Hatbox Homage

[BobHufford]

Knox topper & box (not mine).

 

[blewnote]

Knox topper & box (not mine).

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You think that's a collapsible opera hat tucked in the other side of the case? The description only mentioned the one hat but it clearly seems like there are two in that case.

 

[Onomea]

These are some fun vintge hatboxes shown here. I need go through the whole thread to see if I can find any modern ones. I have Optimo boxes, short and tall, which are plain but very good looking. And a Penman box which is quite decorative and well made.

 

[pierpaolopennesi]

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask, but anyone here know a good EU based place to buy a hatbox?

We Have Hat boxes

 

[Judgmentalist]

You think that's a collapsible opera hat tucked in the other side of the case? The description only mentioned the one hat but it clearly seems like there are two in that case.

I guess we will have to wait and see…..

 

[Judgmentalist]

Knox topper & box (not mine).

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I bought this damn item in an auction that closed on September 9th. To my recollection they never contacted me about shipping the item. I ultimately contacted them several times. This morning I finally got them to admit they have no record of ever having shipped the item. I actually do not believe this is a true statement, as they also asked me if they had called me to discuss shipping by a different carrier to save on shipping, which call I have no recollection of.

They supposedly have no record of ever having shipped the item nor do they have the item in their possession.

They refunded me my money 2 seconds after I got off the phone.

I'm pi ss ed. Either someone is incompetent, and they shipped my hat to the wrong person, or someone stole my hat.

This was to have been my first, and probably only top hat. If I had wanted my damn money back I wouldn't have let these as shats borrow it for a month.

 

[carouselvic]

…and that is why I never posted a auction win until I had it In hand. There are a lot of cut-throats in the hat collecting business….

 

[Judgmentalist]

…and that is why I never posted a auction win until I had it In hand. There are a lot of cut-throats in the hat collecting business….

Yeah, I didn't post about this one. Someone else just posted a cool hat that they saw online. No worries there. This was a very cool item. The guy that owned it was a big-time lawyer, and it is very possible this was a hat that he actually bought to wear for some hoity-toity function or other, which possiblity also making it very likely that this could have been a larger/largish size hat.

If anybody sees this one pop up somewhere for sale, please let me know.

 

[blewnote]

I bought this damn item in an auction that closed on September 9th. To my recollection they never contacted me about shipping the item. I ultimately contacted them several times. This morning I finally got them to admit they have no record of ever having shipped the item. I actually do not believe this is a true statement, as they also asked me if they had called me to discuss shipping by a different carrier to save on shipping, which call I have no recollection of.

They supposedly have no record of ever having shipped the item nor do they have the item in their possession.

They refunded me my money 2 seconds after I got off the phone.

I'm pi ss ed. Either someone is incompetent, and they shipped my hat to the wrong person, or someone stole my hat.

This was to have been my first, and probably only top hat. If I had wanted my damn money back I wouldn't have let these as shats borrow it for a month.

Ah, oddly enough I may have the answer to this. I also bid and won a lot from this auction, and they did call me to discuss shipping through a different carrier as it was more expensive than they anticipated through USPS Ground Advantage. I said sure check out the third party you use that uses UPS and if it's more than like $15 difference great, but if it's only a couple bucks difference just send it USPS.

I got an email that they shipped it that night with a tracking number, but no receipt for payment of the shipping charge. I was digging through my credit card statement to verify that I had been charged for the Stratoliner I posted about in "What hat are you waiting for" and noticed that I didn't appear to have been charged for shipping for the box from this auction. So I replied to the email I had received with the tracking information and said "hey, I think maybe you forgot to charge me" but never heard anything back and then sorta forgot about it.

I just looked and it appears perhaps that email address was not one I could reply to, and I still don't seem to have been charged for shipping... so I guess I ought to give them a call and mention it to be a good citizen. Perhaps they rang your card for my shipping? That wouldn't explain what they did with your lot though, so who knows. Maybe they mixed up the lot numbers somehow when they shipped mine so they are looking for the wrong one when they looked for yours?

As a side note, the Stratoliner I mentioned showed up, even though I was a little worried due to the seemingly shady lack of a paper trail after I won it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that a lot of these auction houses seem like they may just be small time operators (hence the abysmal picture taking ability, often just displaying one shot of the exterior of a hat) doing their best and occasionally they make mistakes or things slip through the cracks.

