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I've been fulfilling orders all weekend.. the process on my end is very fast.. I trust in getting the money by looking at the orders.. if cvv and avs both are a go then I'll be getting the money for the order. Knowing this, I pay the supplier immediately to process the order.. when I left things last night all orders had been funded on my end to the supplier already.. they can't back out on price, even if it's their error now.. the nice thing is it's their job to make sure their prices are accurate.. I just increase from wholesale by a slim margin.. the only thing I'm currently worried about is how many orders come in before the cc payments start filtering in.. there's at least a 2 business day lead time to me getting any money flow from orders.. when I get bombarded with orders sometimes I have to front a lot of $$$ to the suppliers to make the orders flow efficiently.. not that I'm complaining at all.. I still make a small profit..

And to answer the question as to whether or not the knives are authentic.. they better darn well be or I'll be just as pissed as the rest of you.. the best way to check.. find an authentic item in a store.. find a model or sku on the item and compare.. you should find they are a spot on match.. if not I'll be dropping the supplier so fast it'll make their head spin.. and I encourage anyone who gets a knock-off item to contact us and we'll process a return.. no where in the descriptions from the suppliers does it mention replicas or imitations so we must trust they are the real deal.

I think my service level should be apparent by now.. I can't imagine a big business representative from a large company detailing their business flow in such a candid manner or being so open on a forum they tracked down out of curiousity to seek out the source of the new influx of orders.

Also to respond to the "dealer advertising on here without a dealer membership".. I came here to find out why/how I was getting so many orders.. I found quite a few questions that I felt would be good if I answered directly instead of getting 300 of the same email and answering individually.. I have no intent to advertise.. I felt it was good customer service.. if others feel this way I'll go ahead and stop posting/rocking the boat.
 
talonturbo said:
Technically I'd say he simply responded to inquiries here about his site.
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Yes he signed up here to answer and after the inquiries he is still promoting his business and he seems to ignore the warning.
 
To me it doesn't seem like advertising, seems like he's defending, as a lot of people seems to distrust his site. I believe someone called him to warn that he may lose big with the prices he's offering and it may have been a mistake. And no, I'm not advertising for him, I just found it difficult to believe the prices he had.
 
blub said:
To me it doesn't seem like advertising, seems like he's defending, as a lot of people seems to distrust his site. I believe someone called him to warn that he may lose big with the prices he's offering and it may have been a mistake. And no, I'm not advertising for him, I just found it difficult to believe the prices he had.
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He can come and defend himself but he can do so without the sales pitch.
 
Ok, new here, don't know all the rules but had he come on saying 'yes, it's true', I wouldn't have been inclined to believe him but he put forth a pretty convincing argument about how he is able to offer those prices, maybe I'm dense but I didn't see it as advertising. I had some anxious moments when I gave up my Visa# and needed some questions answered, from now on, I'll call him directly.
 
No, he wasn't advertising unless he edited an ad before I saw it. This whole thread belongs on TGB&U, though; should have been there from the first post.
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I tried an order too with an one time use internet only card number just to be safe. We'll see how it goes. If he provides good customer service I'll definitely use him again. I'll let you know....

AHO - sent you an email. Let me know if you got it.

Thanks....
 
Now this is really just fascinating.

Sal says he can't build 'em for that price.

The new BFC user aho, who makes a pretty convincing case that he in fact runs americanhomeoutlet.com, says he doesn't know how the prices got so low, but he gets the goods and the prices (more or less, anyway) from a third party.

We've got a couple members who put in orders, a couple cancels and a couple still open, but it's still too early for them to have gotten any knives.

Tell you what, if even one BFC member gets a $100+ Spyderco knife for twentysome bucks, and tells everyone else here about it, aho's going to have enough orders to retire early.

And if not, if any member's money disappears, the sh is going to hit the fan, and aho is gonna be rode out of the electronic town on a verbal rail.

Exciting week on BFC!:eek: First the Ann_dem story, now this. Dang.

Mike
 
I ordered 3 Spyde PE Stretches for $24 a piece. I'll let you guys know after I recieve them.
 
I wholeheartedly promise that nobody's money will disappear.. google checkout has dispute mediation and plenty of ways to get your money back.. and I have had no problem refunding people immediately for now out of stock items.

