buying LE ZT and sell it,,, can this make money?

Space, this is general chat not w&c... I would edit that out regardless if how accurate it could be.
 
Buying up limited runs and reselling them can make a nice profit but you have to know what to buy. Anyone who thought that purplewc 0392 would be good to flip are now hoping to break even..
 
My guess is this won't be a profitable knife for flippers. Buy one if you'd like but this market is getting saturated. Buying to flip is a tricky risky game. You may do well but you could easily lose everything you've made on one bad choice.
 
Space Foo said:
Don't forget to sit on a (edit deleted) after you exploit someone else for your own profit. But, the Short answer is yes, you can easily make money that way.
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Relax. That's how investments work. And everybody uses everybody to make a profit.

Like they say..."No one ever went broke taking a profit."

That said, knives are a horrible investment. Unless you get in on the ground floor of the next Scagel or Loveless, you will lose money. "Limited production" editions from major manufacturers are probably even worse.
 
expect to always loose money and on the rare occasion that you may gain you will be extra happy.
 
I do agree purplewc 0392 is an ugly knife. That's why you can see so many people on ebay are trying to sell it,but still failed.
$435 cannot even make it even considering $43 fee for ebay and around $10 to paypal, plus shipping.
 
Really is a lot like buying and selling stocks. There are a handful of blades/companies out there that make limited edition/collector oriented pieces, and a handful of their stuff can be sold for profit. Not usually anything substantial, but maybe you make $200 total off 5 knives after you make your money back. Is that worth it? Depends - I've certainly opted to do that when I was fortunate enough to get in on some preorders, but all told, it's really only helped me break even from what I've lost selling other knives, not to mention the time involved in listing them for sale, responding to inquiries, shuffling money around on Paypal, going to the Post, etc...
 
anders098 said:
I do agree purplewc 0392 is an ugly knife.
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Well, in my not humble at all opinion, you are just plain wrong.
So wrong that your wrongness may just cause a wormhole to open up and swallow the entire planet, killing us all! :eek:
That is how wrong you are.

And check out this thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1442183-My-Brain-Exploded

Since I got it for free, I could make a bunch of money over my initial investment.
But that ain't how I roll. ;)
My plan is to have a whole bunch of knives and no money...so far it is working out completely according to plan. :D
 
stabman said:
Well, in my not humble at all opinion, you are just plain wrong.
So wrong that your wrongness may just cause a wormhole to open up and swallow the entire planet, killing us all! :eek:
That is how wrong you are.

And check out this thread:

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php/1442183-My-Brain-Exploded

Since I got it for free, I could make a bunch of money over my initial investment.
But that ain't how I roll. ;)
My plan is to have a whole bunch of knives and no money...so far it is working out completely according to plan. :D
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Then why is the 0392purplewc still for sale at house of blades? The only 0392 not to sell out in less than a month....:barf:
 
majen said:
Then why is the 0392purplewc still for sale at house of blades?
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Because some people don't know beauty even when it runs over and sits on their face. ;)
It sold out at Warriors and Wonders in Canada in less than 2 days, and was going for $575 Canadian. :eek:
 
To answer the question and ignore the statement that I may not agree with (like adults do), yes, you can. If the knife is marketed correctly prior to release and there are a lot of people hungry for it and there are only a very few released. The less it was hyped, the less people are hyped about it, and the greater the number produced erodes whatever profit you may seek. There are people who are rabid fans and will pay insanely stupid prices for a particular sharp wedge of steel they want. There are people, quite a few, actually, who pay close attention and buy as many of these knives as possible and then sell them for a profit. There is really only one main big name company you can do that with and that's zero tolerance. But they've produced a lot of the 0392's in different configurations so people aren't hungry for them as much as say, the 0999. If you'd gotten one of those right off the bat you'd probably be looking at a tidy profit for just a couple minutes worth of work. And there are people who know what you're doing and have a distaste for it but buy it anyway. The same real world ideas go for any kind of product sales.

But no, you won't be looked at kindly if you tell this forum that's what you're doing. If you don't talk about it, no one will say much because one day they may end up buying from you.

And you'll find a LOT of falsely sensitive (or maybe not false) people here who will jump all over anything and everything they can. If you're an aficionado then keep your head down, especially if you have any opinion about knives at all. Seemingly contrary to what this forum is about. It is what it is. Just keep in mind there are a lot of really intolerant people here who expect you to conform to THEIR worldview and if you don't they'll attack you. So regardless of what you think about the color purple you may not be welcomed by a bunch if intolerant people if you say you think it was a color taken by homosexuals. Even if you don't think homosexuality is wrong. Whatever. You said something that got a lot of sensitive people worked up like chickens clucking about a wolf howl in the distance. Probably better to not fight it or you'll be the one targeted for infractions or an outright ban.

Just remember that you're dealing with a bunch of clucking chickens and they don't represent the real world. They represent their own world, as intolerant and judgemental as they are. You wanna talk knives? Deal with it.

And don't forget, there are ALOT of people who add ABSOLUTELY ZERO to this community but dissent and discord. And they're allowed because the owner of the forum finds a lot of it humorous, as I would if I were him. There's a reason why the whole pirate thing is so prevalent here. People take that and run as fast and as far as they can with it. Some mods (the good ones) try their best to corral it in because they're decent people. Others don't. And some mods have been completely blackballed and banned themselves for taking a hard stand against that crap.
 
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I removed some posts. A warning will be issued to the "off-color" poster.
Please report posts and don't quote them. It increases the cleanup work when you quote them.
 
Space Foo said:
Don't forget to sit on a (edit deleted) after you exploit someone else for your own profit. But, the Short answer is yes, you can easily make money that way.
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Do you speak this way to all the businesses from which you buy goods and services? Or the banks that you use? What about your creditors? Most importantly, is that how you would address him if he were standing before you asking this question?
 
traumkommode said:
Do you speak this way to all the businesses from which you buy goods and services? Or the banks that you use? What about your creditors? Most importantly, is that how you would address him if he were standing before you asking this question?
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Very good point. Very good.
 
majen said:
Then why is the 0392purplewc still for sale at house of blades? The only 0392 not to sell out in less than a month....:barf:
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It isn't available anywhere but on the secondary market, and hasn't been since the day it went on sale. You're misreading the HOB page.
 
Flipping knives on eBay isn't a profitable experience after fees. Not to mention that if you have a buyer that claims that the package didn't arrive or isn't satisfied with it, you're going to be in eBay/PayPal hell since they'll freeze your money. You'll have to deal with them for almost a month. Take it from experience, it's not worth it.
 
anders098 said:
buying LE ZT and sell it,,, can this make money? what do you guys think?
anyone will buy this from ebay more than 500 bucks?

500 - 50(ebay fee) - 15(paypal fee) - 400 = 35.

works?

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thanks for all your replies.
I wasn't super clear about my question.
Actually I was talking about 0392 purple version. I saw some people bought it and selling it on ebay. But even with price 435, it's been there for very long time and no one buys it. So i was doubting their strategy.
And I highly suspect anyone will spend 500 dollars on zt 0392 knife.
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If you have to ask, you shouldn't. Either because you'll end up on the losing end of speculation, or incurring the wrath of people who are genuinely part of this hobby.

There are wiser investments.
 
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