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AG, maybe I am reading you wrong. But what you alluded to above is that you feel you are STILL a contender with eBay for aftermarket knives in terms of volume sold--or profit derived. This is a BIG statement. Your past dominance is beyond dispute. I'm talking (and so is this thread) current figures.A. G. Russell said:If you will provide me with the numbers for E-Bay, how many after-market handmade knives sold and what prices they sold for I will tell you what we did in that period. I need a little more than your opinion. As I said I have been dominating the after-market in handmade knives since 1968 and that is well known to most of the old timers. Do I still? I do not think so, there are now many players, both with catalogs, like North West Knives, and many many web sites. I know that the web sites sell many many more new knives from makers than we do. I doubt though that they outsell us in the after-market. A. G.
eBay closes on 250 used true customs every week. Where are you cataloging all of yours? Cuttingedge.com? Private sales? This just seems extreme to challenge the ebay monolith with nothing seemingly equal.
I enjoy you and your catalog of new knives every issue, don't get me wrong. And I really miss the old print venue. It came to me instead of me looking for it. You knew that.
Thanks,
Coop