Screen used hats..not!
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Screen used hats..not!
Did anyone spot the Ebay auction which ended recently for two 'screen used' IJ hats? $3000 for two hats which were not even Fedoras.
(EDITED out the eBay link just in case - please see the link a few posts down for pics).
(EDITED out the eBay link just in case - please see the link a few posts down for pics).
Last edited by ob1al on Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:09 am, edited 2 times in total.
I think its OK - the buyer has already been informed according to another forum:
http://rpf.prop-planet.com/viewtopic.ph ... 95&forum=1
http://rpf.prop-planet.com/viewtopic.ph ... 95&forum=1
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Even if the Indiana Jones character became a bum on the streets at the end of Indy4, I don't believe he would wear one of those monstrosities.
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BTW, it ***** that OB1AL couldn't post a link to this atrocity, for all to giggle at, yet in another thread, "someone" posted a link to a live Ebay auction, and even admitted that he knew it would probably get deleted.
'Blues
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BTW, it ***** that OB1AL couldn't post a link to this atrocity, for all to giggle at, yet in another thread, "someone" posted a link to a live Ebay auction, and even admitted that he knew it would probably get deleted.
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Holy smoke. That's just horrible.
I really don't think it would even take a gearhead to realize that those two hats aren't even close to being Indy Fedoras, or anything that would be worn on the silver screen (unless the movie was a comedy).
On the issue of informing eBay, there really isn't much you can do in that regard. There's no way to really prove that the seller is lying. Of course, we all know it's bull, but again, proving that is much harder than saying it.
Once again fellow gearheads, we see the classic case of "Caveat emptor", or, "let the buyer beware".
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I really don't think it would even take a gearhead to realize that those two hats aren't even close to being Indy Fedoras, or anything that would be worn on the silver screen (unless the movie was a comedy).
On the issue of informing eBay, there really isn't much you can do in that regard. There's no way to really prove that the seller is lying. Of course, we all know it's bull, but again, proving that is much harder than saying it.
Once again fellow gearheads, we see the classic case of "Caveat emptor", or, "let the buyer beware".
Regards,
Strider
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Michaelson, what I am trying to say, and maybe I was unclear, was that THIS auction was more of a joke, that most folks here would never believe that the hats were authentic movie memorabilia.
OB1AL did the correct thing, and DIDN'T post the link, even tho it was a very amusing auction.
He obeyed the rules.
The other auction is the "real deal", and the person who posted the link even admitted that he knew it would get deleted.
He dis-obeyed the rules, and knowingly so.
I don't have any beef with anyone over it, just saying how the rules are a double edged sword.
I in no way badmouthed the mods about the entire situation.
Hopefully it wasn't received in that fashion.
'Blues
OB1AL did the correct thing, and DIDN'T post the link, even tho it was a very amusing auction.
He obeyed the rules.
The other auction is the "real deal", and the person who posted the link even admitted that he knew it would get deleted.
He dis-obeyed the rules, and knowingly so.
I don't have any beef with anyone over it, just saying how the rules are a double edged sword.
I in no way badmouthed the mods about the entire situation.
Hopefully it wasn't received in that fashion.
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It would be all too easy to fabricate a 'Southebys' COA to go along with two old yardsale hats, take a photo next to an Indy poster, call them 'screen used' by Ford and Connery and slap them up on eBay hoping for a quick buck. What was it Barnum said again?
I don't think these hats had ANYTHING whatsoever to do with IJ - I hope nobody's fooled by that COA nonsense.
I don't think these hats had ANYTHING whatsoever to do with IJ - I hope nobody's fooled by that COA nonsense.
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Well, the $3000 bid may have been a shill bid too. There's no guarantee the payment will even be made. I see it happen all the time in high end watch auctions.Many times these type auctions are only to build up the sellers reputation, and the items never really exchange hands with any 'unknown' buyer, if you follow my meaning. Electronic auctions are getting to be mine fields, and the danger areas are just becoming larger and larger for the occasional bidder. Sad. Regards. Michaelson
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