Someone got a deal...

MWallace

MWallace

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Just hoping that one of you from So Cal snatched these up. I offered him a couple hundred more than he was asking but didn't get a reply. The following is a copy/paste from the craigslist ad, the posting has already been taken down... hoping one of you from here made the score. Mike


BUCK KNIFE 120, 122 nemo,124, 184 ..XLNT UN-USED COND.... 50.00 EACH

CA san diego - buck knife
Tuesday2/16/10 4:25 PM

TO ALL YOU PUSHY FOLKS,THAT THINK THIS IS A SCAM... OR OFFERED WHAT I WAS ASKING OR "LESS" FOR THE KNIVES,,, THE KNIVES HAVE BEEN SOLD FOR ..........750.OO...................................................................................... ....................................................................................................... ............................................... ............................ ............................................................................ I'LL CANCEL THE AD AFTER YOU READ THIS.... ..........................FIVE TOTAL....................... I HAVE RECEIVED A FEW EMAILS BUTCOOULD NOT OPEN THEM DUE TO EMAIL PROBLEMS SO I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER THEM .... PLUS I REALIZED THE I HAD THE WRONG MODEL NUMBER FOR THE RAMBO... PLUS... I KNEW I HAD A COUPLE MORE BUCK KNIVES I DID NOT INCLUDE ORIGINALLY... NOW THEY ARE INCLUDED .... I AM ADDING A BUCK 107 SCOUT AND A BUCK 122 NEMO DIVE KNIFE THAT WERE NOT IN THE FIRST LISTING.... THE 122 DOES NOT HAVE A BOX BUT IS ALSO NEW AND UNUSED, THE 107 DOES HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOX AS DO MOST OF THE REST OF THEM LISTED BELOW...... ALSO INCLUDED IS ALL PACKING AND PAMPHLETS THAT CAME WITH EACH KNIFE ...................... MY EMAIL PROGRAM WAS DOWN FOR TWO DAYS, SO EMAIL ME AGAIN AND I WILL GET RIGHT BACK TO YOU AS SOON AS I SEE YOUR MESSAGE..... SUNDAY IS A BAD DAY BUT I CAN MEET WITH YOU SUNDAY EVENING OR ANYTIME MONDAY....... I HAVE ADDED THE TWO KNIVES ABOVE SO NOW THERE ARE 5 LARGE BUCK KNIVES (TOTAL) WITH SHEATHs.... ALL ARE IN FACTORY NEW CONDITION... NEVER USED, CARRIED OR SHARPENED ... I HAVE ONE MODEL 120, A 12" OVERALL KNIFE, .... ONE MODEL 124 ALSO APPOX 12" OVERALL, AND ONE MODEL 184 RAMBO SURVIVAL KNIFE WITH COMPASS, SHARPENER, .ETC ALL IN THE HANDLE AND THE SPIKES IN THE POUCH ON THE SHEATH.... . THIS IS A LARGE ALL STAINLESS KNIFE .... ... EACH KNIFE IS ABSOLUTELY NEW AND I ALSO HAVE THE ORIGINAL BOXES FOR EACH... I PURCHASED EACH OF THESE KNIVES IN THE EARLY TO MID 1970s AND HAVE YET TO TAKE THREE OF THEM OUT OF THE BOXES........ EVER. EXPECTING 50 DOLLARS EACH PLEASE, NO LOW BALLERS, SCAMMERS, MAIL ORDER OR SHIPPING... PICK THEM UP OFF THE 78 IN OLD TOWN OCEANSIDE NEAR COAST HIGHWAY. ALSO I WISH TO SELL ALL THE KNIVES AS A LOT, NOT SEPARATE SO 250.00FOR ALL FIVE IS THE FINAL PRICE AND NO DICKERING.... I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,THE VALUE OF THE KNIVES, BUT I KNOW THAT MANY MANY YEARS AGO WHEN I PURCHASED THE FIRST OF THE KNIVES THE CHEAPEST OF THE BUNCH WAS 45.00 AND THAT GOES BACK 30 TO 35 OR MORE YEARS. FOR THE FIRST ONES I BOUGHT, AND THE MOST RECENT PURCHASED WAS THE RAMBO AND I THINK IT WAS 120.00 .... SO 50.00 EACH MAKES ME HAPPY.......... AGAIN YOU MUST BUY ALL FIVE, I WANT THEM TO GO AWAY IN A HURRY SO NO PICKING ONE OR THE OTHER... JUST BUY THEM ALL PLEASE !!!!
.................................... I THOUGHT I WOULD POST PICTURES TODAY BUT I GUESS I WON'T HAVE PICTURES UP THIS WEEKEND, BUT IF THE KNIVES ARE STILL AVAILABLE I'LL HAVE THE PICTURES UP BY TUESDAY... SORRY, BUT I COULDN'T FIGURE OUT HOW TO GET THE PICS TO LOAD, SO MY GRANDSON WILL BE HERE ON TUESDAY AND HE CAN DO IT...​
 
