Buying, Selling , Trading???

I've read time and again how hard it is for new members to buy and sell here. I've been here a year now, and I've managed to do a lot of trading on the exchange. It has been a uniformly smooth and pleasant experience.

I do also participate in some of the forums, maybe that helps. But, I purchased two Buck FSO 100s within days of joining.

I'm sure that not everyone has the same experience as I have, but I have noticed that a lot of the complaints about how difficult this place is to break in to come from people with low post counts. Coming here to ask where else to go seems a little peevish.
 
I don't have a lot of posts and unfortunately only 2 feed backs even though I've purchased 5 knives here but I was still able to buy 2 Busse & kin, 2 Spyderco's and a custom knife. Keep at it and eventually the timing will be right.
 
Ante up P Pokerpete . Gotta pay to play.

I know several forums that don't require memberships to buy, but all of them require memberships to sell. Its so you have some skin in the game because people that are willing to put up are less likely to be an in and out player.
You'll make back the $30 membership in the first sale compared to selling elsewhere. If you can afford an $1100 knife you can afford the $30 membership.

You don't have to be on the forum all day to participate and contribute. Everybody here has a life. Well most of us:rolleyes:. LOL. Surely there is a brand or maker represented that you're interested in that has threads to draw your interest, or start one of your own about one of your knives. Its really not that difficult.

If it doesn't appeal to you still, then you probably are better off going elsewhere. :cool:
 
Participating on a forum in this day and age is incredible easy. Smartphones give us basically unlimited access to the internet. Drop in on your lunch break and see if there are any threads that catch your interest. Build up a bit of feedback. Buy a membership. Its all pretty easy stuff.
 
DrRollinstein said:
Participating on a forum in this day and age is incredible easy. Smartphones give us basically unlimited access to the internet. Drop in on your lunch break and see if there are any threads that catch your interest. Build up a bit of feedback. Buy a membership. Its all pretty easy stuff.
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adding to that: it is not something that will or should happen instantly. Browse around in the forums that interest you(general knife discussion forum covers a lot of subjects). When you find a conversation that interests you or you can add to do so. Keep reading and learning also-you will never run out of things to learn here. Buying and selling is fun, but not where the real value of the forum is.
 
Pokerpete said:
Ya i hear ya.... and it all makes sense and all but my problem is i have so little time with my lifestyle right now its very hard to contribute to this forum. i was much more active in forums when i was younger, but not finding as much time anymore.
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If you have time to buy, sell, and complain about the rules you have time to otherwise contribute in, share in, and participate in discussions. The time you spent just now for example...
 
I joined years ago and the first comment I heard was "think about buying a membership". The least expensive thing I've spent money on is the membership for the past few years. Also the best. I never thought about being new and it never became an issue. I asked questions, learned about types of knives I knew nothing about and generally just stayed. Interests have changed as have grails I've chased.

Stick around a while and read before you comment, lurk a bit, forget about being new and just dig into the forum a little.
 
Pokerpete said:
Well I have about ten really nice flippers/folders now( ranging from $100 to $1100 pieces) and two of them I have bought from here. the last one I even asked her to leave me some feedback. but she didnt.... i guess i could follow up with her.
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Did you leave the seller feedback?
 
Pokerpete said:
Hi Guys

What other avenues have you guys found good for selling, trading or buying your knives other then this forum??
As some may know this forum can be quite restrictive for newer members to the community when it comes to buying/selling.
Hard to get going in a hobby when one of the biggest communities out there makes it so challenging!
Do not want to make this sound like a rant or anything, I just want to know if there is any solutions to this real world problem... lol
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eBay
 
Ok Guys thanks for all the help. From what I can gather ebay, reddit, USN.... not very good alternatives.
So pretty much this is the best game in town. and that's pretty much what I was thinking anyway!
Not a big deal really... I'll probably just get the gold membership. Its just a foreign idea to me to buy a membership on a forum.
 
Pokerpete said:
Ok Guys thanks for all the help. From what I can gather ebay, reddit, USN.... not very good alternatives.
So pretty much this is the best game in town. and that's pretty much what I was thinking anyway!
Not a big deal really... I'll probably just get the gold membership. Its just a foreign idea to me to buy a membership on a forum.
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Can't speak on reddit, but
USN-you have to buy a membership to buy or sell on their exchange on top of the general membership + 30 day wait for new members to join the exchange.
Ebay-cost for every transaction
BF- by buying gold membership, besides being able to sell and helping on the forum(and gratification of doing so), you get private messages and get rid of the ads-likely more I can't think of right now. You will get your moneys worth IMO
 
This is the best place to buy or sell. Ebay will charge you 10% of your sale price on top of the Paypal fees and in many if the Facebook groups you get a lot of "I will take it" replies and then the buyers vanish or ask you to hold it a week till payday, then they vanish :)
 
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