What they really mean when they say............

[freestyla_24]

A Buyers guide to those phrases often found in listings...the true meaning

SHABBY CHIC PROJECT - I am trying to sell something i found in a council estate skip

UPCYCLE - Making a pigs ear out of a silk purse

VINTAGE - Wasn't made this year

RARE - I hav'nt seen one before.

Feel free to add yours.....

[023mjc]

NWOT - only worn once

[Anonymous]

Lots of wear left - it’s trashed, but still functions as an item of clothing. 

[mustard-tree]

WOW - Just sat on a drawing pin

[llewellyn-technical-services]

"Seller Refurbished" - I blew the dust off it and tried to polish out the scratches but its still got the same intermittent faults it had when i bought it last week