Agreed. I think people assume that the collector community only exists on bladeforums. Far from the truth.I believe this is your answer
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Agreed. I think people assume that the collector community only exists on bladeforums. Far from the truth.I believe this is your answer
I doubt that's true. I think the people who jumped at the prospect to flip these knives would jump at any similar opportunity and would certainly never sell "at a loss."
I didn't dispute that.To be sufficiently plugged into the knife scene to be aware of this release, you're probably a knife enthusiast.
This is what I dispute.As a knife enthusiast, you probably buy and sell a lot and that means losing money.
Then there are the people, also enthusiasts, who view their collections as investments. They buy multiple copies of knives they never intend to use. They never sell at a loss and are always concerned with the "market" value of the knives they resell. They make money.
The type of person selling these knives the day after they arrive in the mail for $50-$100 more than they paid are the latter.
We'll have to agree to disagree about whether this is a disagreeable practice.![]()
I didn't dispute that.
This is what I dispute.
I think that there are plenty of people on this forum who view other forumites as friends and neighbors and don't see their knife collections as investments. When they resell a knife it's in order to pass on a knife they really prefer would have "a better home" with someone who might make use of it. They try to sell at a "fair" price unburdened by thoughts about the "market." These people lose plenty of money when compared to the "market" value but really not all that much compared to what they spent.
Then there are the people, also enthusiasts, who view their collections as investments. They buy multiple copies of knives they never intend to use. They never sell at a loss and are always concerned with the "market" value of the knives they resell. They make money.
The type of person selling these knives the day after they arrive in the mail for $50-$100 more than they paid are the latter.
We'll have to agree to disagree about whether this is a disagreeable practice.![]()
I didn't dispute that.
This is what I dispute.
I think that there are plenty of people on this forum who view other forumites as friends and neighbors and don't see their knife collections as investments. When they resell a knife it's in order to pass on a knife they really prefer would have "a better home" with someone who might make use of it. They try to sell at a "fair" price unburdened by thoughts about the "market." These people lose plenty of money when compared to the "market" value but really not all that much compared to what they spent.
Then there are the people, also enthusiasts, who view their collections as investments. They buy multiple copies of knives they never intend to use. They never sell at a loss and are always concerned with the "market" value of the knives they resell. They make money.
The type of person selling these knives the day after they arrive in the mail for $50-$100 more than they paid are the latter.
We'll have to agree to disagree about whether this is a disagreeable practice.![]()
All said in this post may be true, but I think it covers two extreme groups of people on this forum: one viewing it as a community of friends and the other as a place of free market. However, I suspect more people actually fall in between.
I'm not criticizing DLT at all. Nor am I criticizing the resellers. I don't think there's a problem. I have a "free market" perspective.
How much should had DLT priced them at? If they had sold them at $200 each then people would be flipping for $350 each. Us that really wanted one to use and enjoy would have been effectively "punished" or even priced out of getting one just because of a few that want to buy and resell..I can't agree with that one bit.DLT incentivized people to resell these knives. So that's what people did.
Also hindsight is 20-20. These weren't guaranteed to sell as fast as they did. I think if DLT could go back they'd price these a bit higher.
1,000 knives at $75.00 = 75,000 that's a big number for a small business . Don't get me wrong I can care less how they paid for it as long as they keep the price low . Thanks DLT
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