Wrong Doers Among Us....

[Cobalt]

I think everyone is missing the best post of this entire thread.....mine. Since you must have missed it before I'm qouting myself so that you can see it this time. Now read and learn. This is how it's done





I forgot to add those Microsoft guys are just being mean to me and I don't like it. Price gouging meanies.

Eric, you are correct. I say we call them right now and make them drop their price back down to 2 bucks. And then we can buy 1000's of sharwes just fo us. Never to be sold again, right? Oh, let me stand on my high horse.

 

[GlassJax]

Yet another thread for FNG's to cry in their beer about not getting what they want, when they want it. There is a thread started like this in the Swamp Rat forums so you can probably go there to trianglulate who the cry baby is. Be on the stick when a knife is offered and buy it or be prepared to pay a little more later AND be thankful some someone will sell what you are looking for. :jerkit:

Oh...and by the way. Welcome.

Dunner,

You are vulger and childish. Try reading the entire post. It's actually a pretty good discussion. Just because your too lazy to read the entire thing does not mean it is just a bunch of whinining.

BTW - We all know what the "F" in FNG stands for. Do you use that phrase often in real life? In front of your mom/wife/kids? And again, I dislike the "jerk it" icon. I wish people would use it much less.

 

[Eric Isaacson]

Eric, you are correct. I say we call them right now and make them drop their price back down to 2 bucks. And then we can buy 1000's of sharwes just fo us. Never to be sold again, right? Oh, let me stand on my high horse.

Cobalt,
See I knew if I repeated myself someone would start talking about me. It's hard to be humble when no one notices

And you are right, we could buy all the stock we wanted, there'd be absolutely no market for it once we had it but we'd have it so screw everyone else. Yeah for us!!!

 

[mymindisamob]

Eric, you are correct. I say we call them right now and make them drop their price back down to 2 bucks. And then we can buy 1000's of sharwes just fo us. Never to be sold again, right? Oh, let me stand on my high horse.

You better not put me outta work! Those shareholders up in these parts like custom cabinetry in their $3mil+ summer homes. (I can almost reach you on that high-horse from my soapbox.)

 

[GlassJax]

If only the Busse knife market were transparent (hard to do with transactions going on in multiple areas and people not disclosing their price sold at) and more homogenious (meaning all the same commodity in the same condition, but who would want that...)

 

[mymindisamob]

Dunner,

You are vulger and childish. Try reading the entire post. It's actually a pretty good discussion. Just because your too lazy to read the entire thing does not mean it is just a bunch of whinining.

BTW - We all know what the "F" in FNG stands for. Do you use that phrase often in real life? In front of your mom/wife/kids? And again, I dislike the "jerk it" icon. I wish people would use it much less.

Now this stuff is coercing my very outspoken side. Talk about inflammatory, check it my man. Just like pricing, don't like it, don't pay it. :jerkit: Don't like it, don't use it. Free speach, open marketing, and all that. Enjoy it while you can.

 

[Dunner]

Glass, I know what each of my Busse's and Swamp Rats are worth...roughly. Do your homework and watch trends in the exchange and on auctions sites. Post in WTB and see what kind of price/trades you are offered if you have a blade in mind.

Is anyone else tired of people who feel entitled to having everything being easy and laid out for them? OMG Lazy. :thumbdn:

 

[aaronjayl]

If Busses just depreciated after purchase, would I have bought one? Yes, it's nice to know you have a quality blade you can count on. Would I have bought 3 more within the past week though to add to my knife collection? Probably not. Part of collecting is making an investment and one of the things that attracted me to Busse was the secondary market. Honestly, if they weren't so exclusive and didn't have such a good secondary market, how badly would you still want to get them?

 

[Uncle Tom]

If only the Busse knife market were transparent (hard to do with transactions going on in multiple areas and people not disclosing their price sold at) and more homogenious (meaning all the same commodity in the same condition, but who would want that...)

Let's blame Porkerson!!!

 

[GlassJax]

Now this stuff is coercing my very outspoken side. Talk about inflammatory, check it my man. Just like pricing, don't like it, don't pay it. :jerkit: Don't like it, don't use it. Free speach, open marketing, and all that. Enjoy it while you can.

In my opinion, no more inflammatory then Dunner's original post, or yours for that matter.

And I stand by my staement that this is an informative thread, with a lot of good discussion, with minimal whinning.

Eric's discription of the way the company store and the main site work back there in the middle is worth the length of the read in and of itself.

YMMV

 

[GlassJax]

Is anyone else tired of people who feel entitled to having everything being easy and laid out for them? OMG Lazy. :thumbdn:

Your just proving my point that you have actually read very little of this thread. I said almost the same exact thing that experiance and personnal knowledge are required and have no substitutes. It's back on the second or thrid page. Check it out and you'll see how much we actually agree on these things.

 

[flatlander]

Didn't know some people had such thin skins and tender little feelings. Grow up and stop taking yourself so seriously. IT'S ONLY A KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Mills

I BLAME PORKERSON

 

[Eric Isaacson]

I BLAME PORKERSON

Bob,
You always know where the blame lies....that darn Porkerson fella is a jerk

I blame him too, he's probably the reason I can't ever get a good deal on anything

 

[GlassJax]

I BLAME PORKERSON

This seems to be the one thing we all universally agree on.

