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

[hatsRme]

SCORE, JonnyO! Nice hat; great shape, (apparently) classic style... and you like it! Unless the cost will break you, you did much better than if you had gone to MAcy's, etc. Good find.

 

[Joshbru3]

Old velour with some grosgrain disfunction.

I totally forgot about that auction and let my $5 bid get beat. I put the low bid as a "placeholder" and had anticipated bidding more later, but house renovations got in the way. Its probably for the best though, I'm really trying to cut down on hats. :eusa_doh:

 

[hatsRme]

I missed one over the weekend, too, Josh because I was made to go to a movie about Cardinal Lustiger. Nu?! Gevalt!!

House renovating is better. And I found a better lid on which to bid!

 

[fedoracentric]

I'm thinking this is a Stetson "The Open Road" from the 20s or 30s and BEFORE the "Open Road" model we automatically think of and it went cheap, cheap, cheap.

Someone tell me more about this great hat....


http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Stetson-hat-and-box-/221601562473?ssPageName=ADME:B:WNA:US:3160

 

[fedoracentric]

By the way, I was all set to bid on the above hat and had one of the worst ebay disasters possible.

So, I was in the car as a passenger coming home from Tennessee and had my mobile hotspot on and my laptop out as I prepared to bid. For the last 5 minutes of the auction I kept telling my buddy who was driving to pull over so I could be sure everything was good, but he was too damn hesitant on what the **** he was going to do.

Anyway, as the timer ticked at 50 seconds to go he suddenly jerks the wheel that sent my hotspot hardware smashing across the dashboard into the driver's side window. But the ebay timer still was counting down so I thought it was still logged in. So, when I got to ten seconds and tried to bid... you guessed it. The shock of the hotspot slamming across the dashboard had broken the Internet connection.

I missed the bid. I lost the auction.

ARRRRRRRGEHHHHH!

 

[alanfgag]

It was posted above and on the Open Road thread. If you research the trademark for The Open Road, you will narrow down the date estimates. Sorry your bid was lost. A mobile phone and the eBay app is the most dependable method.

 

[fedoracentric]

I have the ebay phone ap. I am not a fan. I don't like how it works on the count down.

 

[DJH]

Of course, the Auction Sniper app prevents these little mishaps.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Lost this one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/28149329094...49&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&autorefresh=true

 

[ccorsair]

By the way, I was all set to bid on the above hat and had one of the worst ebay disasters possible.

So, I was in the car as a passenger coming home from Tennessee and had my mobile hotspot on and my laptop out as I prepared to bid. For the last 5 minutes of the auction I kept telling my buddy who was driving to pull over so I could be sure everything was good, but he was too damn hesitant on what the **** he was going to do.

Anyway, as the timer ticked at 50 seconds to go he suddenly jerks the wheel that sent my hotspot hardware smashing across the dashboard into the driver's side window. But the ebay timer still was counting down so I thought it was still logged in. So, when I got to ten seconds and tried to bid... you guessed it. The shock of the hotspot slamming across the dashboard had broken the Internet connection.

I missed the bid. I lost the auction.

ARRRRRRRGEHHHHH!

Ouch.. I been there even at home .. System purring alone and got to bid and the auto log out for eBay even after checking my mail on there with not peep I was logged out.. Last bid and ti was going to be a low oh and yes it was for a hat. sorry you missed it . I used my wife's phone a few time to bid on the go.. won a few and lost a few.. hot spots are just that way.

 

[Lefty]

quite the prize

 

[alanfgag]

quite the prize...

+1

 

[fedoracentric]

I liked that one, too. A little small though, but a very cool really tall crown.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Very nice (apart the small brim).

I found this one in the morning
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Stetson-4x-...MtNNf9KEKJPK0o5Uqk1Ng%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc
But when I arrived from work it was already sold...

 

[Joao Encarnado]

This one ended a bit high... but it wasn't my size.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/John-B-Stet...MtNNf9KEKJPK0o5Uqk1Ng%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

 

[1mach1]

Lost this one...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/28149329094...49&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&autorefresh=true

Bummer. That one is cool!

 

[Lt.hats]

Lefty, that is one awesome hat! I love that high crown.

 

[Joao Encarnado]

Bummer. That one is cool!

It's not the first Stetson High Noon I see on the bay but they are not common.
And it's a modern hat I think the model name was created last year or two years ago!

 

[ccorsair]

Some one got a very night hat http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Swi...qqfFyK%2FkXymLjIwN63c%3D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc Hope it was some one on here.

 

[yttclothing]

I bought a load of "Carnival" hats from Germany

in among them was this Huckel Sigma,

More photos in the Austrian German Thread