Used Pantyhose $0.99

[Works4me]

On eBay just saw several listings for used panythose for 99 cents -"cleaned as per Ebay's instructions." Plus $6.30 shipping! From Pittsburgh, PA, not CA!

Any ideas what this is about? Would anybody buy used pantyhose? Why?

I figure the "cleaning" removes the perverse reasons I initially imagined. But then again, the picture posted with the black pair - well, makes me wonder .....

For some strange reason this has blown my mind today. Any thoughts?


Links:

www.ebay.com/itm/Pantyhose-WORN-Leggs-Just-My-Size-4X-Beige-/200767877312?pt=US_CSA_WC_Hosiery_Socks&hash=item2ebeb2b0c0

www.ebay.com/itm/Pantyhose-WORN-Leggs-Just-My-Size-4X-Black-/200767878298?pt=US_CSA_WC_Hosiery_Socks&hash=item2ebeb2b49a

[midjd]

I'd figure the "cleaned" line was a way to get around eBay's restriction on selling such items for, er, illicit reasons... I'm betting they're not CLEAN clean, if you know what I mean.

Apparently there is a large market for unwashed womens' undergarments. Considering I've read at least 2 Dear Prudence letters in the last year that started with "I caught my father-in-law sniffing my dirty underwear, help!" maybe I shouldn't be surprised...

[Green Eyed Lady]

Oh dear.

[thyme4change]

LOL. Who wears pantyhose anymore? I thought I was the last holdout.

Maybe 4X are a hard size to find?

[Works4me]

T-Bird - Cost new - about $5 with shipping. Can buy for less at Walmart

Good point about the, er, "cleaning" MidJD.

Thyme - Checked and 4x can be bought at Walmart, Kmart, Leggs-Haines-Bali, etc.

All I was looking for was some leggings for the gym and to wear as jammies - like them to fit loose like pants - and now I can't stop shaking my head and giggling like a teeny bopper. My father and his caregiver are laughing too.

Love your comments - truly roflol

[Waffle]

The "will be cleaned" remark gives a buyer a chance to email the seller and say don't bother to wash them before you send them. Before I saw the ads, I vaguely remembered some old craft projects that used pantyhose as stuffing - but you wouldn't sell them by the pair for that. LOL. 4x would also probably be big enough for some men to wear.

[InsertCoolName]

I've seen used dirty socks for sale on E-bay. There are fetishes of all kinds ya all.

[Plain Old Petunia]

My ex sold a bunch of his old uniforms on eBay once. He was a cop and changed departments, the old department wore dark blue, new department wore tan. He took off the patches first, of course.

There is a market for cop uniforms, for role playing purposes. One customer did ask that he not launder the uniforms.

The role playing I didn't find too surprising, the no laundering request I thought was weird.

[thyme4change]

Maybe that person was allergic to some detergents.

Or....not.

[Plain Old Petunia]

May 29, 2012 16:38:02 GMT -5 thyme4change said:

Maybe that person was allergic to some detergents.

Or....not.

Lol, I hope that was it, allergic to some detergents and just being cautious.

[midjd]

Tbird, is it bad that my first thought with those letters now is "well, at least it's not a blood relative doing the sniffing..."?

Petunia, I can see the ad now - "Police Uniforms, Now With New Cop Smell!"

[thyme4change]

Petunia, I can see the ad now - "Police Uniforms, Now With New Cop Smell!"

I would prefer them with "Hot Cop" smell.

[Works4me]

tbird - If all one had to do was wear and ship (in zip-loc baggies?) could one write the cost of underwear off as a business expense?

Nasgul - What was your friend's projected profit margin? Is the price higher the longer they are worn? For correspondence and pix, well, that's gonna cost a lot more than 99 cents plus shipping!

On the other hand was just reading about some software that can be used to write sports and other formatted type news stories - predicts that within 15 years AI could be writing the news stories we read, making some journalists a bit nervous. I wonder if that, combined with photoshop, would work for this ..... May have a new business model here - isn't it amazing what a woman can do with technology? And I have been looking for something to do from home - lol

This whole topic just cracks me up as it never occurred to me when I saw the ads - all I wanted was a few pair of capri length leggings! We have been roflol here all day on this one with the silliest suggestions - bad weekend with taking care of my father so was just what we needed. Thanks YM!!!

ETA - one of the girls who works for me is putting her self through school and says for enough money she'd wear them all week and doesn't really care what some guy does with them - none of her business!!! lol My question is why is it always men?

[Sam_2.0]

Perfect. This is the "work from home while baby naps" idea that I've been waiting for!!!

[Works4me]

We could form YM Unmentionables Inc. Of course, we'd have to max out our retirement accounts, education accounts, etc. lol

tbird - you hit it right on the head regarding the creep factor. Reminds me of one of my mother's favorite jokes : Old geezer says to sweet young thing, "Would you sleep with me for $1 million?" She replies in the affirmative. Old geezer then asks, "Would you sleep with me for $20?" Sweet young thing indignantly replies, "Of course not - what do you think I am?" Geezer states, "We've already established that - now we're just negotiating the price."

[Formerly SK]

Several years ago I caught an AC repairman gently stroking my undies in my bedroom drawer. I ran next door and called the cops on him. He confessed and we got the $200 bill waived, but he was not fired.