Benchmade pricing seems to have changed

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Elisabeth, with your post it would be easy to think you do work for the company. If they DO send you a check and/or freebie it's well deserved for what you said.

Regarding collecting these things; I am clearly defined as an enthusiast; maybe worse than that. :rolleyes:

Having owned most of the items in catalogs going back nearly seven years, which feels like years, I might be slowing down a little. Having traded off, then bought and traded back and forth to feel complete, my collection is mor of Benchmade's history than anything else. I actually DID buy another knife. With the able help of a good friend there should be a new Volli at my door this Monday and it will be the first purchase this year.

I hope we are blassed to have a lady amongst us as a fellow enthusiast. Please feel welcome, aside from the emotes as expressed this last two weeks right here, this is a good place to visit and hope it stays that way.

Cheers!

Joe
 
True.

Carry on, folks. Nothing wrong with a little entertainment.

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Not surprised to see that after 500 mostly on topic replies, Benchmade still hasn't replied.

I don't count canned semantics a response.
 
rajincagin said:
I was being facetious, (Google it)



That's forum speak for STFU, yes masta,
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No google needed sissy boy. You're not smart enough to make me need google. Now sack up, install the manpon, put on your big girl panties, and deal with it.
 
Only other solution for the pricing discrepancy between dealers is for BM to allow for brick and mortar stores to sell their knives at more competitive prices. I guess they found that it isn't worth it to go that route. Sucks for me, but I'll stick to the secondary/used market for now. I just checked all my go-to websites, those prices are insane.
 
Yep, he finally finished the website changes. I tried the code just to see if it might still work. No joy.

I somehow doubt this will significantly harm the small online dealers who carry a wide variety of knife makers. Customers who are specifically looking for BM will continue to purchase them but most will simply gravitate to other brands. Either way, the dealer has just as much chance of making a sale. As others have said, BM's per unit revenue does not change. It is their volume of sales that will probably see a temporary drop. Even this, however, may be offset by customers like myself who rushed to purchase before the discount vanished. Heck, that factor alone could potentially keep holiday sales right in line.

Oh sorry. I forgot the horse is dead.
 
Horse may be dead, but I haven't gotten my whack in yet.
If Benchmade has changed their pricing policy so that stores can't discount them, I've bought my last Benchmade. They're good, but they aren't that good, and not as good as their full retail pricing. I say this after having bought, and still owning, probably upward of 25 Benchmades. So, I will miss buying more Benchmades. But as long as the pricing policy stays like I read on the first page (and the first page is all I read), then I've bought my last. :(
 
addylo said:
Nice day today, huh? I'm glad the cold spell is letting up.

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jeffwithaj said:
Snow coming here.
The horse is dead but we're going to keep beating it until springtime when the weather is better.
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Bajjin3 said:
Hmph...Texas...try a high temp of -1 with a -20 windchill.

Love, Minnesota
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Yeah, it's going to snow here, too. Bad news, my favorite snow shovel manufacturer just forced dealers to sell at full MSRP.

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I just checked out this new pricing, and all I can say is I'm glad I bought 20 BNIB Benchmades in the 12 months prior to the increase. Now I have a bunch of BNIB Benchmades I got on the cheap. (That's how I look at it.) Bought a couple Busses and about to buy a new bike, so I haven't been looking at BM prices lately. The two LE Knifeworks models look like the only decent deals @ $200.
 
Bushido185 said:
They pulled the BM25 code a couple of hours ago on all Benchmade knives.
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Last nail in the coffin for Benchmade's economy lines? I don't see anyone shelling out $100 for a Gripitilian or $85 for a mini-grip. Time to let the market do its magic here. All we can do is wait and see if hurting the larger online retailers to save the guys charging full MSRP is going to be a viable business strategy. To bad, I really did like some of Benchmades knives. :(
 
What a load of ****

ToolDiva said:
Guys - this isn't rocket science. Benchmade distributes knives through a very broad range of retailers. These range from the very high volume online knife stores to smaller mom and pop brick and mortar stores. Both play an important roles for Benchmade. The online knife stores help Benchmade hit their bottom line - lots of units sold. They help support the scale of economy that justifies purchasing all those expensive robots and CNC machines they use to make those shiny bits in Oregon.

The smaller stores are equally critical to Benchmade. They help Benchmade market it's brand name and maintain a presence in stores that aren't exclusively knife dealers. The smaller, retail stores give Benchmade exposure to a much wider demographic. As for myself, I wasn't particularly into knives and I didn't know anything about Benchmade until recently. I just saw all the pretty blades and blue boxes in the display case at my local gun store enough times to prompt me to say one day, "Hey, I'd like to see some of these in the case over here".

As with pretty much any manufacturer, dealer wholesale pricing is going to be tiered according to the volume of knives sold. You can bet that the big online knife shops are getting much better pricing than the smaller mom and pop brick and mortars. How much of a margin gap? I'd bet it's easily 20 - 25% (hmm - kind of like the discounts we've seen).

Without MAP pricing, what happens? The handful of extremely high volume dealers have sufficient pricing margins that they can easily undercut the little guys. The little guys simply can't compete. If you're a small retailer, it becomes too expensive to keep a nice selection of costly merchandise sitting in a display case that's not selling. Or, how about when the potential buyer has the potential purchase in hand, then Googles a 25% discount on his smartphone. "Hey can you match the pricing with this place online?" For the smaller dealer, not a chance. They lose their margin. They effectively lose money. Ultimately, the smart business owner will stop carrying unprofitable merchandise.

That's the issue facing Benchmade. Without the smaller dealers they lose market presence and the brand suffers. They originally put in place MAP pricing to give the smaller dealers opportunity to make enough of a margin to make it worth carrying. However, they didn't enforce the pricing and it's devolved into a farce that's barely been a "wink and nod" on some of these web stores.

I love discounts, and yes, I hate losing 25% off pricing. However, I get it. I don't like it, but I understand.

I don't expect Benchmade to directly address this here in this forum. What would they gain? Will that somehow make anyone feel any better? I really don't think so. I mean, while they're at it, should they go ahead publish their wholesale dealer pricing structure as well? Would that make everyone feel a whole lot better? I don't think so.

For as much whining that's going on in this thread, I predict that ultimately, it's going to have almost zero impact on Benchmade's sales. Why? If there wasn't already a huge amount of loyalty and fan base for Benchmade out there, people wouldn't be raising such a stink. People are raising a stink because they are so passionate about their knives and the brand. We hope that all of our collective foot stomping, pouting, and holding our breath will make difference. It won't. At the end of the day, most of us are going to save a little extra and spend the coin on what we want to buy regardless. C'mon - this is a hobby. Did anyone get into this thinking this was good for their finances? ;)

Elisabeth
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Life changes and time changes.Prices always change to benefit someone usually not the party that's holding the funds.Some entity always want's more money from you and sometimes you swallow it and sometimes you don't.Hopefully we all can make wise and informed choices and decisions that you are happy with for a long lasting time.The Benchmade knifes that I purchased over the past years have been wonderful and I enjoy them every day. I am lucky enough to have acquired the 810, 275, shot show griptilian, and forum Rift over the last 24 months.I feel that my money was spent on solid purchases that I am very happy with.I will wait and see what's around the corner and the bend as far as acquiring more Benchmades.I will gage if I personally feel that the value to price ratio is good before purchasing more knives.Life goes an and I will EDC and enjoy the ones that I have for now and continue to be happy with the knives I am lucky enough to own.I don't know anyone personally that has any of the fine Benchmade knives I carry so I consider myself blessed.
Peace,
salmonkiller
 
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