The BladeForums.com 2024 Traditional Knife is ready to order! See this thread for details:
https://www.bladeforums.com/threads/bladeforums-2024-traditional-knife.2003187/
Price is $300 $250 ea (shipped within CONUS). If you live outside the US, I will contact you after your order for extra shipping charges.
Order here: https://www.bladeforums.com/help/2024-traditional/ - Order as many as you like, we have plenty.
How was it lost?
The box was damaged and I am assuming the knife fell out during transport.
So far doesn't look good for the seller:
1. request for "gift " option (leaves buyer with not too many options if something goes wrong - as it actually did if I get this right)
2. cut off all communication until a mod gets involved ( I know life happens, but keeping in touch with the buyer with status updates is a MUST as far as I'm concerned)
3. poor packaging that allows for the content to get lost.
Sure hope the package was insured.
Regardless, buyer should get his money back. Paypal "Gift" option.
These are the 3 most important tenants one can have when transacting here. So basic, so simple, so efficient, yet none of them were followed here whatsoever. Snowreaper, in caase there is any lingering confusion at this point (based off the empty box, poor communication, and lack of sufficient tape...you indeed owe this member a refund in full.
No signature was required. It was shipped UPS I would file a claim but that would prove useless to me. He has not contacted me in 22 hours. I will give him some more time. Lesson learned I will never use PayPal Gift again.
Edit: It could come across that with my low post count and lack of feedback that I could be the one lying.
Because of this I will post some more details of this transaction.
So the day I started (Monday of last week) this thread I got an e-mail stating that he would ship the knife the next morning (Tuesday of last week) and provide me tracking. Wednesday he finally provided me with a tracking number, a tracking number that did not receive its Orgin Scan until Friday.
I tried Tuesday to give him the chance to refund my money and find another buyer when he failed to provide me with a tracking number like he promised.
I guess I am on the lookout for a 3.5" Spanto Flipper still.
So UPS delivered a damage box? I would get on the phone with them as soon as possible and see what can be done on your end.
Yes the box was ripped. I started a claim, but I believe it to be a futile effort.
No signature was required. It was shipped UPS I would file a claim but that would prove useless to me. He has not contacted me in 22 hours. I will give him some more time. Lesson learned I will never use PayPal Gift again.
Edit: It could come across that with my low post count and lack of feedback that I could be the one lying.
Because of this I will post some more details of this transaction.
So the day I started (Monday of last week) this thread I got an e-mail stating that he would ship the knife the next morning (Tuesday of last week) and provide me tracking. Wednesday he finally provided me with a tracking number, a tracking number that did not receive its Orgin Scan until Friday.
I tried Tuesday to give him the chance to refund my money and find another buyer when he failed to provide me with a tracking number like he promised.
I guess I am on the lookout for a 3.5" Spanto Flipper still.