How important is availability to you?

[eon blue apocalypse]

>90% of my knives are bought online. Brick and mortar availability means next to nothing to me. It's a side effect of living near almost zero knife stores.

 

[Smiling]

Post office and deliveries in my country suck, so I personally don't even try to order online. Reason more for that is waiting for minimum 2 months. Not to mention that there are some deliveries from the past I never received to this day, not talking about knives here, but it just shows me how badly it sucks.

 

[sabre cat]

Most retailers in my area act like they are my only option. They’re not.

I would buy from them if I was treated better or at least greeted when I walk through the door.

And...

If they had a better selection.

If they had halfway reasonable prices.

What ever happened to customer service?

 

[afishhunter]

I'm ... "impatient" ... I suppose ...

If I want a knife, I want it NOW (presuming I have the funds for it.) I don't want to wait possibly longer than I have left for a new one (that may be sold out with-in minutes after being released, and I either don't know about it, or I don't have the funds available when it is released) nor do I desire to search the secondary market for perhaps years, and then have to pay more for it second hand than it cost new, if I should ever find one.

In short, if a knife is not available when I have the funds for it, I have very little to no interest in obtaining one. There are always other knives I like that are available when I have the funds.

 

[Smiling]

Most retailers in my area act like they are my only option. They’re not.

I would buy from them if I was treated better or at least greeted when I walk through the door.

And...

If they had a better selection.

If they had halfway reasonable prices.

What ever happened to customer service?

Well my experience was so far pleasant.

Prices are really more than fair (at CS distributor at least, I won't comment others).
I'm greeted when I come in, they like to talk, give a reccomendation, advice or their opinion on item you're interested in.

And most important, they have a rule of opening and checking every item together with you before you buy it. Ofcourse you can say no to it, if you really want to be the first person to open your brand new knife.
But by checking it you make sure it's symetrical, has no schratches, cracks, dings or corrosion. You also see how it feels in your hand.

 

[dilinger]

For me, it depends on the knife.

 

[Wolverine666]

I can always wait for the knife (or knives) that I really want if they’re not readily available.

But I also like to buy knives that I happen to like that are available just to tide me over.