2018 BF knife

[Jsega51]

The person selling the knife on the Bay was figured out (this was brought up in the GBU). I guess he’s being denied the ability to buy a forum knife in the future.

But that means he can always buy one when they start hitting the exchange so it’s still a no win situation I feel for as much emphasis was put on not flipping them. Plus I was told not to publicly name them.

 

[Elgatodeacero]

I guess if this person has to buy on secondary market, he or she should be made to pay an extra 100 bucks? But then the person selling to him at flipper prices will get banned for life from buying forum knife?!

 

[afishhunter]

The person selling the knife on the Bay was figured out (this was brought up in the GBU). I guess he’s being denied the ability to buy a forum knife in the future.

But that means he can always buy one when they start hitting the exchange so it’s still a no win situation I feel for as much emphasis was put on not flipping them. Plus I was told not to publicly name them.

They could ban him from the exchange?

 

[JohnDF]

Pretty sad since it was made very clear that they wanted to avoid any "flipping" of this knife.

 

[black mamba]

Unfortunately, some people will always do what they aren't supposed to. I think that limiting buyers to two knives is a sensible way to curtail the flipping, but apparently it's impossible to stop it altogether.

 

[Pomsbz]

Pretty sad since it was made very clear that they wanted to avoid any "flipping" of this knife.

There were a bunch on the forums B&S, is that also evil?

 

[JohnDF]

There were a bunch on the forums B&S, is that also evil?

First, I don't know what the B&S is
Second, "Evil" is your word, I said "sad"

 

[1066vik]

I'm assuming B&S is "Buy & Sell" -- the exchange.
and the difference is folks were selling for enough to cover most of their costs, not 2 1/2 times the original purchase price.

 

[Pomsbz]

First, I don't know what the B&S is
Second, "Evil" is your word, I said "sad"

Buy and Sell, sorry, not sure what the correct term is here. The term wasn't directed at you, rather at the lynch mob (find who it is, ban them, fine them, etc). I've seen previous forum knives on the forum marketplace at well over $200, if it's bad then stop allowing it here. If it's ok then what difference does it make if it's being done on ebay?

 

[black mamba]

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[black mamba]

The main reason to me for not flipping them is that SKBlades did all the work on this year's knife, yet was NOT allowed to profit from their sale. It was only because of Steve's generosity of spirit that we got such a great price on an otherwise costly knife.
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[Ramrodmb]

I also wonder about all the past forum knives routinely selling for FAR more than they cost at the time of release. These were all not for profit ventures, right?

 

[jmh33]

As long as those that pay the stupid prices there will be those that sell at said stupid prices..
John

 

[knarfeng]

All of the Traditional Forum knives have been not-for-profit.

Selling forum knives on the exchange is not an issue, per se.
People buy a knife, find it doesn't fit their carry needs and sell it for enough not to lose money. That isn't a problem.

However, buying them simply to flip them for a high price is not cool.
Each year people have volunteered their time. The factories have given us extra good prices. So for someone to turn around and make money off of all of that leaves a sour taste in people's mouths.

This year we were very up front about the fact that we did not want to sell to flippers. Spark had specifically asked this year for us to try to limit that. Out of ~450 knives, I'm aware of only one showing up on the auction site. That's a very low percentage and speaks volumes for the quality of our BladeForums members.