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#1 2021-11-03 09:04:40
- A Fine Sadness
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'Ivy League' On Ebay
Matalan, would you believe? You couldn't make this stuff up. And just to think, all this while I've been putting off going there.
#2 2021-11-03 09:10:38
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
So now 'Ivy League' is 'Mod' and 'Mod' is 'Ivy League', as if the two terms are interchangeable. John Simons' good name is being bandied about as a selling point. Have these sellers no shame?
Fifteen or so years ago a random search for 'Ivy League' on Ebay could bring some unusual and pleasing results. No longer it seems.
#3 2021-11-03 09:56:19
- woofboxer
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
On eBay you sell by attracting as many views as possible to your item. Many items that can thought of as Mod can also be thought of as Ivy. But Matalan is stretching it a bit.
'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'.
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#5 2021-11-03 11:49:56
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
I wouldn't read too much into it. Over the years I've seen innumerable listings with such descriptors as "rockabilly mod", "emo mod", "glam mod punk", etc. "Mod" is affixed to pretty much anything it seems. As far as Ivy, I've seen much on there described as such that isn't remotely, and a lot that legitimately could have fallen under that banner with no such notation, or even misdescribed.
#6 2021-11-03 11:52:26
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
Points taken. But I don't think it's fair for sellers to blatantly invoke John Simons' name in order to make a buck.
#7 2021-11-03 12:08:29
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
That's probably more a problem on the uk site. On the occasions I have searched JS on ebay I only see a scant handful of listings, all from the uk.
#8 2022-03-23 08:35:00
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Re: 'Ivy League' On Ebay
I don't know, I really don't, why I keep looking, expecting to find something - anything - remotely interesting. I almost wish - several months too late - that I'd lashed out £35 on that Abercrombie and Fitch jacket. The seller seemed to know what he/she was talking about. It was the wrong colour, though, putting one uncomfortably in mind of Butlins' on a rainy day. Yet I seem to recall it being undeniably 'Ivy League'. When, for me, will boredom and disgust with online buying finally set in?