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Erirn

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Helo all, long time lurker here, first time poster. Had to share this story from work today with you all.

So I work in a gun shop here and today one of the sales reps for a few companies we deal with came in. Among the companies he sells product for is Ruko Knives. In my experience these knives have always been cheap foreign made knockoffs of Buck, SOG, etc. Anyways, as the boss is flipping through the catalog and ordering a couple cheapie beater tactical type knives the rep points to a tanto folder and says how popular that type of blade is now and etc. At this point I pull out my edc Mini CQC-7 to agree with his point. He asks to see it and says "Oh I've never heard of them. Its made in the US thats surprising." Goes on to tell me that its probably junk because its not an assisted opening and how 90% of the knockoffs he was selling are just as good as my Emerson. I'm pretty sure my jaw hit the floor at this point I gave him a quick schooling on why he was wrong and walked away back to a gun I was working on. For someone who sells knives for a living, he had no idea what he was talking about when it came to mechanics, materials, quality, or usage.

Anyways, that was my laugh for the day. Too bad I can't convince the boss to become an Emerson dealer, would make my search for a Karambit or a Gypsy Jack that much easier :D
 
Yeah, that rep probably was handed a catalogue, maybe got a 10 minute explanation of the new product line ("What you want to know? Is knife, sharp, looks ranbo/seals/ranger/special forces/paratrooper-ish, cut something..."), and told to sell, sell, sell.

Fred
 
Sales people (for junk companies) usually don't know crap about anything other than the particular brand they are peddling.
 
I worked at a guitar store as a new bassist, I sold basses and guitars all day without really knowing the qualities of a really good guitar through experience. Now I've been playing for 15 years and know what makes a great guitar and know not every good guitar suits every person. Same goes for knives. I thought I was a knife guy until I really started using them and it turned my world upside down. Most people would do fine with a box cutter, some will do fine with their Chinese generic stainless blade.

Welcome to BF, it's a pretty cool place.
 
Welcome to Blade Forums, Erirn! Don't you just love it when somebody tries to tell an armorer what a good piece of hardware is? ;)
 
Great post, benthughes.
Hi Al.
In time, one will learn what works for THEM.
rolf
 
I personally refuse to buy from any company that tries to put down their competitors, it says alot about a company if they need to stoop that low. Same with selling blatant rip-offs, they're definitely not getting aby of my money.
 
C_Becker said:
I personally refuse to buy from any company that tries to put down their competitors, it says alot about a company if they need to stoop that low. Same with selling blatant rip-offs, they're definitely not getting aby of my money.
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Blatant rip offs?
 
C_Becker said:
I personally refuse to buy from any company that tries to put down their competitors, it says alot about a company if they need to stoop that low. Same with selling blatant rip-offs, they're definitely not getting aby of my money.
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Uhm, please explain?
 
Erirn said:
So I work in a gun shop here and today one of the sales reps for a few companies we deal with came in. Among the companies he sells product for is Ruko Knives. In my experience these knives have always been cheap foreign made knockoffs of Buck, SOG, etc.
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=Blatant ripoffs

Erirn said:
Oh I've never heard of them. Its made in the US thats surprising." Goes on to tell me that its probably junk because its not an assisted opening and how 90% of the knockoffs he was selling are just as good as my Emerson
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Talking sh** about other companies

= someone I wouldn't give any of my money.
 
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