Not a rant, but needs to be said

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I'd just like to see the Busse Company store move to one style per person per checkout.

It was really sucky 6-12months ago when you really wanted an offering, and they were all out minutes later, and you'd see a hog post a picture of 20 of them, then they'd appear on the exchange at $50-100 premium. Its nice to know I can sell some of my knives for more than I paid, but I never buy them intending to sell...

Now off to the exchange to look for some tiger or snakeskin...
 
on_the_edge said:
But if one person can somehow benefit by what I have said, then it is all worthwhile, isn't it?

May I ask why you appear to be offended?
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Do you honestly believe that your post will affect anyone here? If folks buy and get burned, won't that be lesson enough without someone rubbing salt in the wound?

I'm not offended at all. But buying, selling, and posting practices are the business of each individual. I myself buy when I can buy, and I buy because I want the knife. That's my business though, and I find it funny that someone feels obliged to post what buying/selling practices are acceptable for everyone and what is acceptable to say afterwards. It's a free market. Free speech too, given the constraints of Spark's hospitality here. If someone's whining bothers you, you have the option of putting them on ignore.

There are exceptions to the above, however. Screwing someone on a deal merits attention, certainly. That's why we have a GB&U subforum.

Moreoever, whines and rants go in W&C, not here in the Busse forum, where this whole topic has been covered ad nauseum before.
 
on_the_edge said:
Whining because you can't sell something, mostly because you have an expectation that someone owes it to you to cover your initial costs when you sell or, even worse, owes you some self-determined level of profit is...well, let's just say "irritating"!!!
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I see absolutely nothing wrong with covering my initial cost, this is not a charity. Considering todays economy who in their right mind knowingly and willingly loses money?? I had a shop credit with Busse so I used it for two knives, knowing that I could keep one and sell the other.
 
Guyon said:
Do you honestly believe that your post will affect anyone here? If folks buy and get burned, won't that be lesson enough without someone rubbing salt in the wound?
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It wont affect me ... but Speaking of getting burned ... I lost $300+ on a HOFSH last week .. I needed the quick funds $ for more important things, so that is just part of the game . (win some and lose some )

This is just another reason I only buy Original Satin Jack LE s now ...I lost interest with any of these new offerings. eeeehh.. There will always be a market for those beauties... aruuuuuuuggg their startin' to pile up ... :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::)
 
Firstly, I dont think theres anything wrong with buying because you think its a great price, but make sure its a brand you like. Im generally satisfied with %99.99 of the Bussess and Striders I buy without seeing them first.

The point you make about buying then selling at a small loss is spot on though. Its like you rented the knife, most of which are impossible to even find anywhere locally, for a small fee.

The thing that gets me pissed, not so much here as over at the USN, is the abundance of trust fund babies literally buying up everything in sight. I swear they sit at the computer all day waiting and then buy it all up. LOL.
 
I love Busse's more than any other knife.. I hate selling any busse... they are like.... family... when I do sell, I want them to go to a good home, where they will be loved and used well.. All other knives are inferior and don't have this intrinsic value... Busse Rules! Buy as much as you can.. use them as much as possible.. convert others to the Way of the INFI...
 
Elen said:
:thumbup: I don't generally tell other people what to do with their lives or money, but I do find it weird that people would buy knives without knowing whether they will like them and plan to keep them. Me, I buy Busses to keep them and use them. I don't care how much they might be worth on the secondary market, because I'm not going to be selling them. And I won't buy a knife that I probably won't like just because it says Busse on the blade: Sus Scrofa? No thanks. NMFBM? Hell yes! Game Warden? Yes, please.

It's not a good idea to buy something, thinking you can probably sell it off without loss if you don't like it. If you have doubts, it's better to not buy it, or to at least accept you might not be able to break even if you do end up selling it afterwards.
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I am with you Elen.
one thing `NO REGRETS` .
 
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Personally, I know the name Grimspoon commands a lot of respect around here, so if I've owned a knife for a month, a year, whatever...I believe I can attach a premium to that knife. That knife has been owned by Grimspoon, so of course it's going to fetch at least an additional $100.00+ on top of it's base value. I think we can all agree that a knife owned by Grimspoon is worth a heck of a lot more than that!

The secondary market is simply a place for me to give the people what they want. No, not just simply knives, but knives that have been owned by Grimspoon.
 