To respond to the "no idea how prices are so low" I've posted that I set the prices up from my wholesale costs.. and not down from msrp as so many do.. and I've also posted that if these knives are knock-offs I have no problem doing returns.. but I've also posted that I do not believe they are given the information I have in front of me.

And I will "go to bat" for any customer of mine wronged by the supplier in any fashion.

(I sure hope this isn't interperted as advertising again - just trying to get the message across that we're good people fighting the good fight for the customer)

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MSCantrell said:
Now this is really just fascinating.

Sal says he can't build 'em for that price.

The new BFC user aho, who makes a pretty convincing case that he in fact runs americanhomeoutlet.com, says he doesn't know how the prices got so low, but he gets the goods and the prices (more or less, anyway) from a third party.

We've got a couple members who put in orders, a couple cancels and a couple still open, but it's still too early for them to have gotten any knives.

Tell you what, if even one BFC member gets a $100+ Spyderco knife for twentysome bucks, and tells everyone else here about it, aho's going to have enough orders to retire early.

And if not, if any member's money disappears, the sh is going to hit the fan, and aho is gonna be rode out of the electronic town on a verbal rail.

Exciting week on BFC!:eek: First the Ann_dem story, now this. Dang.

Mike
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Wouldn't it be a kick in the pants if we find out that these suppliers are obtaining the knives through the same methods that ann_dem did? I predict that this will end up being an interesting episode in BF history either way.
 
Well I ordered 1 knife yesterday and 2 today. So far I have received a refund on the paramilitary that was out of stock. Two out of three ain't bad.
 
To respond to the "no idea how prices are so low" I've posted that I set the prices up from my wholesale costs
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Absolutely. My post must have come across more harshly than I meant. All I was referring to is the fact that you don't have much if any information about how your wholesaler sets their prices. You don't know how their prices can be so low (and realistically, it doesn't and probably shouldn't matter much to you, as long as you can keep on giving your customers what they want), and your prices are based entirely on theirs.

Wasn't criticizing you, aho, just pointing out and juxtaposing the most interesting pieces of the situation. :)

Mike
 
Heh, some of the higher priced spydercos (kopas particularly) are cleaned out.

I wonder how many people bougght knives with the intent to resell here of BF?
 
MSCantrell - understood.. I definately read that wrong..

what I can say about my suppliers.. some are closeout suppliers.. buying up merchandise that other's don't want to sell anymore or can't etc.. some are manufacturers of products.. some are warehouse distributors.. it's a mish-mash all managed behind the scenes and aggregated into a single website.

How specifically are prices set on knives? Good question.. I imagine that they make a certain profit per unit.. naturally their margins are lower than their costs.. else they wouldn't be around long.. the unfortunate side of things is that with how I do the drop ship stuff I can't get as low of a price as someone else can that has their own mega-warehouse and buys in volume/container levels.. the suppliers do that for me and break them down and send them out for a higher-than-container per unit price.. which I call my wholesale price.

(now that can't be advertising - I just told people my profit margins are tiny for my level of involvement in the order process)
 
hey guys how are yah

so come on spit it out who ordered, and what did you order.

everythings sold out
tc

aj

p.s well i guess it was not meant to be my order was just cancelled. I don't understand why Canada is listled when the orders can not be sent there. oh well you win some you lose some;).
 
I tried to place an order with AHO but my order was cancelled saying the follwing:

American Home Outlet has cancelled your order. Your credit card was not charged.

Reason: Other (describe below)
Comments from American Home Outlet: "sorry but we can not ship to canada without additional time/expense (supplier restriction)."

This was unfortunate since I didnt see any notice saying that they didnt ship to Canada.

However a check with my credit card company stated that the bill had been received and payment processed.

I'm hoping that this will be rectified by tomorrow... will keep you posted.
 
eug2120 said:
I tried to place an order with AHO but my order was cancelled saying the follwing:

American Home Outlet has cancelled your order. Your credit card was not charged.

Reason: Other (describe below)
Comments from American Home Outlet: "sorry but we can not ship to canada without additional time/expense (supplier restriction)."

This was unfortunate since I didnt see any notice saying that they didnt ship to Canada.

However a check with my credit card company stated that the bill had been received and payment processed.

I'm hoping that this will be rectified by tomorrow... will keep you posted.
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mine was the same as yours but i went online and it stated all the payments were regarded as temp so hopefully they will be gone soon.

aj
 
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