PSA: For those of you who missed out on the CPM Rex-45 Para 3...I found some!

[PeteyTwoPointOne]

Jeez any way to remove that or can you keep making it darker?

Try some Mother's Chrome Polish and elbow grease and you should be able to "erase" that fairly cleanly.

I picked up a Cruwear PM2 that looked like DLC it was so blackened. Was able to get it back to a nice ghostly gray with polish.

 

[sharp_edge]

Cannot hold my fund any longer, so please release ASAP the T-Rex Millie

 

[Jack of All Blades]

The Military will be the T-Rex of this release.

Gave me an idea

The newborn on the block, Rex Para 3

The elusive and rare Rex Paramilitary 2

And here we have the T-Rex Military ..staring down my wallet!


Worth it.

 

[Blues]

"Your wallet belongs to me!"

 

[91bravo]

Ha ha! I have a PM2 coming to me tomorrow and I'll probably keep that one.

 

[TXZerb]

Personally, I think the answer is obvious and I alluded to it above...so I won't waste time trying to convince you otherwise.

A tick may have the genetic makeup and will to survive...just not at my expense.

I'll be having a discussion with Spark soon about corralling the abusers of our membership privileges as laid out in the rules for the site.

Certainly, those who share your point of view, (aka "dealers"), should have no issue with ponying up so that the site can profit for providing a forum with which to conduct commerce.

(And with that, I'm out for the night.)

I agree with this wholeheartedly! I am relatively new to the forums and joined partially for the purpose of finding some of those sprints that I missed out on, along with the many other unique and interesting harder to find blades out there. I quickly discovered that small part of the community that were just here to flip. I can understand a small markup, after all, these sprints are intended to be limited/rarer than the normal production runs. But seeing prices 30% above retail, and only a week, or even days after the drop, just blows my mind. It's pretty obvious that these people do not care about the community or the hobby.

I contacted the forum staff about my concerns, but they stated that there wasn't much that could be done about "scalpers". I still hold out hope that someday this kind of thing can be policed better.

- Jesse

 

[RipD]

People flipping to make a quick profit sucks, but how do you regulate it? People will only flip them if other people buy them. The buyers sent the price ceiling, not the sellers. I saw both a PM2 and a Para 3 in Rex 45 on the exchange the other day for too much money. I passed and hope others did too.

It's just one knife. There are going to be plenty of other steels coming out. Also consider that scarcity drives desire in humans. Recognize that it's how our brains work and try to overcome that "now I REALLY want one" feeling.

 

[Megawatt308]

I think I will just get a para 3 in M390 to hold me over the rex drought.

 

[Blues]

Deciding beforehand what you think a reasonable price to pay for a given knife / pattern / steel will go a long way to preventing impulsive purchases in the exchange.

For example, if a knife like the Para 3 in Rex 45 was being sold for $140 through authorized dealers, I'd already have decided what I think it would be worth paying for one in the secondary market, new or used.

Would I pay a few dollars premium? Probably. The seller has to go to the trouble of packaging, driving to the post office and paying for shipping.

Would I pay an extra $40 or $50? Me, no. But you have to decide what the value of the knife is to you...

...I suggest you know that answer before you go scouring the exchange.

 

[sharp_edge]

Good advice by Blues . For me, take the upcoming rex 45 Military as an example. I will try to score one through good dealers at the regular price ($182?). If I miss it, I am willing to pay $190 at the secondary market. If no one sells at that price, then I will accept the fact that I cannot or will not own the knife.

 

[Wharn]

I’m going to go ahead and give this old thread a bump. The Para 3 Rex 45 is in stock right now at National Knives!

 

[trevitrace]

Booyah! Thank you, sir.

 

[Worldwatcher]

I’m going to go ahead and give this old thread a bump. The Para 3 Rex 45 is in stock right now at National Knives!
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Put one in my cart. Got busy and they are gone now

 

[mb>]

Wow! That’s a great knife. The original price really is a Black Friday deal!

 

[Tony18]

Yes, because they often do shoddy work and try to cover over issues to make the house pretty and and then pass on the problems to the unsuspecting buyer.

You said “often” so I take it as you were not referring to all house flippers. But flipping houses is partly how I provided for my family. I buy outdated/ran down homes in an up and coming market. Rehab it & then sell for a profit. It’s a lot of work & I take pride in my work & being able to take a ran down home & turn it into a very nice home for the future buyer. I don’t consider my self a leach, but as I said I don’t think you were either..

 

[Tony18]

What about someone who buys 2 of a knife, because they have the disposable income. They hold them and the value goes up by a bunch when they sell one after a year or so to cover the price of the keeper. Is that flipping? Or a good investment?

I'm torn, usually I'm not a fan of flippers, because they beat me to the buy I wanted. Fast sellers seem more like poorly capitalized members then bad actors to me. Unless I can't get a cool knife and they taunt us with their success by selling immediately, not realizing the value (as a tool) of what they bought for a second.

Does it really come down to how quickly one sells the buy for a profit? Is it the percentage of total posts in exchange for sale section?

I've resigned to picking up users when I can, eliminates the whole flipped or not flipped discussion as I don't regard members who use and later sell a flipper per se. Just a member who's eye moved to another knife to use as intended.

Buying 2 of a knife and selling one to cover the price of the keeper..Some may disagree with me but I would say that’s a good investment.

 

[unwisefool]

You said “often” so I take it as you were not referring to all house flippers. But flipping houses is partly how I provided for my family. I buy outdated/ran down homes in an up and coming market. Rehab it & then sell for a profit. It’s a lot of work & I take pride in my work & being able to take a ran down home & turn it into a very nice home for the future buyer. I don’t consider my self a leach, but as I said I don’t think you were either..

What are you talking about? This thread is about a year and a half old, I don't even remember it now.