I don’t understand why some would buy on the secondary market.
Macchina
Pretty much. That’s why I ordered direct. I had read this thread and knew how they were. I contacted them before ordering about a 3.5. They told me they would be doing a run “soon” and told me production was going to be faster no more delays yadayadayada… I constantly checked their site until I saw ordering open up (October 2020) It had a check box disclaiming a 60 day wait.
I've seen a $279 GSO 4.7 go for close to $500 on Ebay. I recall there were 7 different bidders on the knife.
Exactly right and they've already proven it.
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They jerked him around on a 4.7 with issues. I don't know if he ever got a replacement but even if he did the service was completely unacceptable.
They bank on that feeling of time loss if I ask for a refund. People over the years have asked questions like will it be here before Christmas and if not I want my money back. Others say I invested years into the wait and when they ask for a follow up they get the generic answer we are working hard to get it to you it should not be too much longer so they wait too. They have copied the bad business practice of other failed people in business and used it to line their pockets.
Glad you got something out of it but your statement was I ordered my knife and got it in 11 months is not factual as you got a different knife in that time frame. They just gave you something in the works they have now. The 4.7 was promised to be done along with all the other models by Christmas. Do you think if you waited to Dec 25 2021 that the 4.7 would be here? Once again I am happy that you are happy with the outcome. I asked for the knife they said was going to ship in 3 weeks time and 3 years later they were still on that model. A total of 5 years and 4 months time is what I would have been waiting on. They sold mine as a second and did so for the whole year only to take many more years to get around to making them again. I also order a 5.1 in May of 2016 and they are not even shipping or made yet. This is why I can't send them money ever again. They told me once they had some in shop ready to ship just place your order and wham the ad changed after they got more money. If you are looking for a good knife around the 5" size look at a fiddleback forge Duke. I have a GSO 5.0 and the FK2 from Nathan is a way better knife in every way. My AK Scout Knife from William Collins is a work of art and it is in AEB-L and I trust it more than Survive. I simply don't trust their heat treat or warranty and there use to be so many stories about them before they scrubbed FB and other sites of it. I think I will take my GSO 3.5 out from 2015 and beat it to hell and back to test it.
A 4.7 originally, but they changed the time frame on those. So I emailed about a month back and asked if they could change my order to a 3.5. They responded back in under a half hour and refunded the difference and said it would be shipped out in a couple weeks. I've read through this entire thread and understand why people are angry; my one and only dealing with them has been fine so far (minus the added 4-7+ month wait on my original order). I picked up a 4.1 from another user on here, so I didn't mind swapping down to the 3.5. Because of this thread I am now looking into getting a DEK1 though as well!
I use to defend them to others and I wanted them to succeed to make all the customers happy. The lies and lies added up to the point I saw them as crooks and a crook will do anything or say anything to get over on you. I use to take it fishing but they were never that great at cleaning fish. I finally sharpened it over what they did just so it could slice paper without catching. They are a pry bar with an edge made to split wood and say hey now that's a knife other than that they do not excel in any area. I have an ESEE 5 that I think will do the same thing and came with a sharper edge and warranty. No matter their statement I just don't believe them anymore. Would I buy one if I saw it in a store "maybe" but this waiting 3 years or more is total garbage and they had fanbags defend the 3 year wait and I told them it would get longer not shorter and I was right. 6 years for the GSO 6 , 8, 10, 12, and 5.1 is too long.
