0777 on FS Forum Getting Top Dollar

I agree with you people. I just don't care for people who don't have the fortitude to be upfront about it, but instead try to qualify it with fibbery.
 
Ahhhh "fibbery"! You are killin me ova heah Mario! I do agree with your stance, but I appreciate the laughs too. I also recommend deep breaths though. One more fibbery flipper and I'm worried you'll bust a blood vessel in your brain or something bro. ;)
 
I have no idea why you guys think I'm actually worked up about this. I'm not. Like I said, I agree with you people and don't care too much if someone pays some cereal bar $900 for a $480 knife.

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^See? I'm happy.
 
sticktodrum said:
I have no idea why you guys think I'm actually worked up about this. I'm not. Like I said, I agree with you people and don't care too much if someone pays some cereal bar $900 for a $480 knife.

:D

^See? I'm happy.
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I'm still giving you a hug. *hugs*
 
gooeytek said:
I was at a NYCKS one year, and I was talking to a custom knifemaker at his table about who makes the best folders around. Adjacent to his table, RJ Martin was having a lottery and we took out our cards, then he (the knifemaker) said "man, I hope I win. I would sell the $h1t out of that knife, triple my money on the spot, and buy an Emerson CQC-7". I thought that was pretty funny. Financial gain? Hell yea. I've thought about buying a 777 and flipping it, why not? People do it all the time even with knives that aren't limited editions and sprint runs.
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What is your initial cost, and what do you plan on setting your flipping cost at?
 
sell if u like. perfectly nothing wrong to make a quick buck. its all free market forces at work. supply and demand. basics of economics. as a collector i like my collection to have demand and i certainly like my collection to fetch top dollar! whats wrong with that?
 
...if you can flip a 777 for more, if that's what you're intent is from the start, i got no prob with it...buy low sell high; that's market forces at work...go for it

the only situation that irritates me is when it comes to Hinderers...a First Responder (FR) type has a special opportunity to buy a Hinderer...if they choose to flip it; fine, you get to do that, ONCE...those who take advantage of the program with multiple buys with primary intent to resell and those who "game" their FR friends/acquaintances to buy for them, those people; not cool...
 
I am sure this happens a lot.

What's the msrp of 0777?

RobCamlin said:
Here's what bothers me... Would you be so offended if a soldier that doesn't get paid nearly enough to take care of his family, buys an XM-18 straight from Rick for around $350, turns around and sells it on the secondary market for $700+ just to make ends meet? My guess is that you would be okay with that. My point is that you never know someone else's situation and what drives them to do the things that they do. Sure, some people may only be in it to make some money and not everyone that's selling a knife at an inflated price absolutely has to, but because they can and because there is someone that will buy it for what they ask, then why not? Blatant profiteering at someone else's expense is another thing, but no one is being hurt by this sort of thing, and no one is forcing anyone to buy it. If you have the money and you want it, then so be it. I personally wouldn't buy that knife for that price, but I have certainly bought knives for more than that that were even more inflated because I really wanted them. I've also bought knives for a deal and sold them at a later date for a profit, it's how I can afford more custom knives. It's an investment in some cases. And furthermore, who is anyone to criticize what someone else is willing to spend on a knife that they want?
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mossyhorn said:
What is your initial cost, and what do you plan on setting your flipping cost at?
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Initial cost would be whatever they're going for on the retail sites, maybe a little more. If they can be flipped for $100 more than what I got it for, then that's great. For less than an hour's "work", that's not bad.
 
A seller who isn't an idiot sells his goods for what the market will allow. I recently sold a user PM2 for $10.00 more than what I paid for it new last year. Just so happens there aren't any available at the dealers when I was looking to sell. I saw what others were going for in the same condition and asked a little less than that. That is just being smart. If I had a 0777 that I wanted to sell, I would check the market and price it accordingly. That doesn't make me a bad person, that makes me a logical person who makes good business decisions. That being said, I don't necessarily agree with those who PLANNED to get in on the preorder JUST to make a profit.
 
MRaymond said:
A seller who isn't an idiot sells his goods for what the market will allow. I recently sold a user PM2 for $10.00 more than what I paid for it new last year. Just so happens there aren't any available at the dealers when I was looking to sell. I saw what others were going for in the same condition and asked a little less than that. That is just being smart. If I had a 0777 that I wanted to sell, I would check the market and price it accordingly. That doesn't make me a bad person, that makes me a logical person who makes good business decisions. That being said, I don't necessarily agree with those who PLANNED to get in on the preorder JUST to make a profit.
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So then the dealers who are selling the 0777 for retail price are idiots? Good to know.
 
sticktodrum said:
So then the dealers who are selling the 0777 for retail price are idiots? Good to know.
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Maybe I should rephrase that. I was talking specifically about the secondary market. On a side note, are there retailers out there selling these for MSRP? I am not talking about preorders, I mean the ones that aren't spoken for yet.
 
sticktodrum said:
So the steel's edge retention and your desire to not use it because of the Damascus pattern are things that ONLY occurred to you after you bought it at regular price and then received it? If that's the case, then I'm sure you'll sell it to someone who missed out on the retail sales and really really wanted one for themselves, at not much more than you paid for it, right? That would be the right thing to do for the community, wouldn't it?




^That's some of the most honest conjecture on this so far. The interest in selling it is financial gain, and yes, you likely got one that someone else missed out on that wouldn't sell it. Should you feel bad? I don't think so, because you acknowledge the reality.


Should people feel bad for wanting to turn a profit? No, not at all. However it's disingenuous to candy-coat in this "Oh...I'll never use it...it's TOOO BEAUTIFUL!! Not really my style..." and then turn around and say "Well, this knife isn't for me, and I only realized it right after I bought it out from under someone else who would have kept it...soooo TWICE THE PRICE FOR MY FORUM COMMUNITY BUDDIES!!!!!"

Obviously, that's not verbatim, but it's the vibe that's in the sale threads. It's nonsense, and no one has the grapes to just say "I bought this, and now I'm selling it for what seems to be the market price". You want to post stuff like "Don't like the price? Don't buy it." then be consistent and have some integrity. Don't lie to people, because that's exactly what is going on with these knife flips.

Huzzah for the community!
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Disingenuous.....candy-coat.....nonsense.....no grapes.....inconsistent.....no integrity.....LIAR.....

Wow you are worked up. You may dead on about some guys, but not me. What I said was true. It is my first Damascus knife and I didn't think about the pretty looks and the edge retention while I was racing to pre-order my one skyline. Wouldn't I try to buy more if I was out to make money? I never buy knives just to flip and make money, I buy what I think I will like, and sell it later if I find out differently later on. I usually take a loss too. I don't hold it against guys who do buy to sell, their choice, If I "Don't like the price? I Don't buy it." :p:rolleyes:

By the way, I still haven't sold it, and I may not. But if I did, it would be for the best price I could get. And since you are my favorite "forum buddy", I would sell it to you for $2,000,000.00. :D
 
I plan on flipping one of my 0777s... again and again so that I can feel that smooth KVT action in my hand. And then I am going to put it back in my pocket and look for stuff to slice! :D

mossyhorn said:
What is your initial cost, and what do you plan on setting your flipping cost at?
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jvarn81 said:
By the way, I still haven't sold it, and I may not. But if I did, it would be for the best price I could get. And since you are my favorite "forum buddy", I would sell it to you for $2,000,000.00. :D
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I'll take it for $2,500,000 :D
adnj said:
I plan on flipping one of my 0777s... again and again so that I can feel that smooth KVT action in my hand. And then I am going to put it back in my pocket and look for stuff to slice! :D
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Good man. You use that beaut!!
 
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