B-15 for sale!!!

[Roughwear]

Any thoughts on this offering guys?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WW2-USAAF...237706?hash=item4897ab660a:g:~nkAAOSw44BYdlJ8

 

[Peter Graham]

Well, for a start, it's not an issued jacket. It's a 50's civi copy. It's also trashed. The patch and nametag were probably applied last week. It's worth about $10 more than the value of the patch and the zipper.

 

[Silver Surfer]

same guy as the "perry". that should tell ya all ya need to know.

 

[Roughwear]

Thanks guys. It's good to know we all have the same opinion of this post war jacket with the new patch from the very dodgy seller.

 

[dmar836]

A proper scammer would have at least dirtied up that patch and name tag.

 

[Monsoon]

Notice that he didn't include any pictures of the collar.....

 

[dmar836]

/label

 

[ausreenactor]

Garcia Aviation has probably moved more genuine and reproduction aviation related kit than all of us here combined. Not sure if this item is a case of brain fade by the seller, a jacket as received from a relative of a veteran or just another puzzler? He has moved plenty of legit kit and moves a LOT of reproduction items as exactly that. I would not put this eBay seller in the realm of 'scammers'.

Just took a look at his feedback. 710 sales in the last 12 months. One negative feedback. Rating at 4.9/5.0 out of all stars. 1000+ items listed at present. Possibly not even the original vendor in charge, but a poorly educated (literally, not jacket-wise) minion on minimum wage listing stuff.

 

[Roughwear]

I'm not quite sure what this has to do with Garcia Aviation, Trevor as the seller is Aviationetc.

 

[ausreenactor]

I have dealt with aviationetc years ago. I know I have shot off Paypal payments to [email protected]. So many similar items, yet different locations.

'Irregardless', the vendor is a stellar seller by eBay's standards and from customer feedback.

 

[Roughwear]

I very much doubt if this seller has any connection with Garcia Aviation. He is renowned for over priced original A2 jackets which never sell. I have bought from Garcia Aviation and the experience was fine, but I would not buy from this Flyboy seller.

 

[ausreenactor]

If you want overpriced flight jackets on eBay, they all come from Japan...

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-A-2...120495?hash=item211ccd0aef:g:sncAAOSwA3dYV2JD

 

[Roughwear]

Aviationetc.. has over priced A2s, but is not in the same league as this Japanese seller. When I contacted him I discovered he is selling, or rather not selling, A2s for various collectors!

 

[ausreenactor]

I remember in the early eBay days there were services for individuals, without the ability to list, to collate and list your items at a cost. Perhaps aviationetc is making the coin off his peers in advance without the items ever selling. The majority of his customers rate his items and service highly though.

 

[Juanito]

I'm not quite sure what this has to do with Garcia Aviation, Trevor as the seller is Aviationetc.

James Garcia...that's a name I haven't heard in a long time. I used to deal heavily with him as well as the old guy in Chino in the late 1980s. All my dealing were fair aside from an Eastman A-2 in 40 short that was passed off as a regular in 1993. Not sure James really knew the actual size as I am sure it just passed through his hands and the pocket label was the only place the "s" for short was noted. In anybcase, it was a stellar jacket.