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Just to be clear - I know nothing about Neil or his business. My comment was in reference to the way others were describing him.
I've had pleasant email conversations with Neil, and he was fast to reply and very courteous. He even explained that he keeps a list of the CRK birthdates he has on hand in case there is a special request. I don't know of too many others that will go to that trouble.
The only vulgarities from me were AFTER you berated me for simply asking why you missed TWO prior release dates you had promised and banned me from your website... and if i had known about your father i never would have inquired in the first place.
And you are absolutely lying about the frequency of the phone calls... maybe to try to justify your outlandish behavior?
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I had many stellar purchases from Neil in the past and even on one occasion he refunded me on a very special custom knife that had some issues. The refund was something that I had asked for after the maker had the knife for 5+ months and without question he still refunded me. That was great service in my book for sure 
On the unfortunate side and much later down the road after all the good I had known to come from him..... I had inquired about a sebenza that looked to have a scratch on the scale (turned out to be lint). I was met with an extremely smartass answer asking if it was a "trick question" and that if he ever sent a knife out like that he would have to rethink his 17 years as a CRK dealer. My IP was banned from his website after that. I politely apologized and thanked him for his response and sent another email asking him as to why I was banned. I asked if he would explain to me as a learning experience and I was told that he thought it be better he and I not do business together moving forward and that I was welcome to bring the issue into public light since that was "my style". He was referring to a negative feedback thread on another forum I had posted about a knife maker(who I have since made peace with) who at the time had made promise after promise about a knife and never delivered. I'll leave the knife maker out of this because he was a stand up guy and did in fact make the situation right. Maybe I caught him on a bad day, but it could have been avoided if the answer to the question was "it's just lint, nothing to worry about". I do not wish Neil any ill will and nothing but the best in the future, but I can assure you that I won't ever be making a purchase from him because of this. He has every right to not do business with whomever he chooses, but not to treat people like that. sorry about the long winded response..... I tried to keep it as condensed as possible and ran on in a few places. There was more but I think this about does it.
Please don't think to call me a liar like in one of your previous posts. I still happen to have all of the emails I've ever traded with you(this is not a threat, just a statement). I know you think it's in bad taste to post private emails so I have opted to not do that in respect for you. As for why I posted this... I did it to respect the OP and answer his question.
On the unfortunate side and much later down the road after all the good I had known to come from him..... I had inquired about a sebenza that looked to have a scratch on the scale (turned out to be lint). I was met with an extremely smartass answer asking if it was a "trick question" and that if he ever sent a knife out like that he would have to rethink his 17 years as a CRK dealer. My IP was banned from his website after that. I politely apologized and thanked him for his response and sent another email asking him as to why I was banned. I asked if he would explain to me as a learning experience and I was told that he thought it be better he and I not do business together moving forward and that I was welcome to bring the issue into public light since that was "my style". He was referring to a negative feedback thread on another forum I had posted about a knife maker(who I have since made peace with) who at the time had made promise after promise about a knife and never delivered. I'll leave the knife maker out of this because he was a stand up guy and did in fact make the situation right. Maybe I caught him on a bad day, but it could have been avoided if the answer to the question was "it's just lint, nothing to worry about". I do not wish Neil any ill will and nothing but the best in the future, but I can assure you that I won't ever be making a purchase from him because of this. He has every right to not do business with whomever he chooses, but not to treat people like that. sorry about the long winded response..... I tried to keep it as condensed as possible and ran on in a few places. There was more but I think this about does it.
Please don't think to call me a liar like in one of your previous posts. I still happen to have all of the emails I've ever traded with you(this is not a threat, just a statement). I know you think it's in bad taste to post private emails so I have opted to not do that in respect for you. As for why I posted this... I did it to respect the OP and answer his question.
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I had many stellar purchases from Neil in the past and even on one occasion he refunded me on a very special custom knife that had some issues. The refund was something that I had asked for after the maker had the knife for 5+ months and without question he still refunded me. That was great service in my book for sure
On the unfortunate side and much later down the road after all the good I had known to come from him..... I had inquired about a sebenza that looked to have a scratch on the scale (turned out to be lint). I was met with an extremely smartass answer asking if it was a "trick question" and that if he ever sent a knife out like that he would have to rethink his 17 years as a CRK dealer. My IP was banned from his website after that. I politely apologized and thanked him for his response and sent another email asking him as to why I was banned. I asked if he would explain to me as a learning experience and I was told that he thought it be better he and I not do business together moving forward and that I was welcome to bring the issue into public light since that was "my style". He was referring to a negative feedback thread on another forum I had posted about a knife maker(who I have since made peace with) who at the time had made promise after promise about a knife and never delivered. I'll leave the knife maker out of this because he was a stand up guy and did in fact make the situation right. Maybe I caught him on a bad day, but it could have been avoided if the answer to the question was "it's just lint, nothing to worry about". I do not wish Neil any ill will and nothing but the best in the future, but I can assure you that I won't ever be making a purchase from him because of this. He has every right to not do business with whomever he chooses, but not to treat people like that. sorry about the long winded response..... I tried to keep it as condensed as possible and ran on in a few places. There was more but I think this about does it.
