Wacoal For A Song

I don't know how, but somehow I collected a lot of bras of various sizes over the years.  I used to religiously hit the sales after Christmas and would stock up on my favorite brands, Wacoal and La Perla. 

And then I lost weight.  A lot of weight.  These bras became useless.  I did not give them to the Goodwill or other charity because I was not convinced I would not gain it all back, and there I would be, bra-less.

A couple of years passed and they were still sitting in my drawer.  And then my Marimekko moment kicked in.  eBay, I thought.  They probably won't sell, but hey, why not give it a try?  And so I sorted through them: bands, cups, manufacturers.  I picked a random number to set the price, my thinking being, if they sell, great, if not, off to Goodwill.

I tentatively put the first lot up: 38DD Wacoals.  Now Wacoal is a bit of a strange brand to me.  It is Japanese, and the bras (as one would expect) are high quality, engineered well, and expensive.  Kind of the Lexus of the lingerie world.

Immediately I got watchers.  And then a bid.  And another.  What was the cause of this bidding frenzy?

They sold--my three used (or in eBay parlance "lightly used"), bras for twenty something dollars.  I was amazed.

But my amazement went one step further: the buyer was a man.  What would a man be doing buying my used bras?  No woman I know would want used bras as a gift.

I put another lot up.  "archiejoy" kept the bidding going, but "ny12912" sniped "archiejoy" in the last 15 seconds.  And guess what? "ny12912" was again a man.

Three more lots, and all had male buyers. 

I leave it to your imagination, but if I were just beginning to transition from male to female, or if I were a drag queen or transgendered individual on a strict budget, I know where I would be getting my bras from!