now that is how it should look. Man the grain on that is...... scrotal...lol
now that is how it should look. Man the grain on that is...... scrotal...lol
Yeah I told myself the last time I bought something on Grailed it was the last time unless from a USA based seller. That damn dead leaf brown though, calling with its siren song.... I couldnt resist.Sheesh... that stitching is trash
Not trying to say the seller wasn't misleading, but if they were vague about arm length and wouldn't provide a pic of the measurement, that's a big red flag. And you could have saved yourself the headache and disappointment you have to go through now.
All I had to go on was that the sleeve looked short based on your first set of pics since you're feeding the info piece by piece. With the info on the stitch job, yeah it looks like this seller was taking you for a ride saying it was never modified.
gah that brown is so hot2016 Caboose has 64cm sleeves. Yours looks like 60cm or shorter, it is obviously altered just look at the ratio compare to the torso length. Get your refund from Grailed.
https://avenuewebstore.com/freewheelers/?page_id=14633
Don’t blame you. Jacket looks very nice otherwise. Hope Grailed comes through for you on this one.Yeah I told myself the last time I bought something on Grailed it was the last time unless from a USA based seller. That damn dead leaf brown though, calling with its siren song.... I couldnt resist.
Yeah I immediately filed a complaint and today Grailed emailed me asking for photos of the altered jacket. I remain hopeful. I havent mentioned the Grailed sellers store name, yet, in case things turn around and they do the right thing.It seems you have 3 days to ask Grailed to step in to get a refund. I wouldn’t sleep on it but I’m sure they’ll side with you.
thats actually a great idea. I have the sleeve measured at about 22 inches. I cant imagine Freewheelers would have ever made it with such short sleeves.What is the sleeve length from the shoulder seam to the end of the cuff? You might be able to get actual sleeve length from Freewheelers from that time period, or find it on the wayback machine to prove that the seller is lying, which he is.
I believe they’re more like proxies than dropshippers, they’re doing the same thing on ebayYeah I immediately filed a complaint and today Grailed emailed me asking for photos of the altered jacket. I remain hopeful. I havent mentioned the Grailed sellers store name, yet, in case things turn around and they do the right thing.
I offered to exchange it for something of equal value but I think a lot of the Asian dealers are actually working Grailed as drop shippers. I actually wonder if the guy I bought the jacket from was the same guy who actually owned and shipped me the jacket.
Hey listen, I feel for you. However as been mentioned in this thread, if you’re spending thousands of dollars on the internet you better be doing due diligence and asking the right questions. For all we know, the seller (who might not have even had the jacket in their possession at the time of the sale) may have never owned a leather jacket in their life, let alone know what stock sleeve measurements are for a Japanese 40.what if he removed and reattached the sleeves without changing the length, just destroying the jacket in the process. in that scenario it wouldnt have mattered if there were measurement pics with tape. In my opinion there are two separate issues here. One is about sizing. This isnt about sizing. This is about selling an altered collectors item and never disclosing it was heavily altered. If the jacket was stock but just too small for me I could easily resell it. Nobody is going to pay full price for a collectors item that was hacked up. Same with an old collectors car. you would be called out for selling a stock 69 camaro listed as stock but turns out they cut part of the frame and covered it up. Nobody would be okay with that. this is no diffefrent.
Hey listen, I feel for you. However as been mentioned in this thread, if you’re spending thousands of dollars on the internet you better be doing due diligence and asking the right questions. For all we know, the seller (who might not have even had the jacket in their possession at the time of the sale) may have never owned a leather jacket in their life, let alone know what stock sleeve measurements are for a Japanese 40.
That's my old jacket. He lied to you.Here are shots of the stitching from the reattached cuffs..... is there any way this was stock from Freewheelers? its so crooked it looks like they closed their eyes and just hoped for the best. You can see old stitch holes. when you look inside the cuffs at the stitching along the flannel lining it is extremely wavy. My black caboose has super straight stiching on both the inside and outside of the cuffs.