I wish it was me... I didn't get them ... I did try with no luck... I told him or her I would pay more... I e-mail him/her about 6 or 7 times with no answer... I think it was a scam... But if it was for real I hope some one on here got them too... ITE
 
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Was the 184 even made in the early 1970`s when he said he bought them all? Sounds like a scam to me.
 
BG42EDGE said:
It has all the hallmark characteristics of a scam.
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I'm having a hard time seeing how this could have been a scam. He wouldn't ship, and wouldn't take a money order or Western Union. You make an offer he likes, meet him, look over the knives, buy them or not.

Yeah, the 184 (first listed as a 181) didn't go into production until late 1984, and the 107 isn't a big knife... confused, yes, a scam, I don't see it.

Mike
 
ItsTooEarly said:
I wish it was me... I didn't get them ... I did try with no luck... I told him or her I would pay more... I e-mail him/her about 6 or 7 times with no answer... I think it was a scam... But if it was for real I hope some one on here got them too... ITE
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Armand,

You must be the pushy folks the seller was talking about...LOL. Well if the seller would have sold these for $250 it would have been a real find:thumbup:. However, they said these sold for $750 and that is just what I would value this lot at.
jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
... However, they said these sold for $750 and that is just what I would value this lot at.
jb4570
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I don't know about Armand but I was definitely one of the pushy ones...

Judging by the "ultimate authority" on knife values, :Debay:D I think these knives would have easily brought $1200-1300 if put on the block. Of course, given that they were in the condition he stated they were.
 
MWallace said:
I don't know about Armand but I was definitely one of the pushy ones...

Judging by the "ultimate authority" on knife values, :Debay:D I think these knives would have easily brought $1200-1300 if put on the block. Of course, given that they were in the condition he stated they were.
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120 = $75
122 = $200
124 = $150
184 = $250
107 = $75
total $750

That's what I would say they are worth and about what the stuff sells for on ebay. Of course your mileage may vary, and some may go for more, some less. Most folks don't remember when they bought an old knife, 20 + years ago. I have looked at a bunch of 110's on ebay that the seller said were made in the 60's or 70's and the stamps said other wise. Know what you are trying to buy, if it is to good to be true "beware" and Never, I repeat "NEVER" buy anything using Western Union to pay for it. The old timers here know what I'm talking about:(.
jb4570
 
jb4570 said:
120 = $75
122 = $200
124 = $150
184 = $250
107 = $75
total $750

That's what I would say they are worth and about what the stuff sells for on ebay. Of course your mileage may vary, and some may go for more, some less. Most folks don't remember when they bought an old knife, 20 + years ago. I have looked at a bunch of 110's on ebay that the seller said were made in the 60's or 70's and the stamps said other wise. Know what you are trying to buy, if it is to good to be true "beware" and Never, I repeat "NEVER" buy anything using Western Union to pay for it. The old timers here know what I'm talking about:(.
jb4570
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Thanks for your estimate of the knives values. Recent sales on ebay, per Terapeak, seem to show something different. Of course, I'm forever the optimist.
 
Shew wee ! I'm glad I'm not an "Old Timer" as I don't know what the Western Union problem was . DM
 
David Martin said:
Shew wee ! I'm glad I'm not an "Old Timer" as I don't know what the Western Union problem was . DM
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DM: assuming that you are serious:

If you just stick cash in an envelope, you will save the Western Union charges. The effect, however, will be the same. You have sent cash to a faceless wonder (and probably a nameless fraud) without a verifiable address who will have your cash and may or may not send you what you have bought.

Telechronos:):):)
 
David Martin said:
Shew wee ! I'm glad I'm not an "Old Timer" as I don't know what the Western Union problem was . DM
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DM, The problem isn't with Western Union, they provide a useful service at a "reasonable" price. Transferring money from A to B in a matter of minutes The issue arises, as aptly stated by Telechronos and jb, when transferring funds to an unknown person with the expectation of receiving goods in exchange. I think jb assumed I made an offer to purchase the knives under that scenario, hence the: Never, NEVER comment. I didn't, I'm old, an "Old Timer", perhaps, a fool, occasionally.

Still thinking $750 for the lot was a deal, should of upped my ante... Mike
 
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