 

[Judgmentalist]

Ah, oddly enough I may have the answer to this. I also bid and won a lot from this auction, and they did call me to discuss shipping through a different carrier as it was more expensive than they anticipated through USPS Ground Advantage. I said sure check out the third party you use that uses UPS and if it's more than like $15 difference great, but if it's only a couple bucks difference just send it USPS.

I got an email that they shipped it that night with a tracking number, but no receipt for payment of the shipping charge. I was digging through my credit card statement to verify that I had been charged for the Stratoliner I posted about in "What hat are you waiting for" and noticed that I didn't appear to have been charged for shipping for the box from this auction. So I replied to the email I had received with the tracking information and said "hey, I think maybe you forgot to charge me" but never heard anything back and then sorta forgot about it.

I just looked and it appears perhaps that email address was not one I could reply to, and I still don't seem to have been charged for shipping... so I guess I ought to give them a call and mention it to be a good citizen. Perhaps they rang your card for my shipping? That wouldn't explain what they did with your lot though, so who knows. Maybe they mixed up the lot numbers somehow when they shipped mine so they are looking for the wrong one when they looked for yours?

As a side note, the Stratoliner I mentioned showed up, even though I was a little worried due to the seemingly shady lack of a paper trail after I won it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that a lot of these auction houses seem like they may just be small time operators (hence the abysmal picture taking ability, often just displaying one shot of the exterior of a hat) doing their best and occasionally they make mistakes or things slip through the cracks.

Thank you for sharing. When did your hat arrive?

 

[Judgmentalist]

Ah, oddly enough I may have the answer to this. I also bid and won a lot from this auction, and they did call me to discuss shipping through a different carrier as it was more expensive than they anticipated through USPS Ground Advantage. I said sure check out the third party you use that uses UPS and if it's more than like $15 difference great, but if it's only a couple bucks difference just send it USPS.

I got an email that they shipped it that night with a tracking number, but no receipt for payment of the shipping charge. I was digging through my credit card statement to verify that I had been charged for the Stratoliner I posted about in "What hat are you waiting for" and noticed that I didn't appear to have been charged for shipping for the box from this auction. So I replied to the email I had received with the tracking information and said "hey, I think maybe you forgot to charge me" but never heard anything back and then sorta forgot about it.

I just looked and it appears perhaps that email address was not one I could reply to, and I still don't seem to have been charged for shipping... so I guess I ought to give them a call and mention it to be a good citizen. Perhaps they rang your card for my shipping? That wouldn't explain what they did with your lot though, so who knows. Maybe they mixed up the lot numbers somehow when they shipped mine so they are looking for the wrong one when they looked for yours?

As a side note, the Stratoliner I mentioned showed up, even though I was a little worried due to the seemingly shady lack of a paper trail after I won it. So I guess what I'm trying to say is that a lot of these auction houses seem like they may just be small time operators (hence the abysmal picture taking ability, often just displaying one shot of the exterior of a hat) doing their best and occasionally they make mistakes or things slip through the cracks.

I checked my account. I only have two transactions from this entity; the first where I paid my invoice and the second today when they refunded my money.

 

[blewnote]

Thank you for sharing. When did your hat arrive?

September 21st. He called me on the 17th, which was about a week after the auction and actually quite fast for shipping in my experience.

 

[blewnote]

Yeah, I didn't post about this one. Someone else just posted a cool hat that they saw online. No worries there. This was a very cool item. The guy that owned it was a big-time lawyer, and it is very possible this was a hat that he actually bought to wear for some hoity-toity function or other, which possiblity also making it very likely that this could have been a larger/largish size hat.

If anybody sees this one pop up somewhere for sale, please let me know.

If it makes you feel any better he was a size 7 1/4, or at least the two straw hats of his I purchased were.

I reached out after my last post and the auctioneer already responded to let me know that I was correct, they hadn't charged me as an oversight on their part and that since it was their mistake they wouldn't.

I'd be willing to bet that it may still turn up in their inventory, they seem like honest folk and perhaps it just got misplaced. Maybe let them know you'd still like it if they find it.

 

[BobHufford]

From an auction in Australia.

Akubra— sold for $240 AUD.

Henderson — sold for $140 AUD.

 

[BobHufford]

More …

Australian Hats — sold for $40 AUD.

Quality Felt Hats — sold for $20 AUD.