They were definitely different patches. The orange one was larger, so you can't alter a "regular" one to make an orange border one. There was a guy on FB who had some excellent repros, supposedly done by the original shop.
And the soap opera ends with it selling for 425.
I wonder if he'll realize at some point that getting himself blocked from the FB groups could end up costing him much more than 200 bucks...
My local Ross/Maxx/Marshall's are so lousy, I'll gladly forgo the tiny possibility of finding a gem, if it means I never have to step foot in them again.
I don't think you need to feel bad. I've gotten those messages as a seller before - "hey you could have sold that for way more! hey cancel and I'll pay you more!" Lots of jerks out there.
You could try to report this stuff, but what's eBay gonna do? Escort him to the PO to make sure he ships it? Take the listing down and police his account to make sure he can't sell it? Nah. Best just to forget about it.
Oh well. The sun still came up today.
I had a feeling it would happen, and I would wager that TML's explanation is correct. Have at it, Bob! I'm out, just on the principle of the thing.
Here's one I had done by EPS a few years ago. Pretty sure the name was a little bit off. It's long gone, but IIRC the plate was a match.
Edit: hey, I can embed from Photobucket again.
By boat? Where did you hear that? Priority and first class certainly go by air. Maybe there's a lower tier than first class that goes by sea, but I'm not aware of it.
*sheepishly raises hand*
I don't think I've ever asked for anything like that that required extra sewing work, but I definitely have asked a customizer to match an odd gamer detail on a few jerseys.
I am probably why some customizers don't want to take instructions anymore. Sorrey guys.
I found the grey VGK numbers from a convo I had the day they went up:
6 in 52, 24 in 54, 26 in 56, 42 in 58, and 21 in 58+. I guess I didn't look at GCs.
Today they have 36 58s, 10 58+, one 58G, and four 60G.
When Meigray put up the VGK blanks a while back, you could attempt to add 99 or something to your cart, and it would tell you how many they had in stock. IIRC they had single digits for 52s, 20-ish for 54s, 40+ each in 56-58, and 20-ish 58+. It seemed pretty proportional to how I would expect player preferences to go.
Well that just may fit your collection, but where will you sleep?
Seriously though, that sucks, and I hope you can get back to work quick. What industry, if you're comfortable saying?