Thanks! I swallowed hard when I saw the jump to $500, however, I was also glad my 'highest bid amount' was enough to win the auction. I will be reselling the hat though as i'm a 59 cm, 7 3/8 in. Open to trading for the right size if there's someone that's a 7 and has a 7 3/8. Otherwise I'm looking at getting it resized... any suggestions? I fired an email off to Optimo and called Northwest.
You paid top-dollar (at least for that moment, as established by your win) in a well-listed auction for a hat you're going to sell? Good luck.
Moving up 3 sizes will also cost you the sweat, a lot of brim and, if it still concerns you, most of the resale value of the hat - along with the expense of the rebuild.
This hat is a bit more expensive that I had thought.