More flea market madness

needler420

needler420

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After everyone makes fun of me for getting my knives from the flea markets because they think I just buy gas station CCC stuff. That's most of the comments I get on facebook and even on here.

Well jokes on them. All the knives in the following pics were picked up on Monday Veterans day at the flea market. Totaling $18 dollars for all the four knives together.

I sold the red OTF and the Black balisong the following day for $70

And I had been after a frost cutlery "butterfly" knife for awhile. That one is getting added to the collection with the lucky charm Victorinox.


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Nothing to be made fun of here. If you are having a good time, finding some new toys, and making a few extra dollars, kudos to you.

That SAK is worth the $18 by itself. Everything else is a bonus and you already made a profit. Nice job.
 
needler420 said:
Then I'd be at a $52 dollar loss with no frost cutlery butterfly knife and no clover leaf SAK. That's not good economics.
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Did you know you were going to be able to sell them for $70? Personally, I wouldn't have bothered. Those knives look to be beaten, and of poor quality, except for the SAC, itself a little rough. But hey, glad you made money.
 
Quiet said:
Did you know you were going to be able to sell them for $70? Personally, I wouldn't have bothered. Those knives look to be beaten, and of poor quality, except for the SAC, itself a little rough. But hey, glad you made money.
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The balisong is new never used. The Super automatic had a little wear to it. But yeah I knew exactly what they were when discovering them mixed in a inventory of CCC knives thanks to watching JWbullets over the years and his retro knives from the 80's.

I didn't know I would sell it for $70 but I knew enough knowledge that there was a spread for me. I also knew the butterfly knife is worth 50 bucks alone.

Like I say when it comes to collectibles knowledge is key or you have no clue WTF you're looking at.
 
craytab said:
Only in the sense that you flipped knives to them that aren't near worth what they paid. Not very ethical. Good job I guess....
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Not really. Someone else had appraised the red super auto OTF at about $85. I sold it to the first offer I had. Like I say previously helps when you actually know what you're looking at.
 
needler420 said:
The balisong is new never used. The Super automatic had a little wear to it. But yeah I knew exactly what they were when discovering them mixed in a inventory of CCC knives thanks to watching JWbullets over the years and his retro knives from the 80's.

I didn't know I would sell it for $70 but I knew enough knowledge that there was a spread for me. I also knew the butterfly knife is worth 50 bucks alone.

Like I say when it comes to collectibles knowledge is key or you have no clue WTF you're looking at.
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Nah, those knives are trash. If you were able to convince someone otherwise, that's good for you. o_O
 
I didn't have to convince anyone, that's the market lol.

In fact I posted it to facebook asking the community to help value it.

The market spoke.
 
Quiet said:
Did you know you were going to be able to sell them for $70? Personally, I wouldn't have bothered. Those knives look to be beaten, and of poor quality, except for the SAC, itself a little rough. But hey, glad you made money.
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You really have backwards logic. How is it ripping them off when I asked them to determine value and took the first offer someone offered me,

Like a lot of your posts on here and responses in my posts I see are pretty ignorant. And you have the same few people always backing you lol. Hence referencing my first post.
 
needler420 said:
You really have backwards logic. How is it ripping them off when I asked them to determine value and took the first offer someone offered me,

Like a lot of your posts on here and responses in my posts I see are pretty ignorant. And you have the same few people always backing you lol. Hence referencing my first post.
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Maybe go back to Facebook where people are more gullible.
 
needler420 said:
You really have backwards logic. How is it ripping them off when I asked them to determine value and took the first offer someone offered me,

Like a lot of your posts on here and responses in my posts I see are pretty ignorant. And you have the same few people always backing you lol. Hence referencing my first post.
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I didn't say you were ripping anyone off. Your reading comprehension is as poor as your selection in knives. I candidly doubt you sold that trash for anywhere approaching $70 and if you did, well then you just took advantage of someone's ignorance. Collectibles? Nah, it's trash.
 
craytab said:
Maybe go back to Facebook where people are more gullible.
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I don't know much about flea market trash knives, but I got a buddy who knows all about flea market trash, let me give him a call. LOL

And by buddy, I mean what's almost certainly a Facebook group full of kids, the kind of people who carry a screwdriver with a bunch of tape on the handle for "tactical grip".
 
Quiet said:
I don't know much about flea market trash knives, but I got a buddy who knows all about flea market trash, let me give him a call. LOL

And by buddy, I mean what's almost certainly a Facebook group full of kids, the kind of people who carry a screwdriver with a bunch of tape on the handle for "tactical grip".
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What kind of knife groups are you in? And I wasn't referring to you. The person who bought it even said it was for nostalgic reasons. They told me why but I won't share their personal info publicly. The person was also far older then me.
 
needler420 said:
What kind of knife groups are you in? And I wasn't referring to you. The person who bought it even said it was for nostalgic reasons. They told me why but I won't share their personal info publicly. The person was also far older then me.
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What knife groups? You're here with me right now. Facebook knife groups in my experience are mostly echo chambers for this or that brand. I don't have the patience for that sort of thing anymore.
 
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