Brad Duncan Custom Knives = NO HONOR! Beware!

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XJ-linux said:
I also applaud Arizona Custom Knives for not continuing to stock Brad Duncan Knives. Consignments have, in my opinion, nothing to do with Brad Duncan. I merely wish to identify dealers who are rewarding and enableing Brad Duncan's borderline criminal behavior by continuing to stock NEW items and putting NEW money in his pocket. Knowing ACK's honorable and public position on this topic encourages me to move them to the top of my (short) custom knife dealer list.
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Did it ever occur to you that perhaps dealers might have advanced Duncan money as well and only received some of the knives they paid for? Trying to sell the Duncans they still have may be the only way to get some of that money back. Some of them may well be in the same situation that you're in. When purchasing from dealers, personally I prefer, whenever possible, to purchase NEW knives (as in new from maker) at NEW (again as in new from maker) prices as opposed to knives being sold at NEW prices but may have been owned by several people previously (although they may in mint condition).

In any case, how is it that consignments are any different? By design anyone who bought a Duncan knife put "NEW money" in his pocket at some point so a dealer selling even a used Duncan is just perpetuating this cycle. Right?

Again, I'm very sorry about the current situation between you and Brad and I definately agree that he's a jackoff but this picking favorite dealers based on whose knives you don't want them to carry instead of things like whose they do and the level of service they offer is just ridiculous.

I going to agree to disagree here....
 
cnorbut said:
Arizona Custom Knives does not currently have any Brad Duncan knives for sale. Any Duncan knives sold on our site in recent months have been consignments, and we will continue to help our customers sell their Duncans just like any other knives. We haven't put any orders in with Brad in years and don't plan to in the future.

I just wanted to clarify things and let you know we were aware of the situation.
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I read this as a business that may, at some point in the future, still help their consignment clients with listings. Chris only stated he wouldn't order new stock.

And I see nothing wrong with this approach. Use your judgement.

I agree that the dealers who are or have stocked Brad's knives should remain neutral. I'd leave them out of this.

Coop
 
schluterc said:
Did it ever occur to you that perhaps dealers might have advanced Duncan money as well and only received some of the knives they paid for? Trying to sell the Duncans they still have may be the only way to get some of that money back. Some of them may well be in the same situation that you're in.
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I think this is pretty accurate. I can't speak for other dealers, but the last knife we did get directly from Brad had been owed to us for over a year before it was finally delivered. It's probably safe to give dealers selling Duncans the benefit of the doubt on this one.
 
Just got off the phone with Knifeart.com, and they stated that indeed the knife that sold on their website is different than the one on eBay. I like knifeart.com, they were upfront with everything and didn't mind talking about it.

I just think in the future, after all this is said and done, that this would distract knifeart.com from purchasing any more Duncan knives. Especially when they find out that the Duncan's are trying to get $700 for a similar knife on eBay that usually sells for $900 on Knifeart.com.

Xj-linux- I hope after all you troubles, somehow, $450 finds it way back into you pocket. As for the future, I would have no problem trusting Knifeart.com for any future purchases.
 
I suppose I was a bit short-sided in putting any responsibility on the dealers for Brad's shortcomings. It just seemed disappointing to me that dealers would continue to do business with Brad considering the way he treats people. Who I deal with is my choice, and whom others deal with is ultimately their choice as well. Regardless of my feelings, I really have no right to expect others to share my view or act as I would. I would like to extend my apologies to any dealer who might have been painted in a bad light by my comments and will strike the aforementioned dealers from my postings as this really is not their battle to win or lose. Thanks to all who have publicly and privately offered their opinions on the matter. I'll continue to seek some compensation from Brad, and input form others regarding my losses, but will try to "think twice" before passing judgement on others.
Dave
 
Well said Dave. As for getting the word out about Brad, you've done the custom knife world a service here.
 
I have people near Anna, Texas. Would you like us to write him up in the local media- one of those local media type investigations into bad businesses? You might tell Mr. Duncan you have brothers and sisters on this forum who will cover your six.:p
 
Mike L. said:
Hall of Shame nomination, anyone?


