Factory Seconds??

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monkfish4

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A few years ago, I bought a few Cold Steel factory seconds as users. They worked as good as new, and were about half of the retail price.

I thought I would do the same thing for a few SOGs. I called their number and talked to a woman about the SOG factory seconds. They had some available, but the price was real high. i was quoted $140 for a Trident II factory second! I can get a first quality from a retailer for under $120, so I am wondering if anyone has found a good deal on SOG factory seconds?
 
monkfish4 said:
A few years ago, I bought a few Cold Steel factory seconds as users. They worked as good as new, and were about half of the retail price.

I thought I would do the same thing for a few SOGs. I called their number and talked to a woman about the SOG factory seconds. They had some available, but the price was real high. i was quoted $140 for a Trident II factory second! I can get a first quality from a retailer for under $120, so I am wondering if anyone has found a good deal on SOG factory seconds?
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You will find better deals (not factory seconds) through third party dealers than purchasing directly from the manufacturer. What knives are you interested in purchasing. I can look up the wholesale price.
 
I was originally looking for a Seal Pup (not Elite) and a Seal 2000. I have since bought a Seal 2000, but I am still looking for a deal on a Pup.
 
99020 $117.95
99023 $99.95
99024 $117.95
37037 $89.95

If you find something along those prices you will get a good deal.

00037 $161.95
 
Oops, those prices above are retail. Below is wholesale...

99020 $56.05
99023 $47.50
99024 $56.05
37037 $44.17

Anyway, comparing wholesale to retail will give you a better idea of a good deal.

00037 $78.37
 
I have to agree on this one. I can totally understand SOG not wanting to under cut their retailers, but I would think that seconds would be the exception.
If they don't have retailers selling their seconds (do they?) then they wouldn't be undercutting them. I would be very interested if anyone sold a SOG second at a reasonable price.
 
The same thing happened to me a while back when I was trying to purchase my first Flash II. They wanted a good $50.00 or so and I found a brand new one at Lowes for the same price. I also asked about their vulcans and they only dropped the price $20~$30 dollars. I ended up buying one from American Light for only $100.00 brand new. I'm not much for using Ebay, I like handling my knives in person, so to me the prices I ended up paying were still better than the seconds prices I was given.
 
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