Custom Ebay item

I've been following that, too. I'm not bidding, just curious about the final selling price. I think that comes from Wild Horse, an after-market customization by skilled craftsmen. I am interested to hear others' opinions as this customizer puts a lot of work on the market for reasonable prices. It may not be all hand-craft, he may employ some mechanization.
 
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One thing I noticed about this particular knife is that the web design matches up on the front bolsters, but do not on the rear bolsters. A design flaw or oversight? Maybe. But I can be very critical (anyone who knows me will attest when it comes to design errors, being a sort of designer myself).
 
Yes, it lacks symmetry of design.

Personally, I don't think this type of thing is a good investment. It is a nice fancy user, though.

The work is not like real engraving......just a bit of fairly inexpensive fancification.
 
Bucksstophere said:
I'm looking at this item on Ebay and it is described as NIB with no mention of any after market customizing. Could this have come from the Buck Custom shop?. Im thinking no way but ive been wrong before.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230458621165&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123

Thanks in advance.
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I'm betting against the Buck Custom Shop idea. For one thing it doesn't have the tang stamp that's on all the custom shop knives that I have. After taking a second look I noticed the folded up COA and it's a J. Kidd modified knife from Wild Horse Customs.

The jurys still out on this seller also. I bought two 110's from him back on the 26th of last month and still don't have them. On the 5th of this month he finally sent a message that they have been sent, but the tracking/dc number still only says the post office has been notified to expect it for mailing. I know that happens, but I've also had sellers buy the postage online, send the number and never send the item. We will see.
 
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Plumberdv said:
I'm betting against the Buck Custom Shop idea. For one thing it doesn't have the tang stamp that's on all the custom shop knives that I have. After taking a second look I noticed the folded up COA and it's a J. Kidd modified knife from Wild Horse Customs.

The jurys still out on this seller also. I bought two 110's from him back on the 26th of last month and still don't have them. On the 5th of this month he finally sent a message that they have been sent, but the tracking/dc number still only says the post office has been notified to expect it for mailing. I know that happens, but I've also had sellers buy the postage online, send the number and never send the item. We will see.
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Plumberdv, I'm looking forward to your appraisal of the these knives you get from Wild Horse. The jury's still out in my mind, too.
 
BG42EDGE said:
Personally, I don't think this type of thing is a good investment. It is a nice fancy user, though.
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I agree. A fancy EDC if that is what you are after. However, the other one under consideration recently, Don Seals, may be a player for high quality collectables. The workmanship is there, time will tell.
 
wolfdog said:
Plumberdv, I'm looking forward to your appraisal of the these knives you get from Wild Horse. The jury's still out in my mind, too.
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I think the one I have coming now will be pretty nice from the pictures, but I have one (Kokopelli) that I bought early last year that is just gawd awful gaudy. Nauseating actually.

Pretty well done, but really not something I'm real proud of. I'll try to dig it out and post a picture.
 
Did you notice on this one "no returns accepted"? I asked him about that-no answer. I put in a bid but im not going any higher.
 
I think a lot of people do that "No Returns" thing, hoping that it saves them a few returns from people who don't know any better.

It's a lie. If you do a chargeback on your credit card, they will decide they want the knife back......you can count on it. They never want you to keep the knife.

Go figure.

:)
 
BG42EDGE said:
I think a lot of people do that "No Returns" thing, hoping that it saves them a few returns from people who don't know any better.

It's a lie. If you do a chargeback on your credit card, they will decide they want the knife back......you can count on it. They never want you to keep the knife.

Go figure.

:)
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wait- I always pay with PayPal-Paypal is a division of Ebay-Ebay allows you ostensibly to sell without accepting returns so how am i going to win that dispute?
 
I thought I saw that same type knife a few weeks ago and it was from the same people who do the lazered wooden black widow and recluse 1 of 400 stuff. I didnt commit it to memory and may be wrong but maybe this guy gets knives from them or same supplier.
 
wait- I always pay with PayPal-Paypal is a division of Ebay-Ebay allows you ostensibly to sell without accepting returns so how am i going to win that dispute?
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Pay with a credit card through Paypal, then you can do a chargeback if all your other options don't work.

I've only done it once and that was with a big, heavy, vintage stereo receiver. It came with one channel out and my stereo fixer said he couldn't get parts for it so it was unfixable.

I told the seller the bad news.

The seller said no refund unless I sent it back at my expense. I said, I'm not paying $35 to send back a worthless piece of junk. He said no refund then. He insisted.

