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Optimo south side mobsters
As stated in another thread, I sold all my Optimos this year. Amazing how they hold their value. I made a fair amount of money on the sales. I now have two borsos, a grey and a blue, and a few thousand dollars in my pocket. Thing is, like most people, I spend most of my working day indoors. And... -
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What did YOU get for Christmas?
Nothing for my head. Thing is, I looked at my hat collection this past year, said to hell with it, and sold 14 out of sixteen of them, some for massive profits. (Optimos I bought at $150 selling for $400). Fact is, I realized I was wearing my hat out to my car, taking it off, driving to work... -
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Optimo teardtop fedora, 7 5/8
For sale on the bay now. . . http://cgi.ebay.com/Optimo-fedora-7-5-8-/250795882536?pt=US_Hats&hash=item3a64997828#ht_500wt_951- Neil
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Buying first Panama
I have done a straight comparison between a $650 PB hat and a $650 from Optimo in Chicago. The Optimo is a beautifully even, nicely blocked hat. Compared to the PB "Alafino," though, it is almost coarse. The PB was tight, event, lightweight and very fine. My guess is Optimo would have charged... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
DRB: You like the Gary White hat better than that Optimo 1000 you bought? Yowsers. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Barney's Yep. Barney's also sells calfskin Alden longwing bluchers for about $150 more than J. Crew or any of the other Alden retailers. The typical Barney's customer, I guess, is an idiot in a cheap hat and nice shoes he collectively paid seven or eight hundred bucks too much for. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Thanks for this link. It looks interesting. I think we have had a good airing of the price issue. Most points well taken. I don't want to look like I'm beating on Graham. The guy makes a good hat, and is a fine salesman, and in the end, it's all a matter of personal taste and limits. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
I am always delighted to see a small businessman carve himself a niche and flourish in an era of cookie-cutter, big-box retailing. Graham has all my admiration for what he has built. I, too, hope Optimo remains and prospers. I really do. I've been to his store three times and the service, and... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Yep I'd have to agree with that. My point, though, stands: At the end of the day, it's just a processed piece of felt with a few things sewn in. I think there is simply a limit to how good a felt hat can get. It's not a suit. Optimo probably cannot get any better. I think more or less the... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
So, then, $660, tax included? Buddy Guy might not blink at that, but, um, I want to stay married. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
For the sake of comparison, and I know it is apples and oranges, but still, I think, valid: Alden of New England produces hand-benched shoes in shell cordovan horsehide. Shell is a very limited product, mostly available from only one tannery, and in great demand. The very best shoe companies in... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Prices I have long wondered whether there is any qualitative difference between an Optimo and a VS hat, or a hat from this new Black Sheep fellow, or Penman. Graham does have the great variety, and heaven knows his hats keep their value (I just sold two, and the fellow who uses the EBay name... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
I've been to Optimo three times and bought hats each time; two felts and a Montecristi. Bit of a treat, even though the prices are so much higher than anyone else's. But six hundred bucks (okay, $595) is just too much. He is charging what the market will bear, and good for him. I applaud a small... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
When did Graham raise his prices? I see from the new website that Milans are up $100 and felts up $45. In the case of felts, that's nine per cent in an economy with zero inflation, and with the milans, that's 33 per cent. I'm going to go ahead and conclude I can no longer afford an Optimo. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Well. . . . The Dillinger model ultimately sold, at least in my view, for exactly the right price. Next up will be a moss green "Mitchum," high crown, regular brim (2 3/4 inch) with an apple-green ribbon. Lightweight, very soft felt. Same pristine condition. Again, 7 5/8. I have found much... -
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Optimo south side mobsters
The blue-gray hat just sold. The Dillinger is up on Ebay now. Size 7 5/8. May the market be kind to me. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Tha pale blue-grey classic fedora is on Ebya now. Size 7 5/8. Listing lasts 12 more hours. Will notify on the others. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
I'm going to let the market decide what the right price is. Who am I to say? I start the bidding low, and leave it at that. -
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Optimo south side mobsters
Afraid it's a 7 5/8 I'm also going to sell a brown sort-of-Indy by Optimo, a high-crown moss green "Mitchum" and a pale-blue-grey classic fedora.
