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[browniemcghee]

Whoa.  I can't wrap my head around that.

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[Broark]

It was a joke, Roy posted on his Instagram that highest bidder got the pair for free.

[Alex]

Hope he managed to avoid the Seller Fees or it would be one hell of an expensive publicity stunt.

[Giles]

So who pays what eBay charges?

[Steffen]

@Giles:

So who pays what eBay charges?

With a usual Business Shop the Seller has to pay 10% comission.

[Giles]

Even if the sale does not actually go through?  Roy is in for $1,000's if that's the case….

[Steffen]

@Giles:

Even if the sale does not actually go through?  Roy is in for $1,000's if that's the case….

Technicly it went through, if it ended normal ebay sees the Auction as done, paying and everthing else is more or less the Sellers Problem if the Buyer doesn´t use Paypal. The Seller has 45 Days to Cancel the Auction after the End, if everything goes through he Receives the Comission back as far as i know but ebay will usually Rank him down to Hell for doing something like that.

[Giles]

Thank @Steffen

[Dion]

Roy can also ask the winner to agree to a transaction cancellation and he won't be charged with the commission. I'm sure the winner will accept his offer :).

[Steffen]

@Dion:

Roy can also ask the winner to agree to a transaction cancellation and he won't be charged with the commission. I'm sure the winner will accept his offer :).

The Buyer could cancel without consequenses, if the Seller cancels ebay always sees it as the Sellers fault as far as i know but I didn´t use Ebay for quite some time.

The Ebay thing aside, there are nicer Ways to give away a Free Pair of Jeans in General.

[UnTucked]

@Steffen:

@Dion:

Roy can also ask the winner to agree to a transaction cancellation and he won't be charged with the commission. I'm sure the winner will accept his offer :).

The Ebay thing aside, there are nicer Ways to give away a Free Pair of Jeans in General.

+1

[Giles]

It got a shit load of attention though…..

[UnTucked]

[Steffen]

Yes but what kind of Attention, puked on the Table at a Party or saved a Kitten from a Tree, I tend to think in this case it is more the First Option.

[BloodnThunder]

No press is bad press I suppose.

[Matty123]

Yeah but Roy denim sells out in minutes. As soon as he posts them for sale they’re gone. It’s not like he can increase sales. Not with his current business model and production “line” anyway. And this pants aren’t easy on the eyes…

[madmonday]

don't know the guy, but from everything he does, I think he was just having a good time with no alterior or is that ulterior (english majors fight it out) motive.

[steelworker]

Mill town where I work, this photo is about 1931 so workers are lucky to have jobs.
The smoky buildings in the center are open hearth furnaces.
The countryside beyond the town is beautiful, even today there's a lot of open land outside city limits thanks to the rich, I believe the Campbell Soup heirs for instance, have extensive holdings. The creek running next to the road on the left is the Brandywine River. A few miles from here our British overlords gave the Colonials a brisk drubbing at the Battle of Brandywine. I believe the "highway" running along the river is Route 30,the Lincoln Highway, the first coast to coast highway in the States. This steel mill has been here since 1810, that's old for the States. The last of the open hearths closed in the late 60's replaced by EAFs.

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[neph93]

That's a lot of geopolitical and social history in one picture. Good stuff, thanks for sharing.

[steelworker]

you're welcome @neph93  I'm glad you like it.