Does anyone else find this annoying in second hand clothing descriptions?

[tectonicplates]

I'm on Ebay and a few Facebook selling groups. This is a minor annoyance and maybe you'll all tell me I'm being unreasonable...

Does anyone else find it irritating when people add marketing words like "gorgeous dress" or "stunning skirt" etc? It just seems a bit unnecessary and highly subjective, and possibly protesting too much when selling plain items. You've posted photos, so I'll be the judge of whether the dress is "gorgeous" or not. What I really want to know is the measurements and the fabric content.

Even worse than gorgeous is Georgeous.

Especially when it came from Asda in the first place.

FB round us is very keen on 'Must go today' Why? What will happen if it doesn't go today ?

'Smoke free, pet free home' - I'd love to see one that is totally honest - 'smells of fegs, covered in hair and last night's strawberry jelly'. :) :)

TheShrieks what is it you don't like about the use of 'vintage'? Is it because it is used for new items that are vintage style? If so I agree with you and it should be described as vintage style

Yes, that exactly. I was once quite a collector of vintage clothing, but found that lots of "vintage" things I clicked on were "brand new with tags" and came in a variety of colours and sizes! I think "retro" was the word they were looking for.

And don't get me started on "antique"!!

Even worse than gorgeous is Georgeous.

Don’t forget ‘gawjuss’ my teeth itch

God, I’m in a great mood tonight...

Oh my God, can I just add

FUCKING TELL ME HOW LONG THE TROUSERS ARE OR I CAN'T TELL IF THEY WILL FIT ME.

Argh.

My current hate is “wedding dress worn once for a few hours”. I’m looking for a Jenny packham gown that hasn’t been altered or trashed. May have to lower my expectations😂

Sexy. I am tall and a size 22 and struggle to find swimming costumes that fit me. They are virtually all described thus. I just want to know if I can get in the damn thing, as I think we all know that it is highly unlikely that what is essentially the equivalent of a 1960s school gym kit will fulfill that adjective when on.

'Only worn once' accompanied by a picture of a decidedly trashed-looking item of clothing.

I can only assume they went mud-wrestling in the morning and completed an army assault course in the afternoon the day they wore it.

And don't get me started on 'pre-loved'!!

To those of you who don’t like the “plenty of wear left” phrase, any suggestions of what to use instead? It’s something I say only to make sure that the buyer understands it has been worn but is still in good condition and can’t screw me over by claiming otherwise.

Totally agree with the smoke and pet free ones. I reckon it's a lie at least 60% of the time

TheHodge.
I don't write "plenty of wear left" but usually something like
"in good USED condition" (or very good, excellent, fair etc.)
at the beginning of my description depending on the item, then towards the end I have a standard
"this item is used, not new, and may show some signs of wear", alongside a reassurance that my cats, dog and fish don't smoke.

That second "used" I write would also be in capitals, just so there's no missing it!

alongside a reassurance that my cats, dog and fish don't smoke.

Yeah but I bet your tortoise smokes, doesn't he. How convenient of you to forget to mention him, you scammer, you

Thanks Shriek.
Have been burnt by some shitty buyers recently so don’t want to put off buyers but trying to cover myself. Not that there’s much point as EBay doesnt even give you a chance to defend yourself.

Had some good finds of Ebay with silk but yes IME 'silky' = polyester. I avoid it like the plague.

See also "Boho" "Ditsy" "Sexy" etc I want good pictures, proper descriptions, brand and measurements thank you. Also when I search for dresses I get loads of tops that would barely cover my arse and I'm 5'2", who is wearing these as dresses ??

EBay doesnt even give you a chance to defend yourself

Yes, Hodge I've not had any trouble myself but read on here several times how eBay will always take the buyers' side, and read some pretty wtf examples.
I only sell second hand clothes for not very much, wouldn't risk anything more valuable in case of CFery.

That's an outrageous lie, techtonic

He vapes now.

I was looking for an item, the person said it's in perfect clean condition when I asked if there was any marks etc. When I went to pick it up it was bloody filthy. I refused and she sent me message after message about how I wasted her time, it'd take 2 mins to wash, offering me for a lower price. I won't back 2nd hand anymore now.