I told him I'd give him time to make up his mind and I'd store if for a month before I trashed it, but I'd have to charge him $2 per day storage. He sort of went ballistic and then quit talking to me. Never heard from him again.

Paypal told me I had to send it back or THEY wouldn't refund my money. I said (again) I'm not paying $35 to send back a piece of junk, especially since this is the SELLER'S problem. They said, the rule is.......you have to send it back in order to get a refund.

I got on the phone with them and said fine, I won't get a refund, I'll do a chargeback on my credit card and get my entire amount back and trash the worthless receiver. They said they could see my point and that was the last I ever heard from them.

The seller, bless his heart, re-charged my credit card for the full amount about a month later. The credit card company automatically rejected it after a few days so that ploy didn't work for him.

I suppose the same thing would work with a knife as long as it's the seller's mistake. I see no reason why I should pay return shipping when it's not my mistake. NO WAY.

The main thing is......you just have to be stubborn and stick to your guns no matter what anybody says.

I've lived my whole life like that......who do they think they're dealing with?

:D
 
BG42EDGE said:
Pay with a credit card through Paypal, then you can do a chargeback if all your other options don't work.

I've only done it once and that was with a big, heavy, vintage stereo receiver. It came with one channel out and my stereo fixer said he couldn't get parts for it so it was unfixable.

I told the seller the bad news.

The seller said no refund unless I sent it back at my expense. I said, I'm not paying $35 to send back a worthless piece of junk. He said no refund then. He insisted.

I told him I'd give him time to make up his mind and I'd store if for a month before I trashed it, but I'd have to charge him $2 per day storage. He sort of went ballistic and then quit talking to me. Never heard from him again.

Paypal told me I had to send it back or THEY wouldn't refund my money. I said (again) I'm not paying $35 to send back a piece of junk, especially since this is the SELLER'S problem. They said, the rule is.......you have to send it back in order to get a refund.

I got on the phone with them and said fine, I won't get a refund, I'll do a chargeback on my credit card and get my entire amount back and trash the worthless receiver. They said they could see my point and that was the last I ever heard from them.

The seller, bless his heart, re-charged my credit card for the full amount about a month later. The credit card company automatically rejected it after a few days so that ploy didn't work for him.

I suppose the same thing would work with a knife as long as it's the seller's mistake. I see no reason why I should pay return shipping when it's not my mistake. NO WAY.

The main thing is......you just have to be stubborn and stick to your guns no matter what anybody says.

I've lived my whole life like that......who do they think they're dealing with?

:D
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Ok Thank you for that. I hear ya and wholeheartedly endorse 98% of the way you handled it. In principle you are 100% right but sometimes you still get screwed.

Reminds me of the guy Kevin Trudeau-He used to do the infomercials for a useless memory system, medical products that didnt work and half a dozen other scam things. Anyway he was banned from ever making another infomercial for any product but found a loophole with the first amendment.

He could still write and sell books and that is how he continued doing infomercials. Anyway his first book was returned for refunds at such a huge rate, he gave away his second book free!! Just a $19.95 S & H charge. He found a way to eliminate refunds-genius and big jerk too!
 
Bucksstophere said:
Did you notice on this one "no returns accepted"? I asked him about that-no answer. I put in a bid but im not going any higher.
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and of course i won it. (Buyer's remorse setting in).

Actually i think there are people who will pay a chunk more for that thing. Anyone searching on J Kidd or Wild Horse came up empty. I know in the stock market some of what i thought were my biggest losers turned into my biggest gainers and thats what im hopin for here. Ill post a half ass review when and if i receive it. Half ass is about my best work lately so ill be givin you guys 100%!:)
 
Bucksstophere said:
and of course i won it. (Buyer's remorse setting in).
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Not to worry. It'll be a good EDC gift for someone at worst. And you do have the "power of revenge" here if you are dissatisfied. Just write a neg review here and people will stay away in droves. :D A $76. learning experience at worst. And who knows, you may like it after all. ;)
 
Bucksstophere said:
and of course i won it. (Buyer's remorse setting in).

Actually i think there are people who will pay a chunk more for that thing. Anyone searching on J Kidd or Wild Horse came up empty. I know in the stock market some of what i thought were my biggest losers turned into my biggest gainers and thats what im hopin for here. Ill post a half ass review when and if i receive it. Half ass is about my best work lately so ill be givin you guys 100%!:)
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I couldn't find anymore either, but I did find this:
http://members.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=bestdealz41653

Hopefully, the seller will be a little quicker to ship yours than he was mine.
 
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