Grimspoon said:
Personally, I know the name Grimspoon commands a lot of respect around here, so if I've owned a knife for a month, a year, whatever...I believe I can attach a premium to that knife. That knife has been owned by Grimspoon, so of course it's going to fetch at least an additional $100.00+ on top of it's base value. I think we can all agree that a knife owned by Grimspoon is worth a heck of a lot more than that!

The secondary market is simply a place for me to give the people what they want. No, not just simply knives, but knives that have been owned by Grimspoon.
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yessss I love it !!!!


Thats how I feel about "Uncle_Jarvis" blades...

After I beat them I command a premium price because my sweaty palm touched the handles...

also .. .I know whats hot and what not :cool::cool::cool:
 
Grimspoon said:
Personally, I know the name Grimspoon commands a lot of respect around here, so if I've owned a knife for a month, a year, whatever...I believe I can attach a premium to that knife. That knife has been owned by Grimspoon, so of course it's going to fetch at least an additional $100.00+ on top of it's base value. I think we can all agree that a knife owned by Grimspoon is worth a heck of a lot more than that!
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Finally! Someone who understands what it's all about! :thumbup:
 
Grimspoon said:
Personally, I know the name Grimspoon commands a lot of respect around here, so if I've owned a knife for a month, a year, whatever...I believe I can attach a premium to that knife. That knife has been owned by Grimspoon, so of course it's going to fetch at least an additional $100.00+ on top of it's base value. I think we can all agree that a knife owned by Grimspoon is worth a heck of a lot more than that!
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Sage wisdom. Porkchop blades should, in my estimation, should be worth at least $300 over current market price, no matter what the economy is doing. :p
 
Grimspoon said:
Personally, I know the name Grimspoon commands a lot of respect around here, so if I've owned a knife for a month, a year, whatever...I believe I can attach a premium to that knife. That knife has been owned by Grimspoon, so of course it's going to fetch at least an additional $100.00+ on top of it's base value. I think we can all agree that a knife owned by Grimspoon is worth a heck of a lot more than that!

The secondary market is simply a place for me to give the people what they want. No, not just simply knives, but knives that have been owned by Grimspoon.
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Knowing this, I was able to score my #15 ASH-1LE to add to the #15 collection :thumbup: Grimspoon :thumbup: :D ;) :eek:
 
Unfortunately, despite my sarcasm, a lot of the time I actually DO have to add a fair bit of "extra" onto the knives I sell because of the exchange rate, customs fees and taxes I'm hit with (being a Canadian). Plus shipping applied to international orders from Busse and BCS are at least double what the shipping costs are for their domestic customers. It all adds up fast!

You'll see this a lot on knives being sold by non-US sellers, knives that carry prices that seem out of line with what an American can resell for, applying only the minimum amount in order to recoup their cost.

c4man for example, like he said I managed to land his #15 ASH1 LE. Because it came from Busse during a time when the exchange rate wasn't favorable, I got hit with a pile of additional fees. I think when I applied the additional fees across the three knives I ordered, it came close to an additional $100.00 per knife. There's no way on earth I could ever feel good about passing on additional fees like that to another member, especially not a stand up guy like c4man.

This is what it costs to buy internationally though, so hopefully we can recognize the difference between sellers flipping for profit versus international buyers trying not to land in the red every time they sell a knife.
 
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Guyon said:
But buying, selling, and posting practices are the business of each individual. I myself buy when I can buy, and I buy because I want the knife. That's my business though, and I find it funny that someone feels obliged to post what buying/selling practices are acceptable for everyone and what is acceptable to say afterwards. It's a free market. Free speech too, given the constraints of Spark's hospitality here.

where this whole topic has been covered ad nauseum before.
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I wholeheartedly agree, Guyon. Live & let live! If someone doesn't want to pay a price asked for a blade, then they don't have to buy it... That's all there is to it. If Jerry were to feel the secondary market were an issue, he could put limits on purchasing items. However, Jerry seems to believe in free enterprise.
Just my opinion .. and Oh, yes.... YMMV!
 
Caveat venditor is Latin for "let the seller beware".

What we have here is just another bubble market. An Infi bubble. It may last forever, it may not.

We all play games like musical chairs and hot potato when we're kids. Like many things in our culture it's up to you to figure out it was fair warning.
 
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