Please don't think to call me a liar like in one of your previous posts. I still happen to have all of the emails I've ever traded with you(this is not a threat, just a statement). I know you think it's in bad taste to post private emails so I have opted to not do that in respect for you. As for why I posted this... I did it to respect the OP and answer his question.
No knives for you...
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I have a very strong feeling, that you made the right call, Neil! We BF member's, also have to be extra cautious dealing with some of the people they allow on this forum...
Keep up the great service. :thumbup: :thumbup:
your welcome to your opinion, and I do agree with you to an extent that I'm sure some people deserved to be banned from his website. I don't think it's fair that you lump everyone into that category.
Again, I wish him nothing but the best in the future with his personal life and his business. Some of us just choose to shop else where. Walking on eggshells to buy a knife from a retailer is not something I'll ever have on my to do list, but I assure you I will always be polite unless treated otherwise..... even then, there is a proper way to handle yourself when that happens.
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Maybe, as we are all human we do tend to have sucky days. Neil is not a maker, he facilitate us to buy knives from some makers who are not taking more orders. Many people do get confused and write complaint emails or calls to him when they receive a knife with maker's fault. Easiest thing is to call the maker and usually the maker will be more than happy to fix it for ya, if not Neil is more than happy to get the knife back within reasonable time. Respect goes both ways
Maybe, as we are all human we do tend to have sucky days. Neil is not a maker, he facilitate us to buy knives from some makers who are not taking more orders. Many people do get confused and write complaint emails or calls to him when they receive a knife with maker's fault. Easiest thing is to call the maker and usually the maker will be more than happy to fix it for ya, if not Neil is more than happy to get the knife back within reasonable time. Respect goes both ways
I totally agree about respect going both ways. He must have had one of those before i contacted him with a question lol. Either way.... i did have quite a few extremely positive dealings with Neil before all of this. Possible that we were both a bit quick to judge one another. I can absolutey admit fault here in that case.
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sounds like neil is just being proactive about choosing who to do business with.
he made the call to not deal with a few people here that to him showed red flags via abnormally high expectations, complained a lot, or were high maintenance. i have no idea if his opinion was right or wrong in relation to those members, but the man has a system of trying to weed out the "problem customers" and I dont have any issue with that... sometimes bad people will still slip through and good people can get mislabeled, but if he weeds out 90% of the riffraff with his methods, it's worth it
he made the call to not deal with a few people here that to him showed red flags via abnormally high expectations, complained a lot, or were high maintenance. i have no idea if his opinion was right or wrong in relation to those members, but the man has a system of trying to weed out the "problem customers" and I dont have any issue with that... sometimes bad people will still slip through and good people can get mislabeled, but if he weeds out 90% of the riffraff with his methods, it's worth it
I'm not going to judge Neil on how he chooses to run his business (not saying anyone else here is at all), and I will say that I have had nothing but good experiences from him. I am not disagreeing with any other comments so far, but just trying to add my experience.
A couple years ago, my grandmother called TNK to purchase a Sebenza 25, which was meant for me as a Christmas present, and was in fact my very first Sebenza. She said that they helped her go through and pick out the right one, and even worked with her on the the shipping, as she needed to having it shipped to a different address besides her own so that it could be there for Christmas on time.
Not only did they work with her and get it where it needed to go, they helped her find the right one she wanted to get for me (she knows little to nothing about knives), and even included several gifts in the package as well, including a TNK hat, a tape measure, and several band-aids.
As a side note, the hat is awesome. Very comfortable, and not one of those really cheap hats you usually end up with when you get branded hats, but very soft and durable material. Also, the tape measure has been pretty helpful as it is small and simple, and of course the band-aids have been used quite a few times
Always have some of them in my wallet just in case
I am very appreciative to Neil for working with my grandmother as much as he (or his employee possibly) did. She has always said how much fun the experience was made by the help she got, and how she wished she could work with people like TNK in more of her own hobbies.
A couple years ago, my grandmother called TNK to purchase a Sebenza 25, which was meant for me as a Christmas present, and was in fact my very first Sebenza. She said that they helped her go through and pick out the right one, and even worked with her on the the shipping, as she needed to having it shipped to a different address besides her own so that it could be there for Christmas on time.
Not only did they work with her and get it where it needed to go, they helped her find the right one she wanted to get for me (she knows little to nothing about knives), and even included several gifts in the package as well, including a TNK hat, a tape measure, and several band-aids.
As a side note, the hat is awesome. Very comfortable, and not one of those really cheap hats you usually end up with when you get branded hats, but very soft and durable material. Also, the tape measure has been pretty helpful as it is small and simple, and of course the band-aids have been used quite a few times
Always have some of them in my wallet just in case
I am very appreciative to Neil for working with my grandmother as much as he (or his employee possibly) did. She has always said how much fun the experience was made by the help she got, and how she wished she could work with people like TNK in more of her own hobbies.
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I've spoken to Neil on the phone a time or two, and he was very polite and helpful.
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