Busse Business Model Question

Lot's of great points made above.

This thread started off with an assumption that the same historical appreciation we've seen in the past will continue into the future. (I sincerely hope it does). However, as they say in the stock market...."Historic returns are not a guarantee of future returns".

I'd say that there has been little appreciation lately because of the large numbers produced (FBMs, GWs, AD's in particular). I hope 'the market' makes a liar out of me and demand eventually soaks up the supply and we see the appreciation you spoke of at the top of the thread.

Let's face it folks, Many of us buy more of these knives than we could ever realistically use because of all the great points already made about quality, design, customer service, etc. So we have an 'expectation' that we're not going to lose a lot of value on them over time.
 
MORIMOTOM said:
ummm.....excuse me.


we are NOT groupies.



we are the kool-aid drinkin' infi-natics!!!!!



:thumbup::thumbup: :p
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Explain this pic from Blade 2007 then!

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Look, it's really all about the Scotch. Don't let these other people fool you.
 
Amy-0 said:
That is one of the reasons why I love where I work...


As a Customer Service person I know each and every one of you...


If it was a company that massed produced tons of blades and someone calls up and orders from a catalog....I really do not think I would work there. I feel that each blade that is ordered is a custom(we only produce what is ordered) and I think it is why Busse is what it is.

My 2 cents but we really try to make each and every one of you HAPPY:):)

and how many places do that...really...Just saying:)
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Amy, just the fact that you are replying on this thread says a bunch about Busse. You really care about your customers.
 
If you really want to succeed in health care the way Busse has succeeded in cutlery, you need to insure people against 3 packs a day, coke binges, sleep deprivation, extended alcohol benders, industrial chemicals, sniffing glue and blunt force trauma. If they break their body they get an equal value replacement.

Then somehow you have to find a way to make their bodies survive with all of that abuse.
 
Jagged said:
OK I have a business degree and have collected knives for a few years now. I also understand supply and demand and all that. As one who bought a Busse Steal Heart long ago for about $325 and traded it off for other knives worth maybe $450 some time ago and now sees the very same model selling for $1,200... I'm thinking I should have bought several cases of them and put them in storage. They've done much better than my customs.

Other than kicking myself, I'm also asking myself from a business perspective why Busses have appreciated in value like they have. I realize Busse changes the knife models fairly often so there is a limited number of each edition. I realize that they are a good knife and that the knives have a solid well backed guarantee. I realize that Busse has a strong internet presence.

All that said, I still can't understand why the Busses (or the Striders) generate so much passion among the public or why the selling price has appreciated as it has. I'd like to be able to replicate it so that all of my customers (health field) have the same passion about getting services from us as Busse customers have about the Busse knives.

Can someone help explain to me the whole phenomena?
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location, location, location...
 
rbmcmjr said:
Please, no. He's been on Ignore for a while now. No need to clog the ether with his fumes.

Rick
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I was joking of course. But I do like to give credit where credit is due. As far as I know, Don Rearic came up with the phrase "Internet Kool-Aid Slurpee Club." My favorite part of it all is that Busse folks have taken up the phrase (and variants) as a comical badge of honor rather than the insult that was intended.

Current usage actually boils down to: "UP YOURS DON!" :p :D
 
Case in point:

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*Reprinted with permission of Paddling_man. All rights and privileges for use of this image must be licensed through Paddle Fast: I Hear Banjo Music Enterprises.
 
Busse Knife, or Jerry I guess has their/ his finger on the pulse of knife design. I have not seen another knife designer/maker that has consistently designed knives that are so appealing. I am more attracted to some Busse knives than others but all of them have some innate attraction, much like Scarlet up there. If only I had the means to purchase at least one of every knife they produced. Alas I shall enjoy the want...
 
Jerry Busse and Sal Glesser are my favorite designers. Both of them are willing to try new things, and their designs are well thought-out and functional. Not every knife works for me, but I respect both men's abilities enough to give a lot of their knives a try.
 
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