Let's all bury the hatchet and "BLAME PORKERSON."

 

[mymindisamob]

Didn't know some people had such thin skins and tender little feelings. Grow up and stop taking yourself so seriously. IT'S ONLY A KNIFE!!!!!!!!!!!

Bob Mills

I BLAME PORKERSON

OMG Bob! Did you just call it a "KNIFE"? What are you thinking? I am now going out to chop SH!T up with my sharp, pointy investment!

Glassjax, I've read this whole thing. I stand by what I've said as far as not paying what you don't want to. Some people are going to try to make money off of whatever they can, and sometimes it's worth paying it to them. Sometimes not. I own 2 Busses, and they are still out of my affordable range. But, I wanted them, and I managed to get them. I'm tired of waiting to see what a Busse folder will be like too, but I'm not upset, I'm saving my pennies (literally) for an Airkat. Is it worth what I'll pay? If I want it. I'm goin' outdoors now to be useful, rather than online as an A-hole. Have fun guys.:thumbup:

 

[GlassJax]

:jerkit: Don't like it, don't use it. Free speach, open marketing, and all that. Enjoy it while you can.

To quote one of my favorite people. I don't believe this is out of context, even though it is from another thread.

Not sure what happened in this thread, as it was mostly deleted when I got here, but let's try to keep it "classy" fellas. . . Lots of nice folks, including many women and children, look in on these threads and we want it be nice for everyone.

McDonald's had a saying back in the late 70's that went something like, "You only notice dirt when it's there". . . . Same goes for the Busse Combat Forums. I doubt that most folks notice how clean it is until it strays off course.

Thanks HOGs!!!!!


Jerry

 

[INFI MAN!!!]

This thread was not to piss, whine, troll, etc. It is a legitimate concern that high prices are becoming a ridiculous trend of charging $100 more for a model that was just sold out.

Just a friendly reminder - You might be a dealer if...
... you buy knives with the express purpose to turn around and resell them at a profit, on a regular basis, then you just might be a dealer.
... you buy knives at wholesale, then turn around and sell them at just below retail, then you just might be a dealer.
... you have a store, or a certificate of resale, and are selling here as a Gold Member, then you just might be a dealer.

Just a friendly warning from your friendly forums Administrator.

Kevin

My concern is that people are taking for granted, busses to profit on (Now you may say that it's not our place to police this issue, but why sit by when something is bothering you that may also bother others). I am not going to bother spark and hunt out these people, I simply posted this thread to see if others were concerned as well and to state that I think it is sad that people are getting stuck with extremely high prices.

Now many of you keep saying that if you don't like it, don't buy it. I agree. But what I don't agree with is what appears to be a vulture like (for lack of a better term at the moment) movement in the sales of current (Not older models that have gone up in value) models that doesn't seem to be fitting of the busse feel.

Now, I know my words come across as mixed and I am hoping that you will understand the meaning. If not, my apologies. If I were a troll as some are thinking, why would I continue to stand behind my arguement? I did not come here to stir things up or start fights. I came here to post a concern, granted it came out in poor fashion.

 

[GlassJax]

Shill
From Wikipedia
A shill is an associate of a person selling goods or services who pretends no association to the seller and assumes the air of an enthusiastic customer. The intention of the shill is, using crowd psychology, to encourage other potential customers unaware of the set-up to purchase said goods or services.

A definition of why I joined in this conversation in the begginning.

No one else sees this going on in the "selling forums"? I truely don't believe most are in collusion, but most do have at least some conflict of interest going on...IMHO only.

 

[cleaner145]

Wow This makes for interesting reading on a lazy Sunday morning while nursing a minor hangover.

I hate to play devils advocate and I am not giving an opinion, I am merely going to ask a question.

If someone buys a knife from the company store and then resells it two weeks later with a one hundred dollar markup, is it possible that the Company Store and Busse Combat will see that the consumer is willing to pay a higher price and raise their prices?

I know that Jerry is a great guy, but $100.00 times every piece sold at Busse Combat is a hell of a temptation for any man.

Just my two cents worth and I hope everyone is having a great weekend.

Keep'em Sharp,
rjd

The problem with this idea however is that it's not really "the" consumer, but acutally "some" consumers who would want or be able to pay an increased price. If you follow this forum their have been countless "I have been saving up for my first Busse" posts. It would certainly negatively effect those folks.

I really enjoy collecting these knives, and have a couple in the safe, but to this day I still don't own an SFNO. They have been available now and then, but not at a price I would personally pay at the time. This is my personal decision and does not reflect in any way on the dues paying seller. Rest assured that when they come back up I will buy a couple as will others. Until then my search will continue.

 

[aaronjayl]

Some more food for thought... Who is this really hurting? I mean is this keeping good knives out of the hands of people who will really need/use them (i.e. soldiers, leos, outdoorsmen)? Or, is this more from a collectors standpoint because someone doesn't want to pay the mark-up to be able to put a Busse in their safe? If it's the first case then it kinda sucks. If it's the latter of the two, then I think it's just too bad. It's all part of collecting.

What can I say, I like a good debate