Quiet,
I thank you also, for weighing in. My frustration got the best of me in his profile page, as I think SOME of the responsibility lies with him...I may have been able to sell the items to another person, on another site, who seemed interested. I had the rules wrong, as I've stated many times in this thread, about when a deal is done...MY mistake there. Ignoring him is your choice and I'm not asking, nor expecting any other BF members to blackball the guy...everyone's personal decision. I'm just relating what happened to me this week...naturally, I won't deal with him again.
Still no response as to which knife, or both, he wants to return...who knows?
Stay safe and thank you for your addition.
Later, Joe.
Joe, I know some folks have gotten on your case due to your being aggravated in this thread. I get that. However, the fact remains that there's really only one valid reason why someone should be sending knives back, and that's because they discovered some flaw or damage that you failed to disclose. I am aware that others will disagree, and if they don't like my viewpoint, they're free to place me on ignore and never do business with me. Frankly, as you stated originally, most of us
aren't stores. If I sell a knife, I'm a private seller who posted good pictures, made myself available to answer ANY questions a potential buyer might PM me with, and I always stand ready to take additional pictures and send them out. My point is, a buyer knows what they are getting when those knives leave my hand. And they
should know. I am not sending knives along for a free ballfondling and an "Eeeehhhhh, I don't like these as much as I thought I did, I want my money back because I feel buyer's remorse." This means that I am out the money for the sale, and now (as you were) out the
opportunity cost where someone else might have bought those knives, saw they were sold so they moved on and spent their money on something else. Now, all that said, I'm totally ok with someone contacting me to
ask if the deal could be reversed because the knives didn't wow them for subjective (on their end) reasons. I might even be inclined to reverse the deal if I'm familiar with that member, provided my knives show back up in the same condition. But, any situation where that's an expectation is where I draw the line. I would be posting in here myself. "Member XYZ likes to tirekick, deal with caution" and let the membership decide for themselves.
Recently, I have seen several threads where someone is selling a knife on the Exchange who just purchased it and they state so candidly. "This wasn't for me, here's a link to the thread where I bought it, so I'm just trying to get back what I spent." To those people, I say good on you for being standup forum members. You bought something, ended up not liking it, and then moved it along to someone else. That is quality behavior.
This is why I always say:
do your research. Receiving the knife in question is not the time to find out that ehhhhhh, you don't really like it after all. In my estimation, that's on you, not the seller. I'll close with once again stating for anyone reading: if you don't like my stance, feel free to add me to your "Do Not Do Business With" list. I won't mind, and it'll make both our lives easier, I guarantee it.
