ebayer has 9 kopa's cocobolo available now for about $100 each..has anyone ever bought from flames and knives b4..i thought that i read a thread stating that they are ok..but there is negative feedback..alot of it..but in comparison to good feedback it is minimal..this used to be a preorder for this place but i guess he got his paws on a few..
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Perhaps, but would not count on that just yet.hardkiss said:
Have not yet heard a word on this one that I BINed from them 2 weeks ago yet. No biggie, have every confidence it will arrive eventually, but if you're looking for instant gratification you *might* be disappointed.
Edited to add: Sent Steve at F&K an email shortly after posting this, asking what the status of my Coco Kopa was, got this a reply a few minutes ago:
Considering that it was only a few minutes after 7am his time when he answered me, I'd rate that as a super fast response.
i bought from steve most of my spidies, the others from ngk , i had only one time to wait a couple of weeks, but that's was all, plus he shipped the paramillie without chargin me the shipping fee - apologizing for the delay -
to me, 1° class service.. but i have to say that being overseas i have less options than you in USA
and yes, he doesnt deal very comfy with western union money transfer because with that he has to go to the WU office to cash it , and sometimes the clerks there could be very dumb, so i Paypal with FnK
bye
to me, 1° class service.. but i have to say that being overseas i have less options than you in USA
and yes, he doesnt deal very comfy with western union money transfer because with that he has to go to the WU office to cash it , and sometimes the clerks there could be very dumb, so i Paypal with FnK
bye
hmm, i BIN'd a Spyderco Military black plain c36gpbk lately and paid him by western union money transfer and mailed him last thursday/friday that he could go and make the pickup. haven't heard anything back yet..........hope this doesn't indicate a long wait.
there seems to be mixed reviews of this seller..but i got an email back from steve i think that same day that i sent him message on item..sd that he was at the SHOT show and spyderco told him that on the are on their way out..he is on ebay selling the Kopa cocobolo for 100 bucks..says that he has 10 of them..i guess this is a still a preorder..i think that i am not going to buy from venders on ebay..i seem to have a problem w.them..knifecenter and spyderco i think are the best way to go..might be little bit more but no bs headache..
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i always use razorsharpknife on eBay. that guy's the best. i mean, check out his feedback! 17000+ and no negatives.. that's saying a lot!
abe m.
abe m.
oh yes, razorsharp seems good.. but they doesnt sell to strangers.. i tried to ask ,very very politely, if they will ship to italy, telling them about my 45 ebay 100% positive feedbacks, my verified and confirmed paypal account, that i could pay with money order or wire transfer, also that i'm known on BF and Spyderco outlet... thet didnt mind to answer..
.since is not a big effort to give a simple "no" , i've been a little upset..
about shipping fee, NGK,FnK and others dealers charged me about 15/25 usd with usps.. no big deal ,if you think that here a ss dragonfly costs 112 usd, a frn cricket 98,55 , a chinese Lum 364 (and not because is discontinued, is the normal price on web..)
take care,
gian
.since is not a big effort to give a simple "no" , i've been a little upset..
about shipping fee, NGK,FnK and others dealers charged me about 15/25 usd with usps.. no big deal ,if you think that here a ss dragonfly costs 112 usd, a frn cricket 98,55 , a chinese Lum 364 (and not because is discontinued, is the normal price on web..)
take care,
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yeah, but in all fairness, RSK has stated in emphatically in their auctions that they don't deal outside the US. but i understand your frustration.disorder said:
abe m.
I've had several very satisfactory deals with Flames'nKnives. One was a knife I sent back because it had some very fine scratches on the blade (looked like things got out of control at the grinder), the sort of thing that most people wouldn't even notice. Steve sent me another that he hand-picked, and included with it a check to cover my shipping costs on the return (I didn't ask for it, he just did it). I'd use him again. But it's true that you generally can't beat Razorsharpknife in terms of price. I've bought stuff there in the morning and had it arrive the next day. True, they're only one state over, and the states are small up here, but he does ship quick.
well, i don't know how this is going to end, but it's the last time i'm dealing with them for sure, and other 500+-sellers in general. after almost 2 weeks i now got an email from Julie than she can't make the money transfer pickup because it was addresses to Steve, which Steve specified as the correct name and address 2 weeks earlier. NOW they tell me, now suddenly they email me back while all the time their email-communication was terrible (non at all is more like it). 
