One size, repeated: grade the batch

The tag is a claim, repeated

Listed sizes drift, and in a case they should repeat identically. The only real data is a buyer writing '170/60, took L, perfect' — and whether every unit in the case matched. Harvest those; two or three and the right size stops being a gamble.

The printed tag is a factory's wish repeated. The buyer note is a fact. Trust the fact, especially across a case.

Measure the sample flat

Lay the sample flat, measure across, and compare to the seller's own numbers — not the size you grab elsewhere. Bulk cuts drift hardest at shoulder and waist, and a case repeats the drift.

Write the numbers in your notes. 'Usually a Medium' is memory; the tape is fact, and the note is the record.

No swaps across the border

You're shipping through an agent from Asia. There is no 'swap a size' on a case — wrong size means a second order or a warehouse of orphans. On a bulk run, that's the whole case gone.

That's why the sample's note matters more than the tag. Someone wore your size; read it like the only review that counts.

Shoes: size to the larger foot

For shoes, go by the larger foot and the cm foot length, not the EU label that drifts between batches. Bulk reps run narrow, and a case repeats the narrow.

If the row has no size note, slow down and read reviews for fit. Guessing means a second order if wrong.

Archive the batch grade

When a buyer posts a fit pic with measurements across a case, save it. Bulk repeats its own standard; your size archive is the only continuity for next time.

Treat sizing like every other check — evidence first, assumption never.

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