--Mike L.
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I'll second that. There have been quite a few posts in this thread that have implied that Brad is "well known" for this sort of thing. Reading some posts it seems like, had I been active in the online knife community at some earlier point in time, I would have already known this about Brad. I'd like to suggest this thread or at least part of it be put in the Hall of Shame until such time as Brad gets his game together. Apparently this has happened before, so it's not as if he hasn't been given a chance to change. Isn't that what the Hall of Shame is for? So we don't revisit this topic again with him in another year or two with folks dryly posting "this happened at least twice before, use the forum search function".
 
the duncans (as in plural, the 2 brothers) have had a bad rep for several yrs now, since IIRC ~ '05 at least, i can rememeber brad posting on a thread about his brother that folks shouldnt blame him for his bro's mistakes, then a short time later he was having probs too, too bad ya didnt know,
 
The other Duncan is a brother inlaw, and depending on how that marriage is doing, they might not even be related anymore.
 
So some guy married Brad's brother or sister and took the Duncan family name as his own? Creepy...
 
Can a Moderator please move this to the "Hall of Shame"?

HALL OF SHAME: For research purposes only - this forum serves to collect information on those who have displayed particularly poor judgement and refuse to make right.
 
First of all I told your wife that I thought I put a reserve of $720.00 I was going to let her have the knife for that price if she would have just waited for me to see what I did wrong on ebay BUT SHE TOLD ME THE KNIFE WASNT WORTH IT,AND THAT HIS KNIFES DONT BRING THAT MUCH MONEY and started talking shit so f--- off. , if she would have kepted her mouth shut the problem would have been solved. And as far as Brad goes he works very hard and his work is GREAT , he has made a few mistakes and has hired someone to handle this so it doesnt happen again in the future. He has sold thousands of knifes and works very hard to make everyone happy. Sometimes its IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE EVERYONE. As far as emails go Brad gets hundreds of them daily if he went though everyone and replied he would never get any work done.Because he would be on the computer all day. Thanks for posting all your thoughts on this site but the truth is Brad is good at what he does and people will always buy his knifes, and he will take care of all these pissed of people as soon as he can. Brandi Duncan
 
I just want my $450 or a commensurate knife if he doesn't have the cash. I haven't received either, let alone ANY email or call from Brad on this issue.
 
sidebet said:
First of all I told your wife that I thought I put a reserve of $720.00 I was going to let her have the knife for that price if she would have just waited for me to see what I did wrong on ebay BUT SHE TOLD ME THE KNIFE WASNT WORTH IT,AND THAT HIS KNIFES DONT BRING THAT MUCH MONEY and started talking shit so f--- off. , if she would have kepted her mouth shut the problem would have been solved.
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That really says it all, doesn't it. Not much to add after that. :rolleyes:

I can only suggest you consult an attorney. You're going to need one.
 
sidebet said:
First of all I told your wife that I thought I put a reserve of $720.00 I was going to let her have the knife for that price if she would have just waited for me to see what I did wrong on ebay BUT SHE TOLD ME THE KNIFE WASNT WORTH IT,AND THAT HIS KNIFES DONT BRING THAT MUCH MONEY and started talking shit so f--- off. , if she would have kepted her mouth shut the problem would have been solved. And as far as Brad goes he works very hard and his work is GREAT , he has made a few mistakes and has hired someone to handle this so it doesnt happen again in the future. He has sold thousands of knifes and works very hard to make everyone happy. Sometimes its IMPOSSIBLE TO PLEASE EVERYONE. As far as emails go Brad gets hundreds of them daily if he went though everyone and replied he would never get any work done.Because he would be on the computer all day. Thanks for posting all your thoughts on this site but the truth is Brad is good at what he does and people will always buy his knifes, and he will take care of all these pissed of people as soon as he can. Brandi Duncan
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what a joke these pieces of shit are.
 
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