now this Julie woman requests me to change the recipients name of the money transfer to HER name, while the transfer has been made 2 weeks ago.........*sigh*. does anybody here know if it is possible to change the recipient's name even after the transfer has been made to someone else's name already? if so, i'd like to know very much.
if all goes wrong i hope i can cancel the money transfer and get my money back. is THAT possible by the way?
need any help you can give me, please.
dennis
now this Julie woman requests me to change the recipients name of the money transfer to HER name, while the transfer has been made 2 weeks ago.........*sigh*. does anybody here know if it is possible to change the recipient's name even after the transfer has been made to someone else's name already? if so, i'd like to know very much.
if all goes wrong i hope i can cancel the money transfer and get my money back. is THAT possible by the way?
need any help you can give me, please.
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Dredging this one up to conclude the saga of my flamesnknives cocobolo Kopa.
01/15 - I do a BIN on this auction for one of the new Spyderco cocobolo Kopas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6505305174
Note that it does not mention anything about this being a "Pre-Order" anywhere in the listing. I will freely admit I was fairly certain they did not yet have them in stock. That because Carlos, who has an uncanny knack for being first in line when new Spydies hit the market, had not posted anything yet about receiving his numbered one, I kind of guessed that they were not in stock yet. While I have no objection to pre-order auctions, I do think they should be clearly labeled as such.
01/26 - Carlos posts his for sale on the Exchange, naturally since I already have two on order, it's still available when I read the listing. Ah well, start doing some mental calculations of the average delay between Carlos getting his and them starting to appear "in the wild". Figure they should "land" by the first of February.
01/29/2005 - Two weeks have passed, no sign of knife, but was not really expecting that. But there has been no word at all from the vendor either. Send a email inquiring about my Kopa's status. Get a reply within a couple hours, that says they are not in yet, but are expected shortly, that mine will ship when they arrive, and that I will be notified at that time, and get tracking info for it. Ok, would have been nice if they let me know this sooner, but it does put my mind at ease. As I said, pretty well figured they'd rolled the dice on this one and bet these being shipped to them sooner. base. whenon Sal's original delivery date
01/31/2005 - See this auction listed - note the "IN STOCK" message in the title.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6509085232
That, coupled with my "Carlos factor" calculations, and an email from Mary Beth at NGK saying "They're in!" makes me hope Steve got his shipment too.
02/03/2005 - My "other" coco Kopa arrives from NGK
02/07/2005 - The auction I noted above ends and this one, also carrying the "IN STOCK" message in the title begins.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6510559778
Still no sign of my Kopa, still no tracking number or word that it has been shipped. Send another email. Get a prompt reply stating that they have finally arrived, look great, and that mine will go out tomorrow. Hmmmmm. Did that message in the 1/31 listing title mean they were only "IN STOCK" in Golden? at the distributors? somewhere in the known universe? Or was Steve just fibbin'?
02/11/2005 - Early Friday evening, mail and UPS have been and gone. No sign of the Kopa, and still no tracking info, or even a word saying it is actually on its way to me. Confidence level has sunk to a record low, starting to think that the fact the new auctions are being listed ten bucks higher than the one I BINed might just mean I'll never see this knife. So I send a rather terse email saying show me some proof its on its way to me or I'll be putting in a claim.
02/12/2005 - Get a reply back around noon to my email of the evening before saying the Kopa was shipped on the 8th and should reach me Monday or Tuesday. No tracking number, and, considering the history to date, that makes me just about ready to start typing up that claim. That will be a first for me, so I visit the PayPal site, and, probably through a combination of my mood and their not putting HOW TO FILE A CLAIM in 6" high flashing red letters, it takes me darn near a half hour to find out that, instead of the thirty day limit I thought I was dealing with, I have 45 days to file one. Ok, at least I know I don't have to rush to get it in by tomorrow. Go out to the mailbox a while later and, lo and behold, the Kopa is there. Good thing had this one pegged from the git-go as a "user" since while the knife is undamaged, the box looks like something the cat dragged in, as the $5.95 I paid for shipping and handling bought me a thiry cent padded manilla envelope shipped via first class mail for $1.06. If I had intended this one for the vault, instead of planning to butcher it, I'd be SOL.
So, that's it. As of right now I would not consider bidding on another of Steve's auctions for any reason. Well maybe I'd "roll the dice" if he had a "NIP" CF Walker on a $100 BIN. For me his prices, excellent thought they are, and his quick, polite responses to emails just don't make up for the less than fully truthful listings and the lack of sponateous communication regarding order status. Am I being unreasonable to dismiss any thought of ever dealing with him again?
