Teamster! The only jacket anyone has really made a good fuss of. I may have told these stories before, so please don't pull me up on it.
Other comments go like this:
I am wearing my Original WWII Lucky 7 Seven A2, I'm not in a uniform but wearing a Howard Hughes style Trilby hat. Him "Would you like to sell that jacket?" Me "Everything is for sale at a price, make me a good offer" Him "£350" (10 years ago) Me "I'll think about it" (JT then takes a swig of beer from a bottle sticking out of jacket pocket). Me, swallows beer then replies, "I have thought about it and think you would be better off with a second hand repro. Later I heard he went around telling all his mates it was a repro itself. Yea right!
Next question please(about an Aero Highwayman) Him, but not the above, "Thats nice, where did you get it? " Me "It's an Aero Highwayman" Him "Really, Can I see the label?". Me "No" and no please so I am thinking I have told him it's an Aero so why would he want to see the label. Me "They have a website, everything is on there" Him, "Could I try it on" Me "No". I am now thinking this guy, someone I have never met before is going to do a runner if I let him wear it so wander to where some friends are standing,Guy follows a few seconds later, sees I am with friends and makes detour to toilet. Nothing else happens, a few glances but he's on his own and we have empty beer bottles on our table should there be trouble.
Then having some fun at a car boot sale. Always a chancer so me dressed in tatty Eastman A2 with patches, jeans and black boots and a welders cap I had just bought.
Dealer "is that original" Me "Is what original? Him "That jacket" Me "What about it, I think it's an old pilots jacket, I just bought it, he has a couple more" Him(a bit excited) "How much did you pay" Me "£28 quid, he wanted 30" Him "Want to sell it I'll give you a good price?" Me "How good" Him "£50" Me "No, I don't think so yet, I'll check it out on the net, might be worth more, it's a good offer though but it fits nice and I like the way its a bit beat up" Him finally "What stall was it on" Me pointing "Over there someplace near the edge" Then strolled way but going home anyway.
That may all seem a bit cheeky but these were house clearance dealers who usually get everything from their customers dead relatives at next to nothing, selling the stuff on but paying no employment tax or stuff like that.
Other than that, the old seasoned mickey take on "Where do you park your Spitfire" while wearing a B3.
Enjoy, JayTee.
Other comments go like this:
I am wearing my Original WWII Lucky 7 Seven A2, I'm not in a uniform but wearing a Howard Hughes style Trilby hat. Him "Would you like to sell that jacket?" Me "Everything is for sale at a price, make me a good offer" Him "£350" (10 years ago) Me "I'll think about it" (JT then takes a swig of beer from a bottle sticking out of jacket pocket). Me, swallows beer then replies, "I have thought about it and think you would be better off with a second hand repro. Later I heard he went around telling all his mates it was a repro itself. Yea right!
Next question please(about an Aero Highwayman) Him, but not the above, "Thats nice, where did you get it? " Me "It's an Aero Highwayman" Him "Really, Can I see the label?". Me "No" and no please so I am thinking I have told him it's an Aero so why would he want to see the label. Me "They have a website, everything is on there" Him, "Could I try it on" Me "No". I am now thinking this guy, someone I have never met before is going to do a runner if I let him wear it so wander to where some friends are standing,Guy follows a few seconds later, sees I am with friends and makes detour to toilet. Nothing else happens, a few glances but he's on his own and we have empty beer bottles on our table should there be trouble.
Then having some fun at a car boot sale. Always a chancer so me dressed in tatty Eastman A2 with patches, jeans and black boots and a welders cap I had just bought.
Dealer "is that original" Me "Is what original? Him "That jacket" Me "What about it, I think it's an old pilots jacket, I just bought it, he has a couple more" Him(a bit excited) "How much did you pay" Me "£28 quid, he wanted 30" Him "Want to sell it I'll give you a good price?" Me "How good" Him "£50" Me "No, I don't think so yet, I'll check it out on the net, might be worth more, it's a good offer though but it fits nice and I like the way its a bit beat up" Him finally "What stall was it on" Me pointing "Over there someplace near the edge" Then strolled way but going home anyway.
That may all seem a bit cheeky but these were house clearance dealers who usually get everything from their customers dead relatives at next to nothing, selling the stuff on but paying no employment tax or stuff like that.
Other than that, the old seasoned mickey take on "Where do you park your Spitfire" while wearing a B3.
Enjoy, JayTee.