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I recently went to Gander Mountain and was looking at the knives . I saw a mini griptilian for $120 and a full size griptilian for $89 I'm still confused about the prices
 
Check the blade steel, IIRC I've seen a few D2 mini grips at Gander Mountain. Still a little expensive, but at least it would explain why the mini costs more than the full size.
 
Small knives costing more than large knives never did strike me as proper, especially if there isn't a significant difference in overall quality. That's one reason I went with a fixed blade rather than a folder for EDC.
 
Edit: I need to work on reading comprehension.

The minigrip was probably some sort of other steel.
 
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Yeah just confused me a lot il check tomorrow and see if the blade steel was different I thought it was 154cm
 
That's weird. I think steel is the most likely. Still, no matter what the steel, $120 is a steep price. I spent $100 on my D2 mini grip and I still think it was too much.
 
I've never been to Gander Mountain, nor have I been to their website that I can remember, but I decided to see what the website showed for Griptilians. They list three... the most expensive is the Mini Grip. I'm thinking this is because it is the only one of the three that is made in the USA? (Sarcasm intended, but check for yourself...). And what exactly is an "Osbourne Griptiliian"!?!

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It is "NEW", so all you Benchmade fans better snap this up while you have the chance! :p
 
I would just get one at a different place if you wanted one, theres no reason a mini grip should be $120, or anything over $70 for that matter.
 
TheChunk91 said:
I would just get one at a different place if you wanted one, theres no reason a mini grip should be $120, or anything over $70 for that matter.
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That was probably true before Benchmade started enforcing their new minimum allowable sale price policy, or whatever it is, but now I think you would be very lucky to find one below $90-$100... sites which used to give you a coupon code to lower the price of the Grips are apparently no longer allowed to do that. Supposedly this is intended to increase profits for vendors, but if the increased price reduces sales, are they really benefiting? Just mentioning this, I know it has been discussed at length elsewhere here by people who know far more about it than I do... but the increase in the price of Grips is very obvious if you look, I think.
 
rsngfrce said:
That was probably true before Benchmade started enforcing their new minimum allowable sale price policy, or whatever it is, but now I think you would be very lucky to find one below $90-$100... sites which used to give you a coupon code to lower the price of the Grips are apparently no longer allowed to do that. Supposedly this is intended to increase profits for vendors, but if the increased price reduces sales, are they really benefiting? Just mentioning this, I know it has been discussed at length elsewhere here by people who know far more about it than I do... but the increase in the price of Grips is very obvious if you look, I think.
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The only reason to increase the price is to ensure the product sells for what they think it's worth - but since these products were introduced at lower prices, it becomes a problem, since people had gotten used to those prices. I don't think it's likely that they'll keep selling the same amount they used to at these higher prices -- that wouldn't make sense. Since this move probably annoyed a lot of people as well, I don't think it's likely that they'll exceed their previous profit margins for the various knives? So.. what was the point? Why didn't they just keep the same prices for the existing models, and then instead of enforcing this policy, then just scale the MSRP on their newer models to fit whatever they wanted the sale price to be around?

Like, if a new model would have cost 50$ MSRP, 30$ in stores with their previous policy, it'd now be 70$ MSRP, 50$ in stores. (Note: just an example.)
 
My blade collecting started with swords so I never did get paying exorbitant prices for small pieces of steel i.e. folders over larger fixed blades. As others have said it was probably a different steel but wouldn't be surprised if they were the same.
 
Aleous said:
My blade collecting started with swords so I never did get paying exorbitant prices for small pieces of steel i.e. folders over larger fixed blades. As others have said it was probably a different steel but wouldn't be surprised if they were the same.
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And exorbitant prices for a knife with REALLY cheap feeling plastic scales, but don't get me started on that again...
 
jac_solar said:
The only reason to increase the price is to ensure the product sells for what they think it's worth - but since these products were introduced at lower prices, it becomes a problem, since people had gotten used to those prices. I don't think it's likely that they'll keep selling the same amount they used to at these higher prices -- that wouldn't make sense. Since this move probably annoyed a lot of people as well, I don't think it's likely that they'll exceed their previous profit margins for the various knives? So.. what was the point? Why didn't they just keep the same prices for the existing models, and then instead of enforcing this policy, then just scale the MSRP on their newer models to fit whatever they wanted the sale price to be around?

Like, if a new model would have cost 50$ MSRP, 30$ in stores with their previous policy, it'd now be 70$ MSRP, 50$ in stores. (Note: just an example.)
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I think you are agreeing with me, but "to ensure the product sells for what they think it's worth"?... shouldn't that be up to the vender and the consumer to decide? They aren't selling to the vender for a higher price, so what is the point? Don't want to start a flame war either Benchmade or "made in the USA" fans, but my personal opinion is that Benchmade is providing a good case for NOT buying knives made in the USA... just my opinion, I apologize in advance to anyone who finds that opinion insulting.
 
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