Lets talk GEC!

This is just fantastic.

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Just when I thought I was out, they [ GEC] pull me back in...

First they release the sfo and a made rush goes out to get one, missed it.
Then the slow introduction of each model in which we do not know what (some) they look like. You just have to get one that calls. Then another one calls, and calls, and calls.:D
 
You just have to get one that calls. Then another one calls, and calls, and calls.:D

^^^ Well said. I just let one go because the call wasn't strong enough to go with my investment. But there is no shortage of calling. Them thangs is DANGEROUS! ;)
 
I'm loving the list of handle materials on the schedule for the 71s. Blue denim and burlap micarta? Um, yes please!


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I'm starting to think that predicted production schedules should cease.
I doubt I am alone in the
"ooh I'll wait for that one in those covers only to miss out when it get inexplicably canned by which stage there's none left of any of the others that I could go for"
stakes.
So having recently pounced on the first spring green 74 I saw drifting past for fear of missing out I ended up with a rather anaemic looking dye job- I reckon it slipped through QC just before lunch time. All of the others I have since seen look a lot better.
Just to be clear there is no fault whatsoever with the knife other than a crud dye job.
I am being picky because aesthetics are important to me and I believe to many other people.
The production schedules seem to get everyone salivating ( and I can drool like a mastiff when the scent of a new knife hits me) and then there is a period of hedging and floundering while we wait for them to actually appear.
I think GEC should produce all the knives in the run before any marketing goes on.
Would this not make it easier all round?
All feedback and comments welcome
 
I'm starting to think that predicted production schedules should cease.
I doubt I am alone in the
"ooh I'll wait for that one in those covers only to miss out when it get inexplicably canned by which stage there's none left of any of the others that I could go for"
stakes.
So having recently pounced on the first spring green 74 I saw drifting past for fear of missing out I ended up with a rather anaemic looking dye job- I reckon it slipped through QC just before lunch time. All of the others I have since seen look a lot better.
Just to be clear there is no fault whatsoever with the knife other than a crud dye job.
I am being picky because aesthetics are important to me and I believe to many other people.
The production schedules seem to get everyone salivating ( and I can drool like a mastiff when the scent of a new knife hits me) and then there is a period of hedging and floundering while we wait for them to actually appear.
I think GEC should produce all the knives in the run before any marketing goes on.
Would this not make it easier all round?
All feedback and comments welcome

From a business perspective, it would be bad to change... for GEC and dealers. It gets people excited and talking about the knives. And it helps dealers gauge interest and sometimes fill orders or prospective orders before the knives are available. The demand is high and it wouldn't make sense to ignore it.

I understand. They are expensive knives and ideally you would be able to make a well informed decision, knowing all your options and exactly what you are getting. But noone has to follow the schedule or preorder/order knives before they are certain they want the knife. People do precisely that because of the high demand. They don't want to miss out. Some like the way it is. Others don't. It can be a fun roller coaster ride. The knives can usually be traded or sold fairly easily if it turns out different than expected.
 
I think GEC should produce all the knives in the run before any marketing goes on.

I agree that this is frustrating, but I'm not sure what their incentive to change would be. How many of us have bought a second (or third) version of the same model as more appealing covers are rolled out? I know I have.

Perhaps we, the consumers, could agree, instead, to hold off buying until all versions are released. [emoji51] That may bring some change.
 
I agree that this is frustrating, but I'm not sure what their incentive to change would be. How many of us have bought a second (or third) version of the same model as more appealing covers are rolled out? I know I have.

Perhaps we, the consumers, could agree, instead, to hold off buying until all versions are released. [emoji51] That may bring some change.

Couldn't agree more [emoji106]


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