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atlgirl · Gucci

Buying Clothes from eBay

laken1 · Hermes

well, when i do this i do accept the possibility that it won't fit. I have had great luck though. I do measure clothes that fit me well & compare measurements. I bet if you measure the 4, 6, 8, in those different clothes that you'll see that the measurements are pretty close. For tops I focus on the armpit to armpit measurement to make sure it will fit over my boobs becasue that's where I have problems. I usually only buy pants that I've tried on in the store because I am terribly hard to fit, but i have just guessed or sized up on items i wasn't sure of & it worked out.

Also, I usually buy items that have lots of bids on them because to me that shows that if it doesn't fit, it will sell back on ebay for a pretty good price because other people are after it as well. I've even gone so far as to look at the bidding history & email the losing bidder that I see they lost this item to me & I am relisting in case they are interested. I'm not sure if that's against the rules but it hasn't caused me a problem yet.

HTH

small fry · Chanel

you know I was thinking the same thing because I love those jeans FP has listed on ebay but everything is so different on me - it really sucks alot of times

cc · Marc Jacobs

I buy tons of clothes on ebay and I also have a hard time getting clothes to fit (mainly because I'm smaller than the smallest size in a lot of chain stores). Like laken, I buy tops based on the measurements and usually only buy pants or skirts if I have tried them on or am reasonably confident that the sizing of that brand is consistent. If I happen to find a skirt or dress that I love I try to figure out if it could be altered. If it's something that is expensive I think about whether I could relist it and make my money back, either by seeing how many people are bidding on it or by looking at completed auctions. HTH!