I suspect the lady’d take quite a while to tell me exactly what she thought of a penny pinching old bastard like me.
Simon Neale
Ali baba? I thought you only had to say “Open sesame!”
Bloke in North Dorset
I’m not sure it costs much to spend time with AI generated ladies,
bloke in spain
This is something anyone who’s shopped on AliExpress gets used to. The Chinese art of the unashamed con. Now I’m guessing the photo’s appearing to be flogging the frock. But the price could be for some other small item also being offered on the same listing. Or it’s just as likely the frock is indeed $2:33 but the shipping’s $25. Either way, the prospective buyer needs to check exactly what they’re buying.
I do actually buy & sell this sort of schmutter, so as a point of reference I’d reckon on an article like that being around 16 bucks carriage from China free. Regrettably, that would be contents not included. Whether you could make a profit on it’s another thing. The webstore Shien – which is pretty well known amongst togs buying totty and seems to be another part of the Ali empire – offers similar at much the same prices. Either way, both are just marketing platforms & the goods themselves are coming direct from Chinese wholesalers. Although Shien stuff seems to have pre-exported to its target markets, so shorter delivery times but restricted range.
For a comparison: In a high street retailer you might find that article at anywhere between 15€ & 50€. Just the way clothes retailing works. Some stores stack it high sell it cheap on small markups. The small boutiques, like to believe their customers are privileged to be admitted, try to go for 2-3 times what they paid.
Ottokring
Couldn’t she find one to fit her ?
PJF
– I do actually buy & sell this sort of schmutter . . .
You’ve mentioned the trade before, BiS, but I don’t recall that particular term being used.
bloke in spain
Schmutter. Rag trade term for apparel. Probably Yiddish. The other commodity is rental unless you’re really stupid & have bought one.
Ottokring
Reminds me of a conversation with my bro. We were watching the Richard Greene Robin Hood on Talking Pictures
Me : There’s Alfie Bass, one of the few Jewish Anglo Saxons.
Bro : He’s off to Sherwood to flog Robin some Lincoln Green Schmutter.
Chris
I’ve got some walnuts that need cracking, if she cam estimate for it.
Theophrastus (2066)
She certainly looks cheap!
Bloke in Wales
She certainly looks cheap!
She looks deformed. Maybe her plastic surgeon considered himself a Picasso!
That’s per pound to you, Tim!
Chinese dentistry costs £2.30
I suspect the lady’d take quite a while to tell me exactly what she thought of a penny pinching old bastard like me.
Ali baba? I thought you only had to say “Open sesame!”
I’m not sure it costs much to spend time with AI generated ladies,
This is something anyone who’s shopped on AliExpress gets used to. The Chinese art of the unashamed con. Now I’m guessing the photo’s appearing to be flogging the frock. But the price could be for some other small item also being offered on the same listing. Or it’s just as likely the frock is indeed $2:33 but the shipping’s $25. Either way, the prospective buyer needs to check exactly what they’re buying.
I do actually buy & sell this sort of schmutter, so as a point of reference I’d reckon on an article like that being around 16 bucks carriage from China free. Regrettably, that would be contents not included. Whether you could make a profit on it’s another thing. The webstore Shien – which is pretty well known amongst togs buying totty and seems to be another part of the Ali empire – offers similar at much the same prices. Either way, both are just marketing platforms & the goods themselves are coming direct from Chinese wholesalers. Although Shien stuff seems to have pre-exported to its target markets, so shorter delivery times but restricted range.
For a comparison: In a high street retailer you might find that article at anywhere between 15€ & 50€. Just the way clothes retailing works. Some stores stack it high sell it cheap on small markups. The small boutiques, like to believe their customers are privileged to be admitted, try to go for 2-3 times what they paid.
Couldn’t she find one to fit her ?
– I do actually buy & sell this sort of schmutter . . .
You’ve mentioned the trade before, BiS, but I don’t recall that particular term being used.
Schmutter. Rag trade term for apparel. Probably Yiddish. The other commodity is rental unless you’re really stupid & have bought one.
Reminds me of a conversation with my bro. We were watching the Richard Greene Robin Hood on Talking Pictures
Me : There’s Alfie Bass, one of the few Jewish Anglo Saxons.
Bro : He’s off to Sherwood to flog Robin some Lincoln Green Schmutter.
I’ve got some walnuts that need cracking, if she cam estimate for it.
She certainly looks cheap!
She looks deformed. Maybe her plastic surgeon considered himself a Picasso!
Wait until you see the delivery charges!