Ebay Hats: Victories, Defeats, Gripes & Items of Interest

alanfgag · Feb 13, 2011

buler said:
Nice snag Alan!

B

Thank you my friend... hope it's a good fit. Pictures to follow next week.

DJH · Feb 13, 2011

fmw said:
What is Vita Felt?

I wondered this as well - found a thread on it here on the forum Via Google of course, the vBulletin search isn't very good.

Seems Vita Felt was a marketing thing mainly.

Jedwbpm · Feb 13, 2011

Auctions like this one drive me crazy. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=260734230097&si=nAa2V8ZHPaKwMyZtGyvPdzVt8II%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT
The seller has no idea what size the hat is. He marks it as 7 5/8 and then say he doesn't no nothin bout no sizen Miss. Scarlet. He gives measurements in 1/3 of an inch. Who the *^*^*%(* has a tape that measures in 1/3 of an inch? then he say it has a 22 inch cir. when asked a question that says it should be at least 22 inches. In the listing of 7 5/8 it should be at least 23 inches (to allow for bad measuring. I am glad he only got $78.00 for a 7X clear beaver. Dumb A@$#$ as Red Foreman would say. Why can't sellers figure out hat size is the most important part of a hat listing? I hope someone here got a great hat cheap.

Jeff

Rick Blaine · Feb 13, 2011

fmw said:
What is Vita Felt?

I was led to believe it was an experiment in a more sustainable (for lack of a better word) method of fur production, wherein the Wabbits were fed diets & vitamins (vita-felt) to optimize desirable fur qualities & shaved rather than slaughtered to harvest the fur. A noble experiment that didn't seem to pan out. I have always wanted a vita-felt. I wish that dope would've let the auction run, dagnabit. I am sure someone here will chime in w/ more solid info if I am mistaken.

Lefty · Feb 13, 2011

DJH said:
I wondered this as well - found a thread on it here on the forum Via Google of course, the vBulletin search isn't very good.

Seems Vita Felt was a marketing thing mainly.

the more complete thread

Lefty · Feb 13, 2011

Jedwbpm said:
Auctions like this one drive me crazy. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rt=nc&nma=true&item=260734230097&si=nAa2V8ZHPaKwMyZtGyvPdzVt8II%253D&viewitem=&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT
The seller has no idea what size the hat is. He marks it as 7 5/8 and then say he doesn't no nothin bout no sizen Miss. Scarlet. He gives measurements in 1/3 of an inch. Who the *^*^*%(* has a tape that measures in 1/3 of an inch? then he say it has a 22 inch cir. when asked a question that says it should be at least 22 inches. In the listing of 7 5/8 it should be at least 23 inches (to allow for bad measuring. I am glad he only got $78.00 for a 7X clear beaver. Dumb A@$#$ as Red Foreman would say. Why can't sellers figure out hat size is the most important part of a hat listing? I hope someone here got a great hat cheap.

Jeff

Hat and winner are already posted.
Google will convert any standard measurement for you. Of course, it's pretty easy to convert 6 1/3 to 6.33 and 7 3/4 to 7.75 and put those figures into an ellipse circumference calculator. 22.23, or just about 22 1/4 into my first google result for "hat size chart" (Miller Hats) shows me that that hat is a 7 to 7 1/8.

DJH · Feb 13, 2011

Lefty said:
the more complete thread

That's really interesting - thanks!
So much history in the hat business.

Jedwbpm · Feb 13, 2011

Lefty did you win the hat? What I want to know is where did the 7 5/8 in the size section come from? If the Hat was 7 5/8 I was willing to go much higher then the selling price. It was poorly listed and then the size was ambiguous. I am glad you got it Lefty.

Jeff

Lefty · Feb 13, 2011

I wish I had such a tiny head. No, Alan won it - go back one page, toward the bottom (post 13597), and continuing to the top of this page (sorry lurkers, the pages are different when you're signed in). I don't see the 7 5/8 designation. Am I missing it, or was the title/description edited before any bids were placed?

edit: OK, I see that you're looking in that description box. I don't know where that number comes from. If there's no size tag, trust the measurements over the estimate, though I'm yet to buy anything without a size tag.

Jedwbpm · Feb 13, 2011

A lot of hats have the size under the hat band too. I am glad Alan got it. I would have been a lot happier if I was 7 /8 and I had won it. Like I said clueless sellers drive me crazy. I did not trust is measurements since no one has a tape the measures 1/3 of an inch so he was only guessing as it was.

Jeff

alanfgag · Feb 13, 2011

Hi Jeff,

We have to appreciate the less knowledgable hat sellers on ebay and the bargains we enjoy because of their limited knowledge. Perhaps the 7 5/8 came from his measurement across the length of the head opening?... or just a wild guess? Clearly the size tag is gone and the seller didn't hunt under the sweat for more info. I prefer the measurements across the opening - easy to do... and I generally get a good fit with the numbers posted. Circumference on ebay is a lot harder to trust. The seller clearly had a lot of requests for buy it now consideration.

If it turns out to be a 7 5/8, you'll have another shot at it!

Jedwbpm · Feb 13, 2011

Thank you for the notes Allen. I am just down on sellers. I just got a judgment today on a seller that stiffed me. This one was just clueless. I really want to know where he got the 7 5/8 number from so I can smack him across the head. I am truly glad that you have the hat though. Some day my price will come. LOL
Jeff

The Wiser Hatter · Feb 13, 2011

Lefty said:
I wish I had such a tiny head. .

I do wish that too. But I would be much poorer.

Just picked up at Open Road Friday for .99 cents due to mismarking and Descriptions so it's all relative.

Lefty · Feb 13, 2011

beautiful 3x Fifteen with Mode Edge, 7 1/4

rlk · Feb 13, 2011

Lefty said:
beautiful 3x Fifteen with Mode Edge, 7 1/4

Except for all the moth damage.

Lefty · Feb 13, 2011

ack. I hadn't bothered with the "view larger", as it's not my size.

the Stetson Viscount doesn't show up often, 7 1/2

Mobile Vulgus · Feb 13, 2011

Well, I have to destroy something right now!!! I am so peeved at Ebay...

I was about to bid on that gray whippet that ONLY sold for $150 bucks just now. I hit the bid button in the waning seconds of the auction and instead of taking my bid it sent me to the godsdammned login screen!!!

Bastages.

I was ready to spit nails.

alanfgag · Feb 13, 2011

I hope someone scooped up this elegant Borso Homburg. I meant to bid, but got distracted and missed it.

jimmy the lid · Feb 13, 2011

Mobile Vulgus said:
Well, I have to destroy something right now!!! I am so peeved at Ebay...

I was about to bid on that gray whippet that ONLY sold for $150 bucks just now. I hit the bid button in the waning seconds of the auction and instead of taking my bid it sent me to the godsdammned login screen!!!

Bastages.

I was ready to spit nails.

Don't know if this applies to your situation -- but, when there's an important auction I'm interested in, I always log out of eBay and then log back on before bidding -- just to decrease the odds of something like this happening. Sorry to hear that.

Mobile Vulgus · Feb 13, 2011

jimmy the lid said:
Don't know if this applies to your situation -- but, when there's an important auction I'm interested in, I always log out of eBay and then log back on before bidding -- just to decrease the odds of something like this happening. Sorry to hear that.

I guess I better do that from now on, but after over 10 years of ebaying I've never, ever had this happen to me before.

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