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Ganzaa Flipping?
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Cobalt
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ROTFLMAO, that was good. It does like a big sausage maker with that funnel outlet.
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LMAO.....When I go, I go big.
keep on dreamingbut I like you enough that when the time comes you will be the first to know
I just saw this, thanks my infi brother :thumbup:
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at the risk of steering this back toward the original question...
(THIS IS NOT A CHAT FORUM...oh...errr...never mind)
Anyhoo, two things come to mind:
1) I really like the marketing format Jerry has developed, for a couple of reasons. The fact that any model he makes will be retired at some point means that as the model "scarcifies", it will probably be worth at least what you paid for it, once it is discontinued, given new condition. So all us far-flung consumers out here can buy knives that we may not have bought if we didn't feel so good about the prospect of at least getting our money back out of them down the line. This strategy lets everybody buy/look at a lot of unique knives that are unavailable from conventional retail outlets, and lets Jerry sell a lot of knives, and everybody has some level of protection at least from depreciation off the original purchase price. Works great--just another example of The Man's genius.
2) Speculation is by definition risky. However, the advice that seems to be receiving the most vocal support right now is not to buy on speculation because there's too much stuff out there and current resale prices won't support speculative investment. HELLO. Now, when all these grail knives and many excellent discontinued models are flooding the market is EXACTLY the time to buy all you can, in my mind. Buy when everybody's selling and when things are at their cheapest and most abundant--sell when nobody else is selling or needs to. Investment 101.
That said, anybody who buys to flip back into the market when the market is as saturated as this one has to be clueless about the result. Buy now, yeah--buy in volume if you can--but don't count on selling anytime soon. It's just gonna take awhile.
w
(THIS IS NOT A CHAT FORUM...oh...errr...never mind)
Anyhoo, two things come to mind:
1) I really like the marketing format Jerry has developed, for a couple of reasons. The fact that any model he makes will be retired at some point means that as the model "scarcifies", it will probably be worth at least what you paid for it, once it is discontinued, given new condition. So all us far-flung consumers out here can buy knives that we may not have bought if we didn't feel so good about the prospect of at least getting our money back out of them down the line. This strategy lets everybody buy/look at a lot of unique knives that are unavailable from conventional retail outlets, and lets Jerry sell a lot of knives, and everybody has some level of protection at least from depreciation off the original purchase price. Works great--just another example of The Man's genius.
2) Speculation is by definition risky. However, the advice that seems to be receiving the most vocal support right now is not to buy on speculation because there's too much stuff out there and current resale prices won't support speculative investment. HELLO. Now, when all these grail knives and many excellent discontinued models are flooding the market is EXACTLY the time to buy all you can, in my mind. Buy when everybody's selling and when things are at their cheapest and most abundant--sell when nobody else is selling or needs to. Investment 101.
That said, anybody who buys to flip back into the market when the market is as saturated as this one has to be clueless about the result. Buy now, yeah--buy in volume if you can--but don't count on selling anytime soon. It's just gonna take awhile.
w
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Well the REAL issue of the thread is GANZA flipping... not flipping in general. I have ZERO problem with somebody slowly hording up as many as he can to try to sell later for profit. I have a problem with doing that during a community event such as Ganza where supply usually will not meet demand. Seems silly somebody could buy 10 of something to sell 8 or 9 down the road when somebody else participating in Ganza could not even land 1.
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Yeah, Scott often limits purchases to 2 of any item at one time from the Busse Company Store, which I think is considerate and fair. On the other hand, I understand that Busse often ends up with unsold items after a ganzaaa, which may be a reason for the no-limit policy.
Either way, not being able to get a particular model because someone bought them up has never been a big deal for me. Usually the kinds of items offered in very limited numbers are more in the "cosmetically enhanced" category, at least in my experience.
A "sell all you can and leave them hungry for more" approach may even be part of the intended strategy here--if so, it seems to be working.
Either way, not being able to get a particular model because someone bought them up has never been a big deal for me. Usually the kinds of items offered in very limited numbers are more in the "cosmetically enhanced" category, at least in my experience.
A "sell all you can and leave them hungry for more" approach may even be part of the intended strategy here--if so, it seems to be working.