OMG! LOOK AT THAT! FEVER. I'll TAKE IT!
....and yes, it's nice. Advertised in the Exchange as new in box. FEVER. You get it in; you find a very small nick right...there, and the blade isn't perfectly centered. The blade edge is pretty sharp, but there is some slight blade-wiggle. And perhaps a light scratch on the G10 when you get it in the right light. You call the seller, and he says...: Gosh, it wasn't like that when I mailed it... And then you tell your knife-buddy...and he writes back that it's readily available at one of "our" knife-shops for $3 more and a bit of shipping...with full return warranty, AND...BRAND NEW IN BOX.
I sold an excellent used folder a year ago or so, a custom model that had just gone production. I loved that model; still do. I had to sell it, in a hurry, for a $100 loss in order to pay my c-c bill. And then, in a moment of remorse, I call this guy, and say, Gosh, I love that knife. FEVER. He says: Well, great, so do I, but...I could be induced to sell or trade it back to you. And you say...Wow. FEVER. And you send him a list of your NIB trade materials, plus additional cash you would be willing to chip in for his "profit." And he "reasonably" asks for a bit more than that...
And then, hopefully, you wake up and start adding up the costs of your initial purchase of that knife, the trade goods (or extra cash) that the guy wants in order to give you back the knife, and you find out now that you would be paying him close to 100% profit, and more than a new one from one of the custom knife-shops. And...if you're REALLY lucky...you say "Thanks, bud, I really do love that folder, but I think I'll have to pass.
One method of mentoring is by illustrating your own past mistakes.
Control the FEVER.
...and...add this little tidbit in also...
Caveat emptor...let the buyer beware...comes from the latin...but friend...it ain't GREEK to me.
Now, the GOOD part...is that the Exchange will USUALLY (but not always) allow you to purchase or trade for a knife (from another individual) at a greatly-reduced cost from retail, and the great majority of these transactions will result in happiness and complete satisfaction for both parties. I suspect that my "win/loss" ratio over the last one hundred or more transactions is about 96-97%.
And...that's "passing" in any class-room.
Sonnydaze
....and yes, it's nice. Advertised in the Exchange as new in box. FEVER. You get it in; you find a very small nick right...there, and the blade isn't perfectly centered. The blade edge is pretty sharp, but there is some slight blade-wiggle. And perhaps a light scratch on the G10 when you get it in the right light. You call the seller, and he says...: Gosh, it wasn't like that when I mailed it... And then you tell your knife-buddy...and he writes back that it's readily available at one of "our" knife-shops for $3 more and a bit of shipping...with full return warranty, AND...BRAND NEW IN BOX.
I sold an excellent used folder a year ago or so, a custom model that had just gone production. I loved that model; still do. I had to sell it, in a hurry, for a $100 loss in order to pay my c-c bill. And then, in a moment of remorse, I call this guy, and say, Gosh, I love that knife. FEVER. He says: Well, great, so do I, but...I could be induced to sell or trade it back to you. And you say...Wow. FEVER. And you send him a list of your NIB trade materials, plus additional cash you would be willing to chip in for his "profit." And he "reasonably" asks for a bit more than that...
And then, hopefully, you wake up and start adding up the costs of your initial purchase of that knife, the trade goods (or extra cash) that the guy wants in order to give you back the knife, and you find out now that you would be paying him close to 100% profit, and more than a new one from one of the custom knife-shops. And...if you're REALLY lucky...you say "Thanks, bud, I really do love that folder, but I think I'll have to pass.
One method of mentoring is by illustrating your own past mistakes.
Control the FEVER.
...and...add this little tidbit in also...
Caveat emptor...let the buyer beware...comes from the latin...but friend...it ain't GREEK to me.
Now, the GOOD part...is that the Exchange will USUALLY (but not always) allow you to purchase or trade for a knife (from another individual) at a greatly-reduced cost from retail, and the great majority of these transactions will result in happiness and complete satisfaction for both parties. I suspect that my "win/loss" ratio over the last one hundred or more transactions is about 96-97%.
And...that's "passing" in any class-room.
Sonnydaze
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