Idlefellow
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The continuing saga in case anyone's been following my little Burberry adventure...
Years ago I had a Stafford trench, Stafford being JC Penny's premier line. It was a dead knock off of the ORIGINAL Burberry tench with all the details and with appropriate storm flaps. D rings, leather buckles, button through flap pockets, enclosed box pleat in the back, button in wool lining and collar, et al. Man, I loved that coat. And then the dry cleaners ruined it; I picked it up and it was tie dyed. Apparently they spilled some sort of solution on it; completely ruined. They paid me for it (sort of) but I was never able to find a replacement that I liked half so well.
So I'm perusing the bay and what do I find but my old coat, in my size, listed as new without tags! And cheap! Well, I jumped on it. Problem is, so did another guy, and we got into a bidding war. "Who the hell else would want a JC Penny's trench so badly!?" I'm thinkin'. The bidding was over at 4:00AM, so finally I put in my max bid which was WAY more than I should have bid (and I'm serious; as much as I'd paid for the Burberry!) and went to bed.
I got up in the morning to two emails: the first that the SOB had outbid me. The second that there had been a bid retraction (why I have no idea) and that not only was I the high bidder, I was the only bidder so my bid had reverted to the starting price!
I received a credit in full including all shipping on the Burberry; very honest ebay seller. So now I await the arrival of the Stafford, to see if it's everything I remembered. Anon...
Years ago I had a Stafford trench, Stafford being JC Penny's premier line. It was a dead knock off of the ORIGINAL Burberry tench with all the details and with appropriate storm flaps. D rings, leather buckles, button through flap pockets, enclosed box pleat in the back, button in wool lining and collar, et al. Man, I loved that coat. And then the dry cleaners ruined it; I picked it up and it was tie dyed. Apparently they spilled some sort of solution on it; completely ruined. They paid me for it (sort of) but I was never able to find a replacement that I liked half so well.
So I'm perusing the bay and what do I find but my old coat, in my size, listed as new without tags! And cheap! Well, I jumped on it. Problem is, so did another guy, and we got into a bidding war. "Who the hell else would want a JC Penny's trench so badly!?" I'm thinkin'. The bidding was over at 4:00AM, so finally I put in my max bid which was WAY more than I should have bid (and I'm serious; as much as I'd paid for the Burberry!) and went to bed.
I got up in the morning to two emails: the first that the SOB had outbid me. The second that there had been a bid retraction (why I have no idea) and that not only was I the high bidder, I was the only bidder so my bid had reverted to the starting price!
I received a credit in full including all shipping on the Burberry; very honest ebay seller. So now I await the arrival of the Stafford, to see if it's everything I remembered. Anon...