The reason for this thread is to give everyone a chance to express(not argue and fight) their thoughts on knife prices.
My thoughts are this:
I don`t know exactly how many knives I`ve purchased on the forum, but thus far all have been great deals/transactions for me, have really dealt with a very high caliber group.
I have paid sellers asking price several times.
But as a buyer, I don`t see anything wrong with making an offer, especially where ther are multiple blades/ items involved.
For one thing, there is the savings for both parties on shipping, in my opinion this goes to the buyer.
Next, how often do you ask a little more, for the purpose of negotiations, and if you bought when the blade first came out, often the price/demand has been reduced over time. This means your blade that you bought for 100.00(just an example) can now be readily purchased for 87.00 shipped.
1 example is a particular product now being offered that can be purchased new(shipped) for 29.50, the current bargain price being asked is double that. I do think that its the buyers responsibility to do the research, but is this any more unscrupulous than a "low ball"offer?
So is it reasonable to expect to get a return on your original purchase price? The exception being makers in demand, ie; to name a few, but not intentionally leave anyone out, BUSSE, customs, Strider, Randall, Chris Reeve etc.
This is AMERICA, so you can ask what you want, but, why get pissed when you don`t get it.
I do however appreciate not liking unreasonable "low ball"offers, you know the ones I`m talking about.
To me, anything for sale depends on 2 things.
1)How bad to you want to sell
2)What do you have for sale, and whats the demand or want on the part of the buyer.
Play nice, and lets air our differences of opinion
, remember, they are our opinions and like a$$holes, we all have them. 
My thoughts are this:
I don`t know exactly how many knives I`ve purchased on the forum, but thus far all have been great deals/transactions for me, have really dealt with a very high caliber group.
I have paid sellers asking price several times.
But as a buyer, I don`t see anything wrong with making an offer, especially where ther are multiple blades/ items involved.
For one thing, there is the savings for both parties on shipping, in my opinion this goes to the buyer.
Next, how often do you ask a little more, for the purpose of negotiations, and if you bought when the blade first came out, often the price/demand has been reduced over time. This means your blade that you bought for 100.00(just an example) can now be readily purchased for 87.00 shipped.
1 example is a particular product now being offered that can be purchased new(shipped) for 29.50, the current bargain price being asked is double that. I do think that its the buyers responsibility to do the research, but is this any more unscrupulous than a "low ball"offer?
So is it reasonable to expect to get a return on your original purchase price? The exception being makers in demand, ie; to name a few, but not intentionally leave anyone out, BUSSE, customs, Strider, Randall, Chris Reeve etc.
This is AMERICA, so you can ask what you want, but, why get pissed when you don`t get it.
I do however appreciate not liking unreasonable "low ball"offers, you know the ones I`m talking about.
To me, anything for sale depends on 2 things.
1)How bad to you want to sell
2)What do you have for sale, and whats the demand or want on the part of the buyer.
Play nice, and lets air our differences of opinion
, remember, they are our opinions and like a$$holes, we all have them. 
