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I was selling a Soviet General's uniform on a Dutch auction site when I received an e-mail from a women that was a model and wanted to wear the uniform during her 'activities'. There was also a picture attached of the women in police outfit with handcuffs in her mouth. At first I thought it was one of Norm's jokes, but when I entered her e-mail address in Google, I was led to some... well... 'unusual' sites, with 'unusual' pictures and 'unusual' bedtime stories. She was willing to pay what I asked for the uniform, but I declined... I don't want to think of my uniform in that context...
Does anybody else have experiences with strange buyers when selling militaria?
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I have encountered the kind of interest Auke mention and I have sold some unnamed, usually so-called "overstock" items to people with these and similar interests. Soviet and SS reproduction uniforms are commonly seen on fetish and kinky parties here in Sweden. I have no problems with this. I have more issues with the "professional collectors" who openly dismiss Soviet militaria as junk. I think I mentioned this in another thread.
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This thread is useless without pictures:thumbsup
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She was older than I expected.
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I´ve auctioned several items, and more than once some people have asked to pay less for them or if I rent them for costume parties/halloween. Of course, I refuse.
Sometimes my replies get rather harsh when they insist, especially when they say "what´s the big deal? it´s just a smelly jacket from an unexisting country! Why won´t you leave it to me for less? I´ll use it just once and then return it!" It pisses me off, but still I am kindhearted enough to let them know they´re WRONG.
There's nothing in the streets
Looks any different to me
And the slogans are replaced, by-the-bye
And the parting on the left
Are now parting on the right
And the beards have all grown longer overnight
The Who, Won't get fooled again
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Wow. There's money to be made here you unifirms guys, You know that size smalls are hard to get rid off, and it looks like this woman could wear a man's small. If I had access I'd get a uniform jacket, some breeches, boots and a pilotka. Tack on a belt and some boards, maybe an anniversary medal or two and ask Madame X how many she wanted. Same goes for that DDR stuff; still somewhat plentiful and cheap....
"patina imparts character" - PJS
A wise man said: 'you should not pay a premium for what you want beyond your comfort level, and always ensure there is a mutually agreeable return policy.'
). However, one of my relatives that I did not know existed, emailed me last week with a "who are you?" because he had just done a search on "de Valcourt" and told me he found lots of "Soviet awards stuff" under my name and a picture of me in my recently acquired KGB captain's uniform.
What's that website address?...(just kidding).
