Toast the Third

[ilovecherries]

Just in case we want to continue to share how we wear our sale gems!
Previous thread here www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/3946605-TOAST-2?msgid=98452456

Awoke early for me and rewarded with the chambray Oxford dress in a 10 (as the 12 evaporated before my very eyes) and a cotton wrap dress which I think is a few seasons old, and the pattern a little loud perhaps, but I do love a good quality cotton summer dress.
Think I'm going to return the blue poplin dress.

I got the Jamie workwear trousers but I imagine they could be too long for my stubby legs but we'll see....
No slate Alix or gingham top with the buttons on the back which are the two things I'm really hankering after!

@Gymntonic the Oxford dress is very roomy so probably for the best that you got a smaller size.

Still no more white linen boy t-shirts tho which is what I’m after. Tho it will be good when the sale actually ends because then I won’t be waking up and looking at the JL website every morning at 4.30 am 🙄😉

I think I need to start taking my phone up to bed with me, I’m missing everything 😅

I got some garment washed linen trousers in
xl so may be too big and a blue workwear jacket in 12. I have no work today so was not an issue waking that early.

It's the only up side of my peri menopausal sleeplessness- generally I now wake anywhere between 4.30 and 6.15 on a good day 😭

@Saurus72 I think you're probably correct there. I'm broad enough across the shoulder to have made either size work, so it was a blessing that choice was taken from me, I think.
Just discovered some hidden buttons on the faux wrap dress that means it doesn't gape at all. Panic over.
Am planning on wearing vintage Toast today. Some long, wide leg, thin cotton trousers that I have in a pale blue and a burgundy. They're a bit roomy usually but this summer I seem to fill them perfectly. Smartish but perfect for hotter temperatures. Teenage daughter even complemented me on the burgundy pair last week. Think I'll go for the blue today.

Oh god the lockdown weight gain 😬. I need to tackle it this side of autumn or I’m afraid of what winter will bring...

I've already gone back through the bags I had ready for charity shops to retrieve items I'd previously discarded as being too roomy.

I know the point of eBay is to make a profit (and I certainly do my fair share of eBaying, including new stuff I bought at a bargain and then thought twice over) but I logged onto ebay this morning to see what Toast items were on there (addict) and it's full of all the JL recent bargains at hugely inflated prices. Presumably as the market is flooded the prices will come down?? I'm saying this as the only Alix trousers on there are £100.
Yes I don't need to buy them, I know we're trying to make money etc etc so I'm not trying to slag anyone off but I just feel slightly put out that I might have missed on a few things that other people have only bought not because they like Toast but they can see a profit.
I'm easy going in RL- honestly!!

It really annoys me @AFingerofFudge. Stupid really because I’m not going to buy any of it on eBay. I feel a bit sad for the people who are being ripped off without realising it.

@AFingerofFudge I don’t want to get all ‘woohoo’ about it but I agree - I haven’t done this with any of the JL Toast bargains I’ve returned because I think it’s bad sales karma. The clothes are to be worn by people who love them and can’t necessarily (or don’t want to) pay full price. There are loads of things I could have posted on eBay for a profit but I just don’t think it’s the spirit!

The almond print shirt just arrived and I’m delighted with it. I was expecting it to be too boxy but it really isn’t. £28!!!

Nice outfit saurus that’s the way to do summer black!

@Saurus72

The almond print shirt just arrived and I’m delighted with it. I was expecting it to be too boxy but it really isn’t. £28!!!

@Saurus72 I received my almond shirt today too. It is a 12 and fits perfectly. I am surprised by this one. I am not allowed to post pics yet as I am a mumsnet newly.

I agree with you all with the ebay sales of JL bargains. I was watching a couple of things I really wanted in the sale buy I refuse to pay the prices being asked. I think most people who are likely to want these items will realise that they were considerably cheaper in the JL sale and Toast lovers are unlikely to pay their prices. I have noticed a lot of prices coming down which means that after the Ebay and PayPal fees it is hardly going to be worth their while... hmmmmm.... anyway..

