Sure does irk me when somebody asks for a deal then flips the knife for a profit...

Tony, I didn't really notice your Avatar until I went to your profile page. You have a cute dog coming out of your chest, man! Way better than a creepy alien for sure….
 
Tony,

I went back to post #63 and saw that Peter's quote of my earlier post was fractured, which led to my post #64 being fractured. I just fixed #64.

The quote in post # 66 should be attributed to me. If you can edit that one, I think the attributions should be correct going forward.

It doesn't really matter all that much, but we might as well get it right.

Thanks,

Steve
 
The universe is once again in balance. The dog just turned one year old a few weeks ago. That picture was taken when we first got her. She's half poodle and half yorkshire terrorist. :rolleyes:
 
I could sense the synergy of yin and yang even before opening the computer and seeing your post. Sweet looking dog, man. Yorkshire terrorist indeed! :highly_amused:
 
Peter Hartwig said:
Unless the OP notified the buyer of this thread he is probably oblivious to this whole discussion. He was never named so I doubt others have notified him.
I turn over knives very quickly if I don't think they fit where I had hoped(maybe even the same day I receive them). I might ask a little more than what I paid to see if I can cover my costs and break even. Am I a flipper-I don't feel so. I just don't need a bunch more knives in my drawer that I don't think would get used. I had high hopes when I bought it or just wanted to see it, but it didn't work out, so I move on. If you add up all my sales(100's), my winners would be lucky to buy a Happy Meal, my looses could buy a nice used vehicle.
When I bought the knife I didn't promise to hold it until death, and obviously neither did the seller. I just make fast judgments as to what I want to keep and what I want to sell-for better or worse.
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Very well said and my feelings exactly. I buy and sell quite a bit. I like to try different blades, axes, and hatchets. I can tell almost immediately if I'm going to like the tool or not. If not, right up for sale it goes. I often ask for more than what I paid to try and cover my costs. I lose far more money than I have ever made "flipping" sharps!
 
This whole thing reminds me of something that happened at a big NKCA knife show in Kentucky back in the 90's. A customer came in and had a knife that he knew nothing about, except how much money he wanted. The first table he came to he asked the dealer if he was interested in buying, and named his price. The dealer bought it. About 20 minutes later that dealer took the knife over to another dealer who was known for collecting that knife, and sold it to him for $200 more than he paid for it. And the original customer just happened to be standing withing sight/earshot during that 2nd transaction, and he started screaming and yelling and calling everyone around a "bunch of thieves and crooks, and you're all in this together to screw the average man". He then stormed out of the room. And left most of the dealers grinning to themselves.

The customer got his asking price. The 1st dealer got his asking price. And likely the 2nd dealer has that knife in a display case somewhere, and was happy to pay what he did.
 
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