30's Wool DB BELTED-BACK Suit Jacket Pleated Pockets 38R

[DamianM]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-193...pt=Vintage_Men_s_Clothing&hash=item43bc449cc0

Let the fight begin

 

[GoldenEraFan]

And thus The Great Belted Back Bidding War of 2013 began.........

 

[DamianM]

Will you join in the fight my good sir?
sadly this is way top small for me
Vicarious I will be.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Will you join in the fight my good sir?
sadly this is way top small for me
Vicarious I will be.

I've actually been buying a lot of vintage lately, need to take a break for a while! I love the jacket and it's close to my size, but I know it'll reach upwards of $200 in the end, which is beyond what I'd ever consider spending on 1 article of clothing.

 

[GoldenEraFan]

Will you join in the fight my good sir?
sadly this is way top small for me
Vicarious I will be.

I've actually been buying a lot of vintage lately, need to take a break for a while! I love the jacket and it's close to my size, but I know it'll reach upwards of $200 in the end, which is beyond what I'd ever consider spending on 1 article of clothing.

 

[PADDY]

Once again the silly postal costs from the USA just rules me out

 

[Baron Kurtz]

To ship with tracking (an eBay seller who doesn't do so is a ***** - truly a wonderful way to launder money, saying something never arrived and had no proof of shipping), the number isn't too different from what it would cost to send such a suit from the UK to the USA. The difference is about £5. If you add insurance the difference is a matter of pence.

Shipping costs are very expensive, and as previously loss-making shipping providers - like Royal Mail, USPS, France Post, Deutsche Post, etc. - transition to a more competitive pricing structure, the prices have inevitably gone up a lot.

 

[DamianM]

To ship with tracking (an eBay seller who doesn't do so is a ***** - truly a wonderful way to launder money, saying something never arrived and had no proof of shipping), the number isn't too different from what it would cost to send such a suit from the UK to the USA. The difference is about £5. If you add insurance the difference is a matter of pence.

Shipping costs are very expensive, and as previously loss-making shipping providers - like Royal Mail, USPS, France Post, Deutsche Post, etc. - transition to a more competitive pricing structure, the prices have inevitably gone up a lot.

True true. I ship USPS and I was told at my local office that international shipping has gone up 30%
thats a lot

 

[cpdv]

going for it! It's hard for me to find a nice slim double breasted that is from the 20s-30s that I like. Being only just under 5'7" it's hard for me to pull off a double.

 

[Fletch]

Shipping costs are very expensive, and as previously loss-making shipping providers - like Royal Mail, USPS, France Post, Deutsche Post, etc. - transition to a more competitive pricing structure, the prices have inevitably gone up a lot.

Yep, "competitive" doesn't always mean price wars anymore. Amongst privatized carriers the competition is for profit margins, which can mean competing to raise rates the least.

 

[Fletch]

Wish we had a dead-on shot of the back. Secrets are being withheld by the camera's fickle eye...are there bellows? reversed pleats to the right, or all the same direction?

 

[cpdv]

I wish I won so I could get you a better shot...

 

[Chasseur]

Went for less than I thought it would actually.

 

[cpdv]

It went for $3.00 over my max bid...and I couldn't be on the computer to adjust it.