interesting ebay unusual and exciting occurences

So some unusual/exciting occurrences have happened over eBay and I’s ten year relationship (what is that anniversary? Tin I think..). Actually now that I have said has been ten whole years, I am only going to talk about three things so maybe it’s not that exciting after all. But as I have started typing now I shall continue with this post regardless of excitement levels.

Okay so eBay unusual (this one is more exciting!) occurrence number 1. – buying items from a celebrity!

So I had spotted this gorgeous Marc Jacobs blazer that was lovely and tailored in a fab camel colour (so on trend right then) that I just had to have.  Lucky for me I snapped it up for a cool $73 (hello bargain) and was super excited to paypal it straight away.  Got the return email from paypal helpfully informing me that my payment had been sent to ******@****** email address.  Being a curious character (okay I will admit to doing this yes I am a facebook stalker) I was interested in who was parting with this lovely jacket.  So I typed in the email address into facebook (did I mention STALKER) and it came up with none other than Alice Burdeu! Huh. I was pretty chuffed about 1. My new Marc Jacobs blazer (and it wasn’t even Marc by Marc Jacobs...!) and then 2. It was a models. So yes she probably got it for free and didn’t care how much she got for it but I am a MAJOR SUCKER for anything celebrity-ish and this made it all the more exciting.

So I spotted the most amazing black suede/leather Husk drape leather jacket on eBay.  It had a buy it now of $300.. or make an offer. So I sent off an optimistic offer of $200. Non-surprisingly this was rejected.. but the wonderful seller came back with $250 and free postage. How could I possibly say no.. it retailed for around $1000 and had hardly been worn.  So I re-arranged some money and mentally sold a few more items from my wardrobe (ill touch on that in a later post!) and happily paid via paypal. The next day at work waiting by the photocopier, the new buyer (who  had only started the day before) politely asked me if I had happened to buy a leather jacket over the weekend.  I said YES... and she said ITS MINE! I had listed work as my sending address... how funny. So she brought it in the next day... complete with Husk garment bag.. and I'm still in love with it.  She is still one of my fave sellers....

Coincidence number 2 – a girlfriend I used to work with started a new job, and much to her dismay Asos and her other fave shopping sites were banned from their internet server (tragedy of biblical proportions). BUT eBay was not banned – definite winner.  So after snapping up a few choice designer bits and bobs she had the fever.  So here in Ballarat I was raising funds to pay for Christmas presents (or if I'm being honest I was raising funds for items I had bought to wear around Christmas time.. same thing really) and I listed some items that were on low wardrobe rotation.  One item – khaki lace up Shakuhachi press stud tunic – got a bid. Again as already mentioned I am curious by nature and I checked into her feedback (as you NEVER know.. could be ALICE again!) and the name looked familiar.  I checked through the items they had bought.. and saw all the items that my girlfriend had been talking about.. she had bid on one of my items! Hilarious. She ended up winning said tunic ($50 + postage) and feeling slightly bad for taking her money (bank balance feeling good for taking her money) I posted off her new top.

As I said – small world!


FFIFY xx