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[Rutger]

He who has been

ed is around somewhere .

http://www.ebay.com/itm/A-2-A2-Flight-J ... 4cfff43bff

Couldn't resist posting this, still sorry he left.
This is his third GW going ebay in half a year, he is such a GW admirer, I don't get it.

It's goat but it looks a horsey goat to me, less pebbly than usual. Once again really, really great leather.
Maybe you can breed goats to have horsey hide. Or horses to have capeskin.

 

[ausreenactor]

I am starting to think Jeff is a pseudo clearing house for GW. Anyone who can obtain a dozen or so GWs and offload them in a two year period either has one hell of a customer service plan, is rushed to the head of the queue or a combination of both.

Couchy

 

[buzzthetower]

Jeff and I are basically the same size. When I have a jacket that replaces a sample on the web site, it's not infrequent that he asks me if he could purchase such a jacket. A number of people on this forum do the same. Did he get preferential treatment in the line of orders? No. He got a jacket I had worn for a week, along with the other two Rough Wear A-2s I had made and he sold over the last three months. The two Rough Wears were a little smaller than he prefers, and the Dubow is being replaced by a Rough Wear he has on order, which he's waiting for.

He also purchased an original L.W. Foster G-1 from me, which he likes even more than the Dubow. He asked if I have any jackets around that could be bought and the Dubow sold, and on getting the Foster, decided to keep that one.

He likes the chase of a new jacket. Many of us do. I assume he should stop selling jackets and just like the one he has, but he's been selling jackets for years, even decades before GW went into operation. It's a fun habit I'm guessing.

John

 

[ButteMT61]

Illness is more accurate :lol:
But yeah, when I was single, the hunt was as fun as the catch. Sometimes . I did a lot of flipping.

 

[ausreenactor]

I assume he should stop selling jackets and just like the one he has, but he's been selling jackets for years, even decades before GW went into operation.
John

No matter how good you make them he is still not content. I think it is not entirely about the jackets?

Oniomania (from Greek ὤνιος onios "for sale" and μανία mania "insanity") is the technical term for the compulsive desire to shop, more commonly referred to as compulsive shopping , shopping addiction, shopaholism, compulsive buying or CB. All of these are considered to be either clinical addictions or impulse control disorders, depending on the clinical source. 'Originally termed oniomania by Kraepelin [1915] and Bleuler [1924], CB has been described for over 100 years'; but though included among other pathological and reactive impulses, CB went largely ignored for the middle quarters of the twentieth century, and even today 'Compulsive Shopping is a painful yet virtually unknown mental illness'

The addicted person gets into a vicious circle that consists of negative emotions like anger and stress, which lead to purchasing something 'as a form of self-medication'. After the buying is over, the person is either regretful or depressed - 'dejected, regretful or guilty after they get home'. In order to cope with the feelings, the addicted person may resort to another purchase.

Couchy

 

[Andreart]

that sounds like my wife couchy :lol:

 

[ausreenactor]

that sounds like my wife couchy :lol:

I managed to offload my EX-pensive sidekick in the mid 90s.
Tianna-Marree is really good, and does not mind my odd splurge.
She has not; however, let me spend any of my deployment money
for the Solomons, Timor or Afghanistan. All trickling over, earning
interest.

Miserly....VERY frustrating!! :x

Couchy

 

[Stony]

But yeah, when I was single, the hunt was as fun as the catch.

Yes, but I've had some jackets over the years that felt and smelled better than some of the two-legged deer I was chasing.

 

[unclegrumpy]

She has not; however, let me spend any of my deployment money
for the Solomons, Timor or Afghanistan. All trickling over, earning
interest.

Miserly....VERY frustrating!! :x

Couchy

In order to cope with the feelings, the addicted person may resort to another type of purchase....sometimes called a "trade". Trades are generally covert activities conducted without sales receipts or credit card slips. They may or may not include future monetary consideration. Generally they provide sufficient cover for the "addicted" person's activities to continue. If carefully executed, most items acquired in such a manner can be kept largely concealed.

However, sometimes the "addicted" person's excitement and emotions run rampant. In medical terms, "letting the cat out of the bag", is a symptom often indicated by irrational exuberance, and prancing about the house tightly holding or conspicuously wearing the "new" previously unseen/unknown "trade' item. This can be very detrimental to maintaing the integrity of the "mission" and peace in the household.

When denial is no longer sufficient, sometimes the only course of action is hurling various gifts or favors in the directions of one's accusers. However, the success of this is strategy is often mixed.

If the threat level "of the cat out of the bag" exposure grows to unsustainable levels, and all indicators push way beyond the red, you may be authorized the use of an alternative, and previously banned weapon of mass destruction....the puppy bomb. While the use of a small puppy bomb can be very effective, the "fallout" can last for years. Launching a second puppy bomb during the fallout period (typically lasting one day to 17 years), is rarely effective.

I am not sure where that leaves us. Maybe that is where the "regretful or depressed - 'dejected, regretful or guilty" stuff comes in again. Ah yes, and the circle completes itself, "In order to cope with the feelings, the addicted person may resort to another purchase" or trade. :shock:

And back to Jeff.....so is he really a "nutcase" or just another nutcase among many? Hmmmm....

Hopefully, I have not wasted too much time on this post.....and its is not too late for me to put a bid in on his jacket! :lol:

 

[GoodTimesGone]

I thought I might have oniomania until I read that part about feeling regretful or guilty. The great thing about buying jackets in my opinion, is that they're something you utilize- unlike other forms of entertainment that you view or use once and are soon forgotten. Plus you can always sell them on if you're not satisfied.

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Tom

 

[wop54]

Well done, Jeff! 930 USD