What does everyone think of Case's vault system?

[stdwdh16]

I was just trying to get an idea about how everyone else felt about the Case XX Vault program. One point I really don't quite understand is how putting patterns in the vault will give collectors extra time to find knives that they previously couldn't. It seems to me that Case is simply trying to drive up the prices on their products by limiting the production and thus limiting the availability of some knives. The one positive aspect I can see is that it will allow the preservation of some patterns while other, new patterns are being produced. However, setting an arbitrary length of time that the patterns must be in the vault seems ridiculous and detrimental to new collectors because it limits the availability of new knives in certain patterns that may be desirable to them. Though the values of some collections may rise because they contain certain retired patterns, overall, I do not like this plan. What do you think?

 

[Absintheur]

I agree, it is a two fold plan to increase sales. First by anouncing they are going to release a specific number the hope to create a higher demand, second when they do release a pattern from the vault it will be released with a lot of promotion and in limited numbers again hoping to drive up sales.They could accomplish the same thing they say the want to do by simply by rotating production every 6-12 months but that wouldn't create the buying frenzy they hope to generate with the vault system.

 

[stdwdh16]

My apologies for posting in the wrong forum.

 

[popedandy]

I don't care for the program, but that's just my opinion. It seems kind of gimmicky. It has zero impact on how many knives are available. The only thing it impacts is when they will be available.

 

[ahgar]

quite honestly i think it sucks and is a blatant attempt to stimulate sales, i for one will be extremely annoyed if i happen to want a certain pattern that is "in the vault" and can't find one. but that's just me.

 

[Cougar Allen]

Case is one of the companies that inspired me to discover Cougar's Law of Limited Editions: If a company puts out 1,000 limited editions of 1,000 each, that's 1,000,000 limited edition knives.