Random questions to which you seek an answer
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When this forum started, Giles, Shoque and I talked about a reputation system and we decided against it. It can have the tendency to start a popularity contest with the members, a "who's got more points" type of deal. On the other hand, it can be a useful tool to tell someone that…they're being a tool
I agree that it is a bit Sophomoric but at the same time, there is some definite need for dashes of reality on this forum. Don't get me wrong I love this forum and probably more than most if you cannot tell, but sometimes I feel like I am in the Kindergarten of forums due to certain posts. I do not want to ramble as it is a GIANT pet peeve of mine. I do however trust that Giles, Doug and Shoque have nothing but the best interests for this forum so I will leave decisions like this up to them.
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Anyway: I like the rep system on SuFu. I don't post though, I just do biz
But yeah… Lotsa hipsters on there and such... I prefer the SF forum... Smaller but more personal... Both boards are excellent to find good deals on, though... I'd say that 95 % of the clothes I wear, are imported from the US through SuFu and SF members...
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Point systems, especially with negative dings are childish. You want to know if a person has a good reputation? Check out the number of posts and the join date. Then check some of the topics he/she posts on and see if those posts make sense. Finally, you can use the forum search engine and enter the user name or real name in the search field. See how many times the name of the poster gets referenced and in which context. Takes a little more work (two minutes) but will tell you much more.
I will have to think long and hard of a random question.
Till
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Seul, are you always happy with what you receive from SuFu and SF ? I mean, do the jeans fit perfectly ? Or do you end up most of the time selling them back ? Also, I'm curious…do you usually get back what you paid for them or more should you decide to sell them back ? I tried SF once. I bought a pair of W30 IH 634S from a dude for $80. I thought I could wear them boyfriend style -- I do have 2 pair of W30 IH straight cut which I wear that away -- they were the first 2 pair of IH ever bought at Self Edge. But I thought for $80, what the fuck ? They ended up wayyy too big....I mean, a female colleague told me that they looked retarded on me. They were more like a 31. They were also altered to a L30. It turned out that they fit this little man I worked with perfectly, so I just gave them to him. He wears them all the time ! But I decided at that time, that SuFu and SF aren't worth my time. For me, anyway, buying stuff "cheap" only encourages me to buy stuff I don't really need. Since I'm not thrilled with what I got, I justify buying more "cheap" since I didn't spend that much on the item I was disappointed with in the first place. When I pay full retail, I buy few things -- but I LOVE what I bought forever.
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I've never had to return a pair of jeans I bought from a forum. It's just a matter of double checking the measurements with the seller and seeing how long the jeans were worn before being sold…if they've been worn for a long time, sometimes they'll stretch out and not want to go back with a hot wash and dry
A good 50% of my collection is bought off another individual, not a store
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Shubz: I've never bought a pair of jeans that don't fit me. Once you know a bit about the brand you're buying, and the model, and of course your personal measurements, it's just a matter of checking and doublechecking… Online sites like Self Edge and Blue in Green (with its infamous BiG measurements style, used by most folks on both boards), make it very easy to check on a certain brand or model, and its measurements...
I never lose a lot of money when I sell items... That's the big advantage of buying 2ndhand gear... If you sell NEW gear (say you were 'dumb' enough to buy an item in a store, at full price), you have to automatically give a 30/ 40 % discount if you wanna be able to sell it online, even if it's NEW WITH TAGS, unworn,... If you buy 2ndhand gear, and decide to sell, you might have to lower the price you paid with 10-15 %... Big difference, as you can imagine...
I try to be very picky in the items I buy, but sometimes I just give something to a family member if I do end up disliking it, or if it doesn't fit well enough...
Both my dad and my brother are almost completely dressed with "hand-outs" from me... They both dress a lot better than they used to, as agreed on by other family members and mutual friends as well... Win/ wituation!..If something doesn't make sense, excuse me ladies and gents: English is not my mother language :-\
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Everything makes sense Seul. Thanks for explaining ! Don't worry about your English – it's just fine. I'm sure your dad and bro appreciate your hand-me-downs ! Ever since I've discovered Iron Heart, I've never had to give anything away because the fit is just so perfect and the quality so insanely high. In my previously Non-IH-life though, I'd give shitloads of clothes (virtually brand new) to relatives and goodwill on a regular basis -- because, I was pissing away $$ on ill-fitting, inferior shit and they never satisfied me in the way that IH does.
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Perhaps some re-titling needs to be done ? Sometimes, I'm not sure which of these to post to.
You and Your Iron Hearts
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=9.0- WHAT ARE YOU WEARING/ DOING IN YOUR CLOTHES TODAY (PICS)?.. +
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=254.0
WAYWT IH (Photos & Descriptions ONLY)
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=294.0Fit Pix
http://www.ironheart.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=38.0 - WHAT ARE YOU WEARING/ DOING IN YOUR CLOTHES TODAY (PICS)?.. +
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waywt is just about posting a fit pic.
in the "what are your jeans doing today" thread you could post pics of what you have done today in your jeans. from woodcutting over watching a movie to writing an exam.
in the fit pix thread you should merely post you wearing ih stuff so people get a general idea of how a certain item in a particular size looks/fits.
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Following threads should exist imho:
- WAYWT thread
- IH Fit Pix thread
- What are you jeans doing to today thread
What do you guys think?
I agree with Shoque almost. This is what I think. I demand a WAYWT Thread without non sense chatter. When I go to a WAYWT Thread I want to see pictures and descriptions not shitty unthoughtful blabber.
- WAYWT (Conversation Vesrion)
- WAYWT (Photos & Descriptions ONLY)
- WAYJDT What are you jeans doing to today thread?
- Fit Pics can fall into the each products respective thread. (This was the confusing thread IMO)
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Perhaps I'm retarded but still…I see a blur between 'fit pix' and 'waywt' -- unless 'waywt' allows other clothes besides denim, and other brands besides IH. What's the point of having 2 'fit oriented' threads ?
Given your definitions, shoque, the pics I typically post belong in "What are your jeans doing today". Put it this way...that's exactly what I'm thinking when I post up Shubha pics -- I'm thinking "I want the IH forum to see what I'm up to today". Now, does "What are your jeans doing today" have to be 100% IH ? Or can you be wearing Flat Head or some other brand too ? Moreover, I think Seul just said "clothes..." instead of "jeans..." -- leaving it even more open-ended, such that you don't have to be wearing denim.
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to make it simple, i think there should be one What are you wearing today thread which includes which should include the 'you and your ironhearts', 'WAYWT IH', and 'what are you wearing/doing with your clothes today'
I think if we really want to best utilize a 'fit pics' thread, we should make it such that it is the one-stop to asking about an iron heart item, lets say IHSH-20, and then wait for someone to help out with sizing, be it giles or any of the other forum members.
These are my quick 2 cents, lets do this.
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I think Lando's idea is least confusing, which says a lot – since I'm new to forums. But I need one clarification...are we allowed, with Lando's idea -- to post non-Iron heart clothes too ? Isn't the whole point of this forum to only post Iron Heart ? I think if we start allowing other brands to creep in, it's gonna turn into a shitfest all over again. I understand that maybe your shirt isn't IH, or your jacket or obviously your undergarments -- but at least one major item in your outfit should be Iron Heart.