01/15 - I do a BIN on this auction for one of the new Spyderco cocobolo Kopas.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6505305174
Note that it does not mention anything about this being a "Pre-Order" anywhere in the listing. I will freely admit I was fairly certain they did not yet have them in stock. That because Carlos, who has an uncanny knack for being first in line when new Spydies hit the market, had not posted anything yet about receiving his numbered one, I kind of guessed that they were not in stock yet. While I have no objection to pre-order auctions, I do think they should be clearly labeled as such.
01/26 - Carlos posts his for sale on the Exchange, naturally since I already have two on order, it's still available when I read the listing. Ah well, start doing some mental calculations of the average delay between Carlos getting his and them starting to appear "in the wild". Figure they should "land" by the first of February.
01/29/2005 - Two weeks have passed, no sign of knife, but was not really expecting that. But there has been no word at all from the vendor either. Send a email inquiring about my Kopa's status. Get a reply within a couple hours, that says they are not in yet, but are expected shortly, that mine will ship when they arrive, and that I will be notified at that time, and get tracking info for it. Ok, would have been nice if they let me know this sooner, but it does put my mind at ease. As I said, pretty well figured they'd rolled the dice on this one and bet these being shipped to them sooner. base. whenon Sal's original delivery date
01/31/2005 - See this auction listed - note the "IN STOCK" message in the title.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6509085232
That, coupled with my "Carlos factor" calculations, and an email from Mary Beth at NGK saying "They're in!" makes me hope Steve got his shipment too.
02/03/2005 - My "other" coco Kopa arrives from NGK
02/07/2005 - The auction I noted above ends and this one, also carrying the "IN STOCK" message in the title begins.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6510559778
Still no sign of my Kopa, still no tracking number or word that it has been shipped. Send another email. Get a prompt reply stating that they have finally arrived, look great, and that mine will go out tomorrow. Hmmmmm. Did that message in the 1/31 listing title mean they were only "IN STOCK" in Golden? at the distributors? somewhere in the known universe? Or was Steve just fibbin'?
02/11/2005 - Early Friday evening, mail and UPS have been and gone. No sign of the Kopa, and still no tracking info, or even a word saying it is actually on its way to me. Confidence level has sunk to a record low, starting to think that the fact the new auctions are being listed ten bucks higher than the one I BINed might just mean I'll never see this knife. So I send a rather terse email saying show me some proof its on its way to me or I'll be putting in a claim.
02/12/2005 - Get a reply back around noon to my email of the evening before saying the Kopa was shipped on the 8th and should reach me Monday or Tuesday. No tracking number, and, considering the history to date, that makes me just about ready to start typing up that claim. That will be a first for me, so I visit the PayPal site, and, probably through a combination of my mood and their not putting HOW TO FILE A CLAIM in 6" high flashing red letters, it takes me darn near a half hour to find out that, instead of the thirty day limit I thought I was dealing with, I have 45 days to file one. Ok, at least I know I don't have to rush to get it in by tomorrow. Go out to the mailbox a while later and, lo and behold, the Kopa is there. Good thing had this one pegged from the git-go as a "user" since while the knife is undamaged, the box looks like something the cat dragged in, as the $5.95 I paid for shipping and handling bought me a thiry cent padded manilla envelope shipped via first class mail for $1.06. If I had intended this one for the vault, instead of planning to butcher it, I'd be SOL.
So, that's it. As of right now I would not consider bidding on another of Steve's auctions for any reason. Well maybe I'd "roll the dice" if he had a "NIP" CF Walker on a $100 BIN. For me his prices, excellent thought they are, and his quick, polite responses to emails just don't make up for the less than fully truthful listings and the lack of sponateous communication regarding order status. Am I being unreasonable to dismiss any thought of ever dealing with him again?
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I just bought a Chinook II from Flames n Knives. It was shipped promptly and arrived with no problems.
after a misunderstanding about whose name to write the money transfer out to, Steve finally admitted he was wrong and apologized. he promised to ship the knife ASAP first and pick up the transfer later. and, he DID! received the knife quite fast and am very happy with it. glad things were resolved in the end, and all was well. happy camper now 
thanks steve and julie for your business!
dennis
thanks steve and julie for your business!
dennis