That shirt’s lovely. It looks perfect with your nails @Saurus72!

Does anyone have any of the boy t-shirts? How do you wear them (as in with what?) I've got a yellow, purple and green one but never wear them as not sure what to put them with. The necklines are quite high so they don't feel to me like T-shirts I'd wear in summer!

@AFingerofFudge

I know the point of eBay is to make a profit (and I certainly do my fair share of eBaying, including new stuff I bought at a bargain and then thought twice over) but I logged onto ebay this morning to see what Toast items were on there (addict) and it's full of all the JL recent bargains at hugely inflated prices. Presumably as the market is flooded the prices will come down?? I'm saying this as the only Alix trousers on there are £100. Yes I don't need to buy them, I know we're trying to make money etc etc so I'm not trying to slag anyone off but I just feel slightly put out that I might have missed on a few things that other people have only bought not because they like Toast but they can see a profit. I'm easy going in RL- honestly!!

It is annoying but in all fairness many people go to the outlet stores and that's how they make money on ebay. Not just for Toast but for other brands. Its how some of the shops selling clothes on ebay work. To be fair, I wish I lived that close to an outlet so that I could do it!!! It do agree, it is frustrating that when you want to buy something someone else has bought it to sell on ebay. Its just the way it is though.

I think you also have to look at it this way, The alex trousers are still cheaper than on Toast. The seller also has to factor in the listing fees and paypal fees. When that is all said and done, that's quite a lot taken off the money they make but still a pretty good profit I do agree.
It also makes you wonder how much of a profit toast is making if they can afford to reduce them so cheaply on John lewis every season. It also is every season that these reductions occur. How much exactly are they making for dresses that cost £200? Trousers that cost £115.
Its ALL profiteering in reality.

I don't go to outlets btw and sell like this or by on JL to sell deliberately[ with the exception of the odd thing that hasn't fitted that I have sold on but not for ludicrous prices]

@AFingerofFudge

Does anyone have any of the boy t-shirts? How do you wear them (as in with what?) I've got a yellow, purple and green one but never wear them as not sure what to put them with. The necklines are quite high so they don't feel to me like T-shirts I'd wear in summer!

I have one boy tee in white from the JL sale and was wondering this very thing. Tbh, I think I will wear it under dungarees, pinafores etc. Its white and its incredibly see through but it is a gorgeous fabric and so white.

@neveradullmoment99

I think you also have to look at it this way, The alex trousers are still cheaper than on Toast. The seller also has to factor in the listing fees and paypal fees. When that is all said and done, that's quite a lot taken off the money they make but still a pretty good profit I do agree. It also makes you wonder how much of a profit toast is making if they can afford to reduce them so cheaply on John lewis every season. It also is every season that these reductions occur. How much exactly are they making for dresses that cost £200? Trousers that cost £115. Its ALL profiteering in reality.

Yes, it’s profiteering, that’s how the world works but something sticks in my craw when I see someone listing loads and loads of eg Toast in different sizes all at buy it now prices 100% more than they paid. It’s the same when Uniqlo or H&M do limited edition collaborations and the vultures hoover it all up and eBay it for vastly inflated prices. It just feels really unethical. Yes, I know I sound ridiculously naive!

I wear my white T with PJ bottoms. Such a beautiful thing.

@neveradullmoment99 actually I do agree with you. If I had the time to be a dedicated ebay seller instead of just a now and then one, and I lived near the outlet I went to yesterday then yes, I probably would buy things cheaply and sell them on. I was just having a mini tantrum this morning, it is just business.
Although I also agree that purely hoovering up limited editions for profit feels wrong to me!

I give you the Ben & Jerry trainers that I tried to buy online the minute they were released. Didn't get them, and now look at them on eBay!