Need Help and suggestion for an auction, 2XL Jacket that has seen the world!

[The Bar Keep]

So I have this one particular jacket that I have sold at least a dozen times. Size 2XL here is the listing on my site:

http://www.nybwholesale.c..._info&products_id=146

I have sold this jacket in the size 2XL on 3 independent websites as well as a few times on eBay via my eBay store or a fixed price listing. Now this jacket which I have back now most recently from South Carolina has seen the world. Made in China, traveled by container ship to California. Originally sold and shipped to me then onto the UK. Returned & exchanged from there because it was to small. Next it went to Maine as an exchange for a size XL but as it turns out the guy didn't realize how big he really was so it was again exchanged for a size 3XL (I sold the xl from this exchange no problem).

So I sat on it for about another month then somebody bought it in Texas. Again the jacket didn't fit but this time it was too big, go figure, I thought everything was bigger in Texas. So back it came. Sold it again and again with stops in MI, MA, New York City. Then it went to Canada and returned. That guy gave up because apparently he would need a size 6XL and well that is not possible so refunded. Back to my offices in NY it comes with another passport stamp to go along with the destroyed box. Next stop was Hawaii, personally I have always wanted to go there myself but WTF if I can't I can send the jacket and what now seems like a part of my life has been there.

I may have missed a few stops but you get the point. This jacket doesn't fit anyone and is a great boomerang. Oh did I mention that every time it is returned the tags remain untouched? Yes that is right miraculously enough the jacket is still new with tags attached.

So here is my plan and what help I am looking for. I plan to auction the jacket off on eBay. Featured auction in the everything else totally bizarre category. Starting price will be 99 cents and there will be no reserve. I need to tell the story of this jacket with some good hilarious content in the description. Need a killer title and sub title.

Any suggestions and or help will be appreciated!!!


Joe - The Bar Keep

[The Pet Guy]

You could title it Brotherhood of The Traveling Jacket.

You know like the movie Sisterhood of The Traveling Pants.

 

[QUILT]

Maybe you should throw in a pair of Hannah Montana tickets in the pocket.  Every little girl in town will have their Dad, Brother, Grandpa, Uncle, Tom, Dick and Harry bidding on it.   

[2boysandtoys]

Joe -- that's a great story!  I do like what TPG has suggested - a great thought!

For the write-up, perhaps you can start with a humorous plea - jacket is desperate need of a permanent home - no adoption fees - no reserve - a jacket hungry for a hangar of it's own!

Then - expand upon that above, adding in potential tourist stops at each location, the travels are more extensive than those of the seller and the sites seen - magnificent.  But, tired and weary, the coat needs a permanent home and hangar.

I'll keep thinking...might be a very fun itm to watch....

[chiquita]

So Joe your jacket needs its own personals ad, and of course a ummm SONG 

Here goes:(keep in mind I have not written a song for a jacket before) 

ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH?

SINGLE BLACK LEATHER JACKET seeks male ownership, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good looking jacket who LOVES to be worn. I love long walks in the woods, riding with you on a motorcyle, hunting, camping and fishing trips. On cold winter nights I will keep you warm. Candlelight dinners or fast food I am the cheapest date you will find as I don't require food or beverages. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what the seller packed me in. Don't hesitate and bid on me now. Everyone will notice who you have embracing your strong broad shoulders.

Likes: A sturdy sexy hanger
Dislikes: Being returned to sender
Hobbies: Just hanging around
Travel: I've Been Returned from Everywhere Man

I'VE BEEN RETURNED FROM EVERYWHERE
( a little parody of Johnny Cash's I've Been Everywhere)


I was sent and packaged along the long dusty postal route
When along came a semi with a big ole fed-ex load
If your goin' to a residence,  with me you can ride
And so I was loaded into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been returned from everywhere, man
I've been returned from everywhere, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

I've been to:
Texas
China
New York City
Hawaii
South Carolina
Michigan
Massachustes
Canada
California

I'm a Leather Jacket
I've been returned from everywhere, man
I've been returned from everywhere, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

 

[The Bar Keep]

So Joe your jacket needs its own personals ad, and of course a ummm SONG 

Here goes:(keep in mind I have not written a song for a jacket before) 

ARE YOU MAN ENOUGH?

SINGLE BLACK LEATHER JACKET seeks male ownership, ethnicity unimportant. I'm a very good looking jacket who LOVES to be worn. I love long walks in the woods, riding with you on a motorcyle, hunting, camping and fishing trips. On cold winter nights I will keep you warm. Candlelight dinners or fast food I am the cheapest date you will find as I don't require food or beverages. I'll be at the front door when you get home from work, wearing only what the seller packed me in. Don't hesitate and bid on me now. Everyone will notice who you have embracing your strong broad shoulders.

Likes: A sturdy sexy hanger
Dislikes: Being returned to sender
Hobbies: Just hanging around
Travel: I've Been Returned from Everywhere Man

I'VE BEEN RETURNED FROM EVERYWHERE
( a little parody of Johnny Cash's I've Been Everywhere)


I was sent and packaged along the long dusty postal route
When along came a semi with a big ole fed-ex load
If your goin' to a residence,  with me you can ride
And so I was loaded into the cab and then I settled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been returned from everywhere, man
I've been returned from everywhere, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

I've been to:
Texas
China
New York City
Hawaii
South Carolina
Michigan
Massachustes
Canada
California

I'm a Leather Jacket
I've been returned from everywhere, man
I've been returned from everywhere, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

 

 

I think we are just about ready to list this thing with that one nana girl. Can you work the tags into the song still attached amazing isn't it?

[chiquita]

Ok let's see if this will work,

I've been returned from everywhere, man
I'm new and still got my tags, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

Will that work?
 

[The Bar Keep]

Ok let's see if this will work,

I've been returned from everywhere, man
I'm new and still got my tags, man
Crossed the oceans there, man
I've breathed the open air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been returned from everywhere

Will that work?
 

Sure will thank you nana girl 

[QUILT]

 

[2boysandtoys]

Tell us when posted ---- very great song!!! 

[The Bar Keep]

Well I think it is safe to say that the Jacket that never fit anybody has found a home in Florida. Can't say I blame it the weather here in NY is rough this time of year. It departed in early Feb. and I haven't heard from it since. 

[The Tavern Wench]

Well I think it is safe to say that the Jacket that never fit anybody has found a home in Florida. Can't say I blame it the weather here in NY is rough this time of year. It departed in early Feb. and I haven't heard from it since.