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Post by jandsknight on Jul 9, 2021 22:31:12 GMT
I lost over 30 pounds during the past year. No, I haven't been sick, just eating less by choice.
So I have a closet full of now baggy pants. I'm listing some and I'm shopping for some that fit the current me.
One listing I rejected because the pants were described as having an elastic waist, but the waist didn't stretch.
One in the title said Beige Embroiled Pants. I had to look. In the description they again described them as "embroiled". They also said the crouch was good.
What are you picturing in your mind's eye?
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Post by staytuned on Jul 9, 2021 23:53:42 GMT
Congrats on the weight loss!
What are you picturing in your mind's eye?
This is a question you don't want to ask me. 
My all time favorite is still from years ago. A seller listed a negligee. Description read, "Wash in genital cycle". I will never forget that one.  |
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Post by karsue128 on Jul 29, 2021 11:36:52 GMT
Congrats on the weight loss!
What are you picturing in your mind's eye?
This is a question you don't want to ask me.
My all time favorite is still from years ago. A seller listed a negligee. Description read, "Wash in genital cycle". I will never forget that one. That's hysterical! I recently saw (on another site) a mug for sale with a picture of a "doxun" on it! |
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Post by treetop on Jul 30, 2021 0:34:40 GMT
Not pants, but a shirt. Many years ago, a buyer alerted me that there was an error in the title of my listing for a “brown shit.” Oops.
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Post by staytuned on Jul 30, 2021 0:59:40 GMT
Not pants, but a shirt. Many years ago, a buyer alerted me that there was an error in the title of my listing for a “brown shit.” Oops.
The fact is was a "brown shit" makes it even funnier.  |
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Post by treetop on Jul 30, 2021 3:35:02 GMT
Not pants, but a shirt. Many years ago, a buyer alerted me that there was an error in the title of my listing for a “brown shit.” Oops.
The fact is was a "brown shit" makes it even funnier. Yeah, a blue shit just doesn’t have the same cachet. 💩 |
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Post by jesmelric on Jul 30, 2021 17:38:36 GMT
Congrats on the weight loss  I know how hard it is!
Years ago I used to search lots to buy plus size clothes to resell. I remember many times a shawl was called a shaw. Not sure why? And Pleats called bleats. Repeatedly lol. Sequence for sequins. And then the time mom and I were looking at cloth dolls and there was a Rattety Ann |
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Post by staytuned on Jul 30, 2021 18:35:58 GMT
I always giggled (and still do) when someone lists a bowl as a "bowel". (There are currently 72 listings on ebay under "bowl" with one that covered the bases with both spellings).
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Post by 57roses on Jul 31, 2021 16:01:43 GMT
I remember a listing for High Hill shoes
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Post by Emerald_Door on Jul 31, 2021 20:41:14 GMT
One of the worst is when someone says in their listing that they lost a lot of weight and are selling their old clothes. "My loss is your gain."
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Post by kritter on Jul 31, 2021 20:48:38 GMT
One of the worst is when someone says in their listing that they lost a lot of weight and are selling their old clothes. "My loss is your gain." LOL I know. That is saying "hahaha, you are fat and I am not anymore". |
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Post by jandsknight on Jul 31, 2021 21:39:44 GMT
One of the worst is when someone says in their listing that they lost a lot of weight and are selling their old clothes. "My loss is your gain." LOL I know. That is saying "hahaha, you are fat and I am not anymore". I have lost about 35 pounds during the last year, without being sick. I am listing some clothes that are now too big for me. I am just saying that they no longer fit me. I'm hoping people will assume I've gained weight. Then I hope they'll buy because they feel sorry for me or feel pleased because they think they are smaller than me. |
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Post by chapeaunoir on Aug 1, 2021 17:00:36 GMT
I ran across a listing that said "I hope I'm never this big ever again" on some size 12 clothes. I purchased them and almost left FB saying "Thanks for selling me your 'fat clothes'." But at least I knew to stifle myself even if the seller didn't.
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Post by kritter on Aug 1, 2021 17:26:15 GMT
I don't get why sellers think they need to put in their listings why they are selling their stuff, where they got them, or any other chitty chat stuff.
As a buyer I only need to know the material, condition if preowned, and the measurements on clothes or even less on other stuff so that is all I include in my listings.
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Post by jandsknight on Aug 1, 2021 18:03:07 GMT
I sometimes add the info that the clothes are from the seller's closet because some buyers seem to prefer that over clothes that sellers purchased at a thrift shop. I've known people who would take a used item given them by someone they knew & even pay for same, but they shuddered at the thought of wearing something from a thrift shop. "No telling who might've tried it on". I wanted to tell them the same thing was true of clothing purchased from a rack in a store.
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I know how hard it is! 
