was ridiculous that I had to go through the whole routine of bidding, buying then returning when all they had to do was fully and accurately describe the item for sale in the first place. That really pissed me off.

 

[alliswell]

OP-

In at least this case, I think that their standard page is misleading you.

These pants:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Etro-Italy-Cordu...QQcmdZViewItem

are unhemmed. The length listed in the title is the unhemmed length. There is no room to let them out as a result. As for the waist, my guess is that some underpaid staffer is responsible for filling out their page and doesn't know that you can measure the excess material at the waist, so they leave that at 0 also.

I'd still be wary about them. This post is one of many (seriously, use the Google search)

Originally Posted by A Harris

Never heard of Oxxford Couture either. I'm guessing it's just another collection with a fancy name though.

They could call the book 'How to get top dollar on ebay with crappy descriptions and minimal pics, while screwing over one in four customers'. Of course it would only have two chapters - 'volume' and '99 cent auctions'.