Another hobby plagued by resellers

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I'm new to the hobby of collecting knives. I've loved knives for ever and one of my earlier knife possessions happens to be a bm bali song that I got when I was training in Kali and muay thai. I would like to chime in that for every person who sells a knife, or any collectible, for more than they got it for, there are 100's of sales that go the opposite direction. If you don't believe me, try it. Put some money away and only buy knives that you think you can flip to make money. I doubt that at the end of the year, after shipping and cost of posting etc. you will have actually made much over what you spent and that's not even beginning to add in any type of pay for your time. However, I would guess that there are a few reading what I just wrote snickering to themselves "I do it".
So far, I've had the pleasure of playing with a bunch of lower dollar crkt's, rat 1, utilitac, type knives that I will be reselling on ebay this week and am now into ZT, Reate, BM, microtech and spyderco knives. I have some, a 0301 and a 0200 in particular, that I got to try out, but are not right for me, so they will move on to, hopefully, a more apprecative home.

I always think of hobbies like I do working out, you don't get money value, you get life value.
 
needler420 said:
I think I broke the system.

To be fair I just got done on a bartending/server in Monterey behind portola hotel so I contributed my share.

My only regrets was not getting a butteryfly or stiletto bartending knife. That way I would have been CA legal and can scare the mean people that don't want to pay their tab or cause problems.
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And you sir have proven why you should not have sharp things. Can't figure out how to get them and don't know how to use them appropriately. Awesome :thumbup:
 
craytab said:
And you sir have proven why you should not have sharp things. Can't figure out how to get them and don't know how to use them appropriately. Awesome :thumbup:
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You realize its not sharp? I want a sharp one but that's for home use not work. I also live in FL now so its legal carry.
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needler420 said:
You realize its not sharp? I want a sharp one but that's for home use not work. I also live in FL now so its legal carry.
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Okay then. Sell some of your massive video game collection and put out the money to get a "real" bali. Makes more sense than starting a thread to complain about flippers.
 
its only ruined if you let it bother you.dont cry cause you cant pay to play.I want allot of knives I cant afford but I dont cry about it.this is America they can sell for whatever they want to sell for.
 
endgamer said:
its only ruined if you let it bother you.dont cry cause you cant pay to play.I want allot of knives I cant afford but I dont cry about it.this is America they can sell for whatever they want to sell for.
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That's what the guy at the gun show told me yesterday.

I was like " It's seven dollars for admission just to get it?
gun show host " yes"
me " seven dollars just to go in and look around?
gun show host " yes capitalism"
me " are they're at least any knife vendors?
gun show host " yes. about half a dozen.


Then I pay the seven dollars and browse for ten minutes.. Got inquires on knives from a few vendors and a few guys tried to pass off fake Chinese crap as legit stuff. They could tell it was my first gun show and I was a city boy. They couldn't tell I knew a thing about knives. It was a good experience as least. Way too small and too few vendors for a $7 dollar admission though. Felt ripped off by uncle sam.
 
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needler420 said:
That's what the guy at the gun show told me yesterday.

I was like " It's seven dollars for admission just to get it?
gun show host " yes"
me " seven dollars just to go in and look around?
gun show host " yes capitalism"
me " are they're at least any knife vendors?
gun show host " yes. about half a dozen.


Then I pay the seven dollars and browse for ten minutes.. Got inquires on knives from a few vendors and a few guys tried to pass off fake Chinese crap as legit stuff. They could tell it was my first gun show and I was a city boy. They couldn't tell I knew a thing about knives. It was a good experience as least. Way too small and too few vendors for a $7 dollar admission though. Felt ripped off by uncle same.
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That is because this is how it works kid. Seems like you have a lot of learning to do. May want to stick around and read a little more.
 
I only buy and sell to obtain a new knife or move one that doesn't interest me any long. I've never bought a bali but the Benchmade 51 would be my first if I were to do so.
 
OP, take a leap! Buy yourself a couple or three of those high end balisongs and double your money! It's the American Way!
 
needler420 said:
That's what the guy at the gun show told me yesterday.

I was like " It's seven dollars for admission just to get it?
gun show host " yes"
me " seven dollars just to go in and look around?
gun show host " yes capitalism"
me " are they're at least any knife vendors?
gun show host " yes. about half a dozen.


Then I pay the seven dollars and browse for ten minutes.. Got inquires on knives from a few vendors and a few guys tried to pass off fake Chinese crap as legit stuff. They could tell it was my first gun show and I was a city boy. They couldn't tell I knew a thing about knives. It was a good experience as least. Way too small and too few vendors for a $7 dollar admission though. Felt ripped off by uncle sam.
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Stay away from the guns. Please.
 
uofaengr said:
Stay away from the guns. Please.
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I only collect knives. When I was at the gun show two guys were discussing a conversation about Hitler and they owned many guns. That was enough of a impression for me. I was there for the knives and knives only.
 
needler420 said:
I only collect knives. When I was at the gun show two guys were discussing a conversation about Hitler and they owned many guns. That was enough of a impression for me. I was there for the knives and knives only.
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And what exactly does this mean?
 
needler420 said:
I only collect knives. When I was at the gun show two guys were discussing a conversation about Hitler and they owned many guns. That was enough of a impression for me. I was there for the knives and knives only.
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I cant WAIT to hear you expound on this aborted mass of a statement.. Dont keep us waiting!
 
To put it in the most non trolling words. In my opinion I saw people who are not competent to own guns. Yet they do.
 
How does a conversation about one of the most profound and appalling figures in history mean they are incompetent to own firearms?


If theyre neo nazis i could understand, but they could just be a couple of men having a conversation about a head of state during a pivotal time in history. Dont know, wasnt there.
 
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To put it in the most non trolling words. In my opinion I saw people who are not competent to own guns. Yet they do.
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And this has to do with resellers how? Lots of dumb people are allowed to do things they shouldn't that are far more dangerous than owning a gun. Having kids and driving a car to name a few. Again though, totally irrelevant to your problems and any sort of conversation we could have here.
 
Cray, when you get frustrated, I tune in!
Some really funny posts in this thread, I thank you for the laughs!!!!

The OP has gone in circles here and the original (and sad) point of this thread is gone....(We are now into some combination of guns, Hitler, and gun shows?!?!?)

I will suggest, as others have, that crying about things you can't afford because of some imaginary right to a certain price, or the way people SHOULD sell what is theirs, will never get anyone much sympathy.
 
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