Comments on: What to do with hideous tie dyed leather pt.2

By: Leslie Hanes

Leslie Hanes — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 02:00:13 +0000

It would be a cool foot stool or some kind of accessory (purse). I wouldn’t be caught dead wearing it, but its a very interesting piece, and I bet it would be amazing in the right place.
I just did a run of tye-die towels, and they are selling like hotcakes. But I made a shirt out of the fabric, and its pretty 60′s. Then I made a backrobe/pool wrap (wicking fabric, very versatile) and its very marketable. So to me, it all depends on the imagination, and end use.
Could be you are not asking nearly enough!

By: Kathi Glover

Kathi Glover — Sat, 17 Nov 2012 15:44:56 +0000

leather is groovy
your efforts are rewarded
late to the party

By: Anita McAdam

Anita McAdam — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 08:29:41 +0000

Well, well Kathleen that’s a lot more than $30. Well done!

By: celeste

celeste — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:46:12 +0000

Look at that you see
bidding is at one o one
all for a good cause

By: nowak

nowak — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 00:48:57 +0000

And then again there is a difference between liking and buying something and buying something PLUS the shipping costs to another continent…

(No, I am not sure, if I like it. But I am generally very bad at buying material that I could not see and touch before. My imagination is not good enough to judge fabric (or leather) just by looking on a picture on the internet.)

By: Natasha E

Natasha E — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 20:17:08 +0000

You don’t have to pack the title on ebay as much as you used to as the keyword search will pick up things in the description. Once bids have been placed you can’t change the title and “may” not be able to change the description since buyers used to do the bait and switch on people. You can I think still add another picture. Another picture of the full shape of the piece to get an idea of the scale and perhaps a close up of the texture.

So far as people “liking it” and then not wanting to buy it well I think pinterest is a perfect example. People fill boards and boards full of stuff they “like” but will never buy.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:31:14 +0000

It won’t let me change the title. I’ve begged the readership in the past to provide title suggestions but I’ve gotten exactly zero to date (for blog post titles). Here I can change them, ebay I apparently can’t.

It didn’t occur to me that I’d need to rely on eBay buyers when this leather had been so popular here. Had I known that was the case, I would have done things differently.

There are 3 bids, up to a grand total of $32.

Martha has been organizing my stash. I have pounds and pounds of zippers that I will auction off next week.

By: Marie-Christine

Marie-Christine — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 17:09:06 +0000

Good point bente, Kathleen is unaccountably not good at titles, she should use us more often :-).
And Kathleen, you’re so right – putting their money where their mouth is does weed out the merely diplomatic. But you never know, with good keywords others may wander by and be smitten.
To be fair, one problem could be that leather is heavy, and could end up costing a lot in shipping. Still, don’t get discouraged, ebay is clearly the right thing to do..

By: bente

bente — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 16:40:26 +0000

You need to catch people that like tie dye stuff. My suggestion is to change the title to something like this:
“Tie dye leather garment weight taupe pig suede for tie dye dress or bag 18sqft”.
I did a search on tie dye leather and a bunch of stuff came up.
Or you can put something about Sandy there..

Also use the title (at least the first part of it) as heading on your description.
Let’s see if that helps in catching more people. The auction ending time is also important: find the day and the time where the buyer is on-line. Sunday/Monday evening?

By: Mary

Mary — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 11:35:24 +0000

KF – you’re a genius!