Lucky preorder on Microtech?

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withanx

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I preordered a "Microtech Zombie Green Socom Delta Manual 4" Satin Plain Blade" from a certain knife seller. This is a new product yet to be released from Microtech since they are currently only selling the tanto version of the Delta Zombie Tech.

When I preordered the price was at $260 which seemed like a really good deal for a limited edition Delta, since the standard versions go for ~$330. When I looked yesterday the price for the same item was at $355 on their site. I confirmed through email that I'm still locked in at the $260 price when it ships.

I know the tanto deltas were selling for around that price for a while, sometimes as high as $300. They had Elmax steel I believe. What would cause the price of the non-tanto versions to shoot up to $355? Maybe they were informed by Microtech that they were using a different blade steel that would up the price after they already took preorders?
 
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Could be blade steel. Could be they reduced the number they will be producing. Could be any number of things really. Either way you got lucky.
 
Nah I looked at those before and I'm pretty sure the reason is they are aluminium handled. Sorry man overlooked the fact you said the price went up on the site now so I dunno. The aluminium is why I didn't order.
 
I did the same about a week ago. I hope like you, I get mine at the price of $260, which is what I was purchasing it for.
 
I heard from my dealer that microtech messed up on it prices. That is why they are shooting up so high.
 
Yea it was a pricing error. When I first got them I called several dealers to make sure the price was right. It seemed strange that they would be cheaper than the regular G10 versions.
So new orders will be at a higher price.
If you placed a pre-order and the dealer is honoring the original price; you should send that dealer a beer.
 
I just picked one up for $320 based on this thread. I wasn't lucky enough to get the early pricing. Seems like a nice knife and should